Vidya Bala
Vidya Bala was the Head of Mutual Fund Research at FundsIndia
Don’t fear the Rajan blues
June 20, 2016Rock star Raghuram Rajan (or R3 as Subramanian Swamy likes to call him), may cause Monday Market Blues with his letter announcing his impending exit from the Central Bank. Short-term,…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: Invesco Medium Term Bond Fund
June 8, 2016Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s recommendation. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/267960815?secret_token=s-dONuI” params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] If you are looking for options to help you earn higher…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: Looking at the core for a recovery
May 4, 2016“It doesn’t feel like a 7.5 per cent growing economy.” – This is probably the most fashionably spelt statement in the institutional investor segment at this point in time. And…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: ICICI Pru Exports and Other Services Fund
April 20, 2016There are some funds in the mutual fund universe whose super-normal returns can be intriguing. ICICI Pru Exports and Other Services Fund is one of them. With an annualised return…Continue Reading
Rate cut to provide benefit to your loans and your investments
April 5, 2016The RBI, in its first bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review for 2016-17 cut repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%. It also cut the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) used by…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategy: The time to invest more and where to invest
March 29, 2016In early September last year, we suggested that the next six months could be a good time to average (to see the detailed article, please click here). We came up…Continue Reading
Introducing Lakshmeenarasimhan – Our mutual fund analyst
March 22, 2016I am happy to introduce Lakshmeenarasimhan S., yet another meritable addition to our Mutual Fund Research Desk. Lakshmeenarasimhan will work with us in analysing funds, and will start writing in…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: HDFC Medium Term Opportunities
March 16, 2016The recent news of a downgrade in the debt instruments of quite a few companies, and the resultant mark-to-market loss in some income funds brings out the fact that debt…Continue Reading
Roll back of PF tax – Winning the battle and losing the war
March 11, 2016You might rejoice now at the withdrawal of the Budget’s proposal to tax provident fund on maturity. But it may not please you when I say that you may have…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: What the Budget has for your investments
March 2, 2016If you expected Budget 2016 to put the Indian economy on a fast track growth path, you might be disappointed. The Union Budget has clearly prioritised fiscal prudence over aggressive…Continue Reading
