List of Mutual Funds Articles

However, the truth is far from real. While it is true that Mutual Funds are not completely foolproof, it doesn’t mean it is a means of loss. There are specific reasons why people lose money in Mutual Funds.

Learn how Market Trends affect your mutual fund investments. Discover strategies for navigating market volatility and maximizing returns in any market condition.

One phrase is gaining popularity and drawing interest from new and seasoned investors in the constantly evolving world of investments: smart beta funds.

A sinking fund is a fund created specifically to save or set aside money to pay off a debt or a bond. A company may face an immense outlay when the time comes to pay off debts and bonds issued in the past.

To understand the impact of the lower TER, let us take the case of two plans of the same fund; Regular Plan and the Direct Plan. The initial NAV is assumed to be Rs100 and the TER of the Direct Plan is 1.80% as against the Regular Plan TER of 2.45%. Let us look at two different scenarios of returns and see how the lower TER impacts returns.

Money market mutual funds are not an investment product but an avenue to park short term surplus. They are highly liquid and can be converted to cash at short notice. Also, the withdrawals can be structured as systematic investment plans(SIPs) so the post-tax returns can be more attractive than bank savings accounts. They allow you to earn higher returns compared to pure bank savings or […]

Buying small cap funds can be a different ball game compared to buying large cap diversified funds. In small cap funds, the quality of the team, the stock selection, the overall risk management etc matter a lot. They can actually make all the difference between your success and failure in small cap funds. Do Small Cap Funds Outperform Large Cap Funds? You really cannot generalize […]

Investing in mutual funds can be highly beneficial especially if you are looking for a simple yet diversified way of investing. Mutual funds are professionally managed and convenient. A mutual fund is a financial instrument, which pools the money of different investors and then a fund manager invests them in different investment options and securities. When you invest in a mutual fund, you become the […]

Investor Protection Fund is the fund set up by the Stock Exchanges to meet the legitimate investment claims of the clients of the defaulting members that are not of speculative nature. SEBI has prescribed guidelines for utilisation of IPF at the Stock Exchanges.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) are the two principal stock exchanges in India that are currently active. Both exchanges are entirely electronic, with a combined total of over 7,000 firms. Millions of trades take place on both of these exchanges every trading day. Because these are electronic exchanges, you'll need a demat account to participate in the trading process.

The National Pension Scheme (NPS) is one of the best ways for salaried employees and self-employed professionals to build a retirement corpus. This post talks about the features and benefits of the NPS. Getting Started With National Pension Scheme (nps) Retirement planning is one of the most common goals among working professionals. After all, comfortable post-retirement life is only possible if you start planning for […]

Mutual funds have been gaining popularity in the recent past. When a mutual fund provides investors with a well-diversified portfolio in a quick and hassle-free procedure, a higher expense ratio is one of the biggest issues investors suffer.

Abnormal returns — also popularly known as ‘alpha returns’ or ‘excess returns’ — are unexpected returns from a security or a portfolio, that are not congruent with market returns. Instead, it is the result of investor expertise.

What exactly do we understand by an NFO or a new fund offering? Typically, you can understand NFO as the mutual fund equivalent of an IPO. NFO is the fresh issue of a mutual fund scheme to raise fresh capital from investors. Currently, SEBI allows an AMC to have one fund per category, except in case of sector funds and index funds , where there […]

One of India’s leading credit rating agencies, CRISIL, has a dedicated rating model for mutual funds also, apart from debt and infrastructure projects, where they specialize. The CRISIL model essentially ranks mutual funds based on various parameters. Rating plays a crucial role in determining the authenticity of the fund and its ability to perform in the future. While ratings are not a guarantee of future […]