Vidya Bala
Vidya Bala was the Head of Mutual Fund Research at FundsIndia
Why borrowing and ‘investing’ in property is no longer attractive
February 10, 2017For those of you looking at buying a house for letting out or simply investing in a second house, the tax laws may no longer be that kind to you.…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: SBI Magnum Equity
January 18, 2017A new addition to our ‘Select Funds’ list this quarter is SBI Magnum Equity. While SBI Bluechip, a top-notch fund from the same fund house also figures in our list,…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: 2017 – Outlook and strategy
January 5, 2017If the below data has weakened your faith and interest in equity, then it could be a good thing! ‘The safest and most potentially profitable thing is to buy something…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: DSP BlackRock Taxsaver
December 7, 2016This tax-saving season, your options may seem compressed if you look at the returns from your traditional tax-saving products. With EPF, 5-year tax-saving FD, NSC and PPF all seeing a…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: UTI Income Opportunities
November 23, 2016At a time when duration is the preferred strategy in the debt fund market, we recommend that investors supplement it with some accrual funds as well (for those wanting to…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Ratings – Criteria and Methodology
November 15, 2016The universe of mutual funds in India is large and often leaves investors confused on what funds to go with. Understanding the fund strategy, their positioning, their risk profile, and…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: Make the best of an India, US reset
November 10, 2016The US elections are over, and world markets simply seemed to signal that it’s no big deal, at least for now. What remained a bigger deal at the end of…Continue Reading
Will the Tata group shake up impact your funds?
October 27, 2016As the story of the Tata conglomerate unceremoniously firing its Chairman unfolded, some of the key listed Tata group stocks took a hit post Monday’s news. The event added further…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: DSP BlackRock Opportunities Fund
October 26, 2016If you take a decade or more of mutual fund performance, you will see funds that stood tall in certain markets but later slipped somewhere in their market journey. Some…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Debt Strategies: Should you play the duration game now?
October 5, 2016We’ve also talked about the rate cut on this week’s episode of Talk FundsIndia. Play our podcast below to listen in as Srikanth Meenakshi, our COO, and Vidya, talk about…Continue Reading
