List of Mutual Funds Articles

One way to check the growth of mutual fund investments is by the AUM growth. A much better way to check retail participation is via folios.

Investing in mutual funds for a period of one-year needs a mix of capital safety and liquidity. You basically want to earn stable returns even if it is less than other longer-term investment plans. Obviously, when you talk of 1 year investment horizon, it cannot be an equity fund or even a hybrid fund. Even in debt funds, you cannot go for long term debt […]

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

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.

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.

It has been observed that systematic investment plans or SIPs are best suited to long term creation of wealth. But there are some very critical advantages of SIPs. Here are a few. SIPs give the benefit of rupee cost averaging. In good times you get more value and in bad times you get more units. SIPs are a discipline. By default, each month on a […]

Did you just hear the anchor on CNBC or that fund manager talking about Alpha? You must surely be confused about what this concept is all about? Here is a quick rundown on what alpha is all about? What exactly is meant by alpha of a fund? Let us start with a very simple question as to why does a person invest money in mutual […]

A feeder fund is a one-of-a-kind investment vehicle that does not make direct investments. This is a type of mutual fund that invests in debt or equity securities.

New fund offerings (NFOs) of mutual funds are somewhat like an IPO for equities. An NFO is issued either because the AMC wants to raise funds for the first time or because there is a new category of fund where the AMC does not have an exposure. What exactly is an NFO or new fund offering? When a fund house issues units for the first […]

We often get to hear the word Blue Chip stocks and blue chip funds quite often in the context of the stock markets. Normally, a blue chip stock is not about high returns but pedigree and performance over the years. These are stocks with stable business models and established brand names. In the Indian context, names like Tata Group, HDFC Bank, SBI, Reliance, Hindustan Unilever […]

Introduction of Value Fund Value investing in stocks focuses on buying undervalued stocks and holding them for the long-term. Read further to know why this type of investment is popular among diligent investors. What is Value Fund? Value funds are open-ended equity schemes that follow a value investment strategy. This type of fund invests in shares of the companies and are traded at discounted rates. […]

Lowest Expense Ratio Mutual Funds: Get a list of all the LER funds here at India infoline. Continue reading here to know more.

Fixed Maturity Plans (FMPs) of mutual funds are now few and far between. They were quite popular as closed ended schemes wherein investors could put money and match with maturity outflows. However, things changed with the 2014 budget which changed the definition of LTCG for FMPs from 1 year to 3 years. The result was a massive redemption in FMPs in the year 2015 and […]

To understand the difference between debt funds and liquid funds, let us decode both these categories of mutual funds in further detail.

It is quite clear that mutual funds are a fantastic way of building a long term portfolio to meet your financial goals. The question is about the process. How to actually go about the process of creating a mutual fund portfolio? Clearly, there are no golden rules to create a mutual fund portfolio. However, it should be predicated on two basic principles. The first principle […]