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Vidya Bala

Vidya Bala was the Head of Mutual Fund Research at FundsIndia

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FundsIndia Views: When Pain Is Good

Vidya Bala

With the Nifty down over 18 per cent in the past one year, we have been talking of many factors that triggered the pull down and what you should do.…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Why you should hold your debt funds

Vidya Bala

Post September, those of you who held debt funds for the long-term would have seen a sudden dip in returns. While equity markets went through this rout, debt markets also…Continue Reading

Look who’s buying in the market!

Vidya Bala

Your fund houses are making the best of the markets. These are investing now, even as FIIs are exiting. Take a look at the data below, from the stock exchanges,…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Why 2016 will be difficult, but you should not panic

Vidya Bala

It is less than a month since 2016 began, and the equity markets are already down by close to 6 per cent year to date. With this, the markets have…Continue Reading

How our Select Funds fared in 2015

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After the bountiful double-digit returns witnessed in the equity category in 2014, 2015 may have been a letdown. This year will go down in your portfolio history as one of…Continue Reading

FundsIndia View: The story behind how your wealth is created

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Motilal Oswal has come out with its 20th Annual Wealth Creation Study for five years between 2010 and 2015. We only thought it apt to not just showcase the results…Continue Reading

FundsIndia View: Should you liquidate your mutual fund investments for emergencies?

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Even as Chennai and other towns in Tamil Nadu are slowly inching back to normalcy after the devastating floods, the aftermath poses a big challenge to those who survived it:…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: SBI Bluechip

Vidya Bala

With a little more than a month left for the curtains to come down on 2015, your faith in large-cap and diversified funds may have been shaken a bit, if…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Election uncertainty removed; what next for the markets?

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The equity markets expressed its disappointment on Monday over the Bihar results, but recovered quite well from its lows on market close. If one observed, the markets  may have been…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: UTI Equity Fund

Vidya Bala

UTI Equity may be called a late bloomer, especially given that its performance became more conspicuous only after its rechristening in July 2005 (from its erstwhile name of UTI Mastergain).…Continue Reading