Category: Mutual Fund Research
Observations, recommendations and insights, straight from our Mutual Fund Research Desk
FundsIndia Reviews: ING Active Debt Multi-Manager FoF
July 9, 2013A ready-made debt fund basket The last few years have demonstrated that the Indian debt market has become more volatile and less predictable. Return opportunities of course, have risen along…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: Franklin India Prima Plus
July 2, 2013Dependable quality, old world charm Franklin India Prima Plus belongs to the old school of investing – steady and consistent in its performance. If you are the kind scouting for…Continue Reading
The CRISIL-AMFI mutual fund performance index says it all
June 28, 2013No number crunching this week from me! We have some ready-to-crunch data offered by CRISIL-AMFI on mutual fund performance. For all those mutual fund investment skeptics, the recently launched CRISIL-AMFI…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: SBI Magnum Global
June 25, 2013Redeeming performance If you have been associated with the world of mutual funds for more than a decade, chances are that you would have had some tryst with SBI Magnum…Continue Reading
How FundsIndia Provides Advice
June 25, 2013From day 1 of launching FundsIndia.com’s investment services, we have been providing advice to our investors without charging for it. Over the years, what has evolved is HOW we have…Continue Reading
Buying low and selling high made possible
June 22, 2013I am certainly not claiming you can time the markets when I say buy low and sell high. But then, you can book profits in inflated assets and buy more…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: What the ‘rate cut pause’ means to you
June 18, 2013As expected by most, the Reserve Bank of India did not cut policy rates in its monetary policy meet held on Monday June 17. Now, for an investor, this may…Continue Reading
To be or not to be in the market?
June 14, 2013The S&P BSE Sensex fell 3% in the last one month and as if that weren’t enough, bond yields have been moving up since May 22, causing a fall in…Continue Reading
FundsIndia reviews: ICICI Pru Equity – Volatility Advantage
June 11, 2013Hedging risks in a balanced portfolio ICICI Pru Equity – Volatility Advantage (earlier called ICICI Pru Equity & Derivatives Fund – Volatility Advantage Plan or ICICI Pru VAP) has adeptly…Continue Reading
“2-5 year debt maturity segment offers best risk-adjusted return”
June 7, 2013The fund industry has perhaps over-complicated its fixed income products – so much so that few retail investors understand the offerings any longer, admits Rahul Goswami, CIO Fixed Income, ICICI…Continue Reading
