Vidya Bala
Vidya Bala was the Head of Mutual Fund Research at FundsIndia
The real risk to your investments…
March 27, 2015…is your own investment behaviour. That’s how I choose to interpret what Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation says, of risk and volatility, in their much looked-forward to annual…Continue Reading
Excuses for not investing – this time of the year (and why they are invalid)
March 6, 2015For many of you, the financial year seemingly holds lot of significance when it comes to investing. After all, a change in financial year matters in many ways – it…Continue Reading
RBI rate cut – One for the budget
March 4, 2015The Reserve Bank of India gave a thumbs-up to the fiscal impulses in the Union Budget by announcing a 25 basis point rate cut 3 days after the budget announcement.…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategy: The Budget and Your Investments
March 4, 2015Budget 2015 may not have any big bang reform announcements to showcase to the world. But the proposal, at least in words, means business in terms of strengthening the fiscal…Continue Reading
Budget 2015 and the economy
March 3, 2015What do we like about Budget 2015? We like it for its focus on reviving growth over fiscal consolidation; we like it for its decentralised approach to growth (by sharing…Continue Reading
Budget 2015 – Sector impact
March 2, 2015Budget 2015 does not dole out largess to any sector. What it has tried to do is revive the capex spending activity in the private sector by setting its own spending…Continue Reading
Budget 2015 – What it holds for you
March 2, 2015Budget 2015 may not have any big bang reform announcements to showcase to the world. But the proposal, at least in words, means business in terms of strengthening the fiscal…Continue Reading
Should you try to ‘manage’ your fund?
February 26, 2015Every time the government announces a ‘reform’ or provides a booster to some ‘sector’, we have quite a few of you asking us about funds that will let you participate…Continue Reading
“Corporate bond opportunity funds ideal for long-term allocation to bonds”
February 24, 2015What should be an investor’s strategy in the debt market, with yields beginning to fall? We posed this question to Sujoy Das, Head Fixed Income, Religare Invesco Mutual. Read on…Continue Reading
“More merit in getting the stock right than looking at sector weights”
February 23, 2015At a time when expert views all converge in the same direction, it helps to balance it with a contrarian view. We therefore had some questions for Vetri Subramaniam, CIO,…Continue Reading
