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Category: Mutual Fund Research

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

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FundsIndia Explains : Short-term and long-term gilt funds

Mutual Fund Research Desk

What they are? Where they invest? Gilt funds are debt mutual fund schemes that invest in government issued bonds and securities of varying maturities. The various types of gilt funds…Continue Reading

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Changes to FundsIndia’s Select Funds list

Mutual Fund Research Desk

FundsIndia’s Select Funds is a list of funds that you can invest in today. Spread across categories, this list helps narrow down investment choices from the hundreds of funds that…Continue Reading

FundsIndia explains: Arbitrage and equity savings funds

Mutual Fund Research Desk

Under the equity umbrella, the standard mutual fund categories are large-cap, diversified, mid-cap and small-cap funds, and balanced funds. These funds are suited for all investors, depending on their risk…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: HDFC Capital Builder

Vidya Bala

The HDFC stable has a handful of funds with a track record of over 20 years. But perhaps the least spoken of them all, despite a steady performance record, would…Continue Reading

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FundsIndia explains : What are liquid funds

Mutual Fund Research Desk

Liquid funds – another category of debt mutual fund is considered the least risky and is often quoted as a good alternative to savings account, to park your surplus. Let…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Mirae Asset India Opportunities

Bhavana Acharya

Open a FREE Account Now! A portfolio tilted towards large-cap stocks, returns that beat the benchmark and peers across every market cycle, and a focus on quality and valuations make…Continue Reading

FundsIndia explains: Balanced funds

Mutual Fund Research Desk

Balanced funds are those funds that invest the majority of their portfolio in stocks and the rest in fixed-income instruments. A balanced fund thus straddles two asset classes – equity…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: There’s more to the market than UP elections

Vidya Bala

The BJP’s win in the UP elections provided a leg up to the market for couple of reasons: one, it reposed the faith in the policy reforms of the government…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: SBI Magnum MIP – Floater

Bhavana Acharya

Open a FREE Account Now! A recent entrant into the hybrid debt category in FundsIndia’s Select list is SBI Magnum MIP – Floater (SBI Magnum Floater). The fund is among…Continue Reading

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FundsIndia explains: What are diversified or multi-cap funds?

Mutual Fund Research Desk

Over the past few weeks we discussed about large-cap funds and mid-cap funds. There is another category of equity funds that falls between these two – they are called diversified/multi-cap…Continue Reading