Vidya Bala
Vidya Bala was the Head of Mutual Fund Research at FundsIndia
FundsIndia Recommends: ICICI Pru Dynamic
February 11, 2014A year ago, we recommended ICICI Pru Dynamic, given that a volatile market required an active valuation and asset allocation strategy (You can click here to see the call). Had…Continue Reading
Are You Using the SWP, STP Options Wisely?
February 7, 2014Systematic investment plan may now be a term that most mutual fund investors may be familiar with. But other jargons such as systematic withdrawal plan or systematic transfer plan are…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: L&T India Special Situations Fund
February 5, 2014Investors looking for contrarian bets to buy into, can consider investing in L&T India Special Situations Fund. Investors need not less than a three-year perspective in the fund. With a…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: Debt Funds to Gain from High Interest Rates
January 29, 2014After a knee jerk reaction to the repo rate hike of 25 basis points by the RBI, equity, debt and currency markets pulled themselves up on Tuesday. The latest rate…Continue Reading
Short-term debt funds continue to offer opportunity
January 28, 2014Markets were a bit shaken but not stirred, by a 25 basis-point repo rate hike by the RBI, perhaps postponed from about a month ago. While the 10-year gilt, the…Continue Reading
Debt NFOs on the block – What you get
January 25, 2014Not to be outdone by the spate of NFOs in the equity fund space, debt fund managers too have come up with quite a few new offers this month. With…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: NFOs that Invest in Europe
January 22, 2014For a Slice of the European Growth Story If 2013 kindled your interest in the US markets, then 2014 could well be the year of the European growth story, think…Continue Reading
“Invest in companies whose efficiency will be rewarded now”
January 16, 2014Tough times don’t last but tough companies do. And tough companies sometime do even better in tough environment such as the present one. IDFC equity Opportunity Series 2 a closed-end…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of DWS Inflation Indexed Bond Fund
January 15, 2014A fund to hedge against inflation Deutsche Mutual (DWS), in a first of its kind, has launched an open-ended debt fund that will predominantly invest in inflation indexed bonds (IIB)…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of IDFC Equity Opportunity Series 2
January 13, 2014To ride the economy’s ‘consolidation phase’ For those of you who believe that the economy, as well as corporate activities, is going through a consolidation phase and it may take…Continue Reading
