FundsIndia explains: Active sector bets
July 25, 2016When we look at some of the mutual fund factsheets or market presentations or listen to a fund manager speak, we often come across the term Overweight/Underweight a sector or…Continue Reading
FundsIndia explains: What is a value fund?
July 18, 2016If you’re a savvy shopper, you wait for discount seasons during the year to buy that new television, phone, fancy shoes or clothes. You get the same good performance or…Continue Reading
Changes to FundsIndia’s Select Funds List
July 13, 2016FundsIndia’s Select Funds is a list of investment worthy funds. Spread across categories, this list helps you narrow down your investment choices from the hundreds of funds that you would…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Explains: Compounded annual growth rate (CAGR)
July 11, 2016Some time ago, we looked at what compounding is all about and how your money multiplies under compounding . When money compounds over several years, the finance world use a…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Explains: What is consistency?
July 4, 2016Any day is a good day for investing in a mutual fund. And whenever you invest, you need your fund to deliver well – i.e., generate returns better than the…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Explains: Sharpe ratio
June 27, 2016Couple of weeks ago we looked at volatility and consistency of returns of a mutual fund and how to choose a mutual fund based on these parameters. We discussed about…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Explains: Capital gains set off
June 21, 2016We covered taxation on mutual funds in detail last month, over two different posts. This week, we will go a bit more into detail, especially as many of you had…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Explains: Mutual funds and volatility
June 13, 2016Investors typically tend to pick a fund that has delivered the highest return in its category in the past. But can the past point-to-point performance of the fund be the…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Explains: Why all equity funds aren’t the same
June 6, 2016Read a review of an equity fund or look at their ratings and you will always find a mention of large-cap or mid-cap or multi-cap. For a newbie investor, this…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Explains: Capital gains and indexation
May 30, 2016Over the last couple of weeks, we looked at how mutual funds are taxed. We spoke about indexation benefit being available for long term capital gains in debt funds. What…Continue Reading
