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Category: Mutual Fund Research

Observations, recommendations and insights, straight from our Mutual Fund Research Desk

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Dividend or Growth Plans

Dividend or Growth Plans? It’s a no-brainer post budget

Maulik Madhu

The 2020-21 Budget has done away with the dividend distribution tax (DDT) that funds have to deduct before distributing dividends to investors. Instead, from 1 April 2020 dividends will be…Continue Reading

Budget 2020-21

India Budget 2020-21 – Conservative and Incremental

Arun Kumar

Given the context of an economic slowdown, expectations were high for strong growth measures to revive the economy. The budget was predominantly ‘incremental’ in nature sticking to a fiscally conservative…Continue Reading

Are Mid Cap funds a must-have?

Maulik Madhu

Over the last two years, giving the go-by to the gloomy macroeconomic situation, large caps have continued to trend upwards. With investors flocking towards safety, inflows into the market have…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Review – Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund

Maulik Madhu

Why Invest? Proven Investment Strategy – Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund adheres to the value style of investing and selects stocks across market cap (large, mid and small-sized companies).…Continue Reading

US-Iran tension

US, Iran and your Portfolio. What happens next?

Arun Kumar

Unless you are living under a rock, by now you should know about the US-Iran tension. Here is a quick summary: The United States killed a top Iranian military commander…Continue Reading

Tax saving ELSS

ELSS Options for Tax Saving

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With the tax-return filing season just a few months away, check out the tax saving ELSS funds for reducing your tax outgo. You can shortlist one or two funds from fund…Continue Reading

Debt Mutual Funds – Portfolio Construction Framework

Arun Kumar

In recent times, debt mutual funds have been in the limelight, primarily because of NAV declines in few funds led by credit downgrades and defaults. While the credit-related risks were…Continue Reading

Is Small the new Big?

Maulik Madhu

What happened to Neil Woodford? The recent incident involving the iconic and now infamous British fund manager, Neil Woodford (often referred to as Britain’s answer to Warren Buffett) where his…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Archives: Top Blog Posts of 2019

FundsIndia Desk

‘FundsIndia Archives’ is a series where we put together the blog posts that all of you’ve enjoyed reading over the years under popular and specific topics. Missed out on some…Continue Reading

Timing the market

Why time in the market matters more than timing the market

Arun Kumar

 “Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars” – Bernard Baruch Attempts at timing the market can make investors…Continue Reading