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

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FundsIndia Recommends: Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced ‘95

Bhavana Acharya

Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. A new entrant to the Select Funds list in our June quarter review is Aditya Birla Sun Life…Continue Reading

You don’t have to add schemes when you increase investments

Vidya Bala

“I want to invest more/I want to increase my SIPs. Can you suggest good new funds that I don’t hold?”  – is a question that we hear often. The key…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Why your dynamic bond fund returns will not be static

Vidya Bala

Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. In recent months, your dynamic bond fund’s annualised returns may have fallen from high double-digit returns to single-digit…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: The why and how of portfolio diversification

Bhavana Acharya

Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/339133316″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Looking at double-digit returns in the stock market, it may seem…Continue Reading

What to do with your fund when a correction happens

Mutual Fund Research Desk

In recent times, stock markets have given us enough reasons to worry. First, there was the blistering run in July when indices hit all-time highs. Then there was concern of…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Reset your return expectations

Vidya Bala

Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/338109395″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] With the markets delivering close to 20% returns on a year-to-date…Continue Reading

FDs are not as risk free as you think

Gourav Kumar

SBI, Bank of Baroda and more recently Axis Bank cut their savings bank rate to 3.5%. This may mean that the already low FD rates may also dip further. Most…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: ICICI Prudential Value Discovery

Bhavana Acharya

  Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/337126332″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] ICICI Prudential Value Discovery has long been an investor favourite.…Continue Reading

FundsIndia explains: What is portfolio concentration?

Mutual Fund Research Desk

Portfolio concentration is a term you would have come across in our fund reviews. We would have said that a portfolio is diffused across stocks, or, that the top ten…Continue Reading

UTI Banking and PSU Debt fund has clocked 1 and 3-year returns of 9.1% and 9.4%, respectively - higher than the category average of 8.6% and 8.9%

FundsIndia Recommends: UTI Banking and PSU Debt Fund

Vidya Bala

Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/335931234″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Open a FREE Account Now! If your fixed deposits are maturing…Continue Reading

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