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Category: Mutual Fund Research

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We've made some changes to the FundsIndia research recommended Select Funds mutual fund list

Changes to FundsIndia’s Select Funds

Mutual Fund Research Desk

These are changing times for mutual funds. In October 2017, SEBI came up with two important rules: one, it defined the categories of funds AMCs are allowed to hold and…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: DSP BlackRock Credit Risk Fund

Bhavana Acharya

In its monetary policy last week, the Reserve Bank held policy rates, lowered inflation forecasts but still cited several risks to inflation. A couple of weeks prior, the government announced…Continue Reading

Why SWPs are great for regular income – Part II

Ashwini Arulrajhan

Why SWP Ensures regular cash flow Reinvestment risk in FD can be overcome with SWP in debt funds Tax paid is significantly lower than tax on FD interest With some…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Scheme re-categorization and what it means for you

Vidya Bala

You would have been receiving mails from fund houses and from us on changes in scheme categories of funds, to fit into SEBI’s newly defined categories. If you are not…Continue Reading

Why SWPs are great for regular income – Part I

Ashwini Arulrajhan

When you are in your salaried years, your salary will more than take care of your regular income. But there comes a time when you start depending on your investments…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: Franklin India High Growth Companies

Bhavana Acharya

Franklin India High Growth Companies (Franklin HG), an equity fund that invests across market capitalisations, was once among those that delivered outsized returns compared to peers and the market. In…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: 3 reasons why you should be investing now

Vidya Bala

Our observation of your investing behaviour in the past month and a half tells us that the current market volatility has spooked you. Our advisors tell us that most of…Continue Reading

Use SIPs to make the best of market sale

Ashwini Arulrajhan

Why do we rush to the store when there’s a sale but refrain from investing when the markets fall? If you are wondering what the connection between the two is,…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: UTI Treasury Advantage

Bhavana Acharya

Indications on the interest rate front point to rates being in the flat to rising zone. In such a scenario, debt funds with shorter maturities can deliver well over the…Continue Reading

Correcting markets are the best time to average using a SIP

Don’t stop your SIPs

Bhavana Acharya

With markets falling since February, worry over further corrections may tempt you into stopping your SIPs. But this is not the time to stop SIPs. Why? For a SIP to…Continue Reading