Category: Mutual Fund Research
Observations, recommendations and insights, straight from our Mutual Fund Research Desk
FundsIndia Reviews: Equity Savings Funds
June 10, 2015Equity savings funds are a new variant in the equity mutual fund basket. Exposure to equity, a part of which is hedged, and then some debt, and you have this…Continue Reading
Why debt funds work better than FDs
June 5, 2015If you are worrying about falling interest rates leaving you with no fixed income options, you are right – if your only fixed income option is bank Fixed Deposits (FDs).…Continue Reading
Consolidation Phase for Debt Market
June 2, 2015A 25-basis point cut in repo rate to 7.25 per cent in today’s Monetary Policy review, totals to a front-loaded 75 basis point cut thus far in 2015. Further action,…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund
June 2, 2015ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund (earlier called ‘ICICI Pru Equity – Volatility Advantage Plan’, or ‘ICICI Pru VAP’) has adeptly managed the volatile markets of the last five years to…Continue Reading
Can you invest in the Equity Savings Funds of Reliance and SBI?
May 30, 2015Two new equity funds have hit the market – the Reliance Equity Savings Scheme, and the SBI Equity Savings Scheme. Srikanth Meenakshi, co-founder and COO, FundsIndia.com, explains the suitability of…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: Franklin India Prima Plus
May 27, 2015It’s hard to classify Franklin India Prima Plus as an aggressive equity fund; however, it is not a conservative one either. You may not find this fund in the chart…Continue Reading
Will the Riskometer help you know your fund risks better?
May 25, 2015SEBI reviewed the system of product labelling in mutual funds early this month and has proposed to change the existing three-colour risk labelling to a riskometer, which consists of five…Continue Reading
Bonus or not – Don’t sweat the small stuff
May 23, 2015The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) recently came up with a best practice guideline for AMCs to discontinue bonus options for schemes. Bonus options were widely seen as…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: MNC Funds
May 19, 2015Over the last few years, Multi-national Corporation (MNC) funds have managed to outperform a good number of large cap and diversified equity funds. Despite the rich valuations of MNC companies,…Continue Reading
FundsIndia View: Buy in May and stay that way
May 11, 2015Yes, you’re right. Quite the opposite of the old market adage, Sell in May and go away! A 10% fall from the highs of end January (although only about 3%…Continue Reading
