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FundsIndia View: Should one-year returns drive your equity fund choice?

Vidya Bala

Often times, when you (our investors) interact with our advisors on the choice of funds for your portfolio, or you try to choose a fund yourself from our ‘Select Funds’…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of UTI Focussed Equity Fund Series I

Vidya Bala

Would you prefer a diversified portfolio of stocks or like taking focused bets? If you like the latter, then that is what UTI Focussed Equity, the new fund offer from…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews – NFO of Reliance Japan Equity Fund

Vidya Bala

Japan – the new hunting ground for investors For those of you excited by the unusual run up in the Japanese equity markets in the last 2 years (after years…Continue Reading

“60 per cent of Sensex’ earnings are immune to most macro issues”

Vidya Bala

With the run-up in valuations of a number of stocks, ‘quality of business’ rather than just ‘size of business’ will start mattering in stock choices, says Neelesh Surana, Head-Equities and…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of DSP BR Global Allocation Fund

Vidya Bala

Imagine allocating your assets not only across global equities but also across debt instruments globally. That is what DSP BR Global Allocation Fund will seek to do. This open-ended fund-of-fund…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of L&T Business Cycles Fund

Vidya Bala

Are you in a stock market cycle that favours cyclical sectors? Or is it time to get more defensive? Is this the time to exit FMCGs or should you accumulate…Continue Reading

The wait for rate cut is set to continue

Vidya Bala

The RBI decided to go on a pause mode on interest rates in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review. When viewed against the seemingly dovish phrases in the last policy…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Reliance Tax Saver

Vidya Bala

If you are looking to save taxes under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act and are also looking for high-returning options, then the ELSS fund, Reliance Tax Saver, may…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Arbitrage Funds

Vidya Bala

In our weekly call last week, we discussed our debt strategy post budget. As a part of the strategy, we discussed about the investment opportunities in arbitrage funds and recommended…Continue Reading

Should you go for the dividend option post budget?

Vidya Bala

In our note on budget’s impact (FundsIndia Debt fund strategy post budget) we had mentioned that there is one more change that the budget has proposed in mutual funds. That…Continue Reading