Vidya Bala
Vidya Bala was the Head of Mutual Fund Research at FundsIndia
FundsIndia Views: When Pain Is Good
February 17, 2016With 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
February 3, 2016Post 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!
January 20, 2016Your 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
January 19, 2016It 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
December 29, 2015After 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
December 23, 2015Motilal 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?
December 15, 2015Even 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
November 24, 2015With 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?
November 10, 2015The 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
October 21, 2015UTI 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