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“Time spent in the market more important than timing the market”

Vidya Bala

Should investors look for more clarity to emerge from elections before deciding to invest? While this may be an emotional factor, for equity investors, inflation, interest rates and expectation of earnings…Continue Reading

RBI provides temporary relief to your debt portfolio

Vidya Bala

The Reserve Bank of India surprised markets today by deciding to keep the repo rate and CRR unchanged. This came as a surprise, after the over 11% consumer price inflation…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Franklin India Smaller Companies

Vidya Bala

A Fund to Ride in a Recovery In our newsletter last week (click here to read it), we mentioned that we would identify funds that may be well-placed to ride…Continue Reading

Why you need mutual funds for retirement planning

Vidya Bala

For most of you, holding an EPF account with your company or investing separately in PPF could be the only retirement plan in place. This means of saving may have…Continue Reading

“Short-term debt funds well suited for retail investors”

Vidya Bala

As markets eagerly await the RBI’s monetary policy review next week, Shobhit Mehrotra, Senior Fund Manager – Fixed Income and Head of Credit, HDFC AMC, is of the view that…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Elections and Your Investments

Vidya Bala

Should you wait for the elections to invest in the markets? The just-concluded state elections have vindicated the market’s stance on the anti-incumbency factor. Even as experts draw multiple scenarios…Continue Reading

“The US growth story is developing to be longer and sustainable”

Vidya Bala

PineBridge India – US Equity fund is the new open-ended equity fund on PineBridge India Mutual’s block. This fund will invest in PineBridge US Large Cap Research Enhanced Fund, the…Continue Reading

“Market not as stretched as it was in 2007-08”

Vidya Bala

While many fund houses, in recent times, have been favouring ‘value’ strategy for investing in this market, Paul Parampreet, Fund Manager, Edelweiss AMC would rather adopt a GARP (Growth At…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of Birla Sun Life Banking & Financial Services Fund

Vidya Bala

To market, to market, to buy a lean bank For those of you who believe that the economy may be turning the corner, a high beta sector such as the…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Franklin India Prima

Vidya Bala

Through Good Times and Bad Times Come December, Franklin India Prima, one among the handful of funds to have been launched in the 90s, would complete two decades of investing…Continue Reading