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Sit tight and don’t give in to market forces

Bhavana Acharya

The huge sell-off and market volatility of late has shaken many of you. Here is putting things in perspective, and what you should do – or rather not – do.…Continue Reading

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Can Social Learning help Investing?

Nilakantan Rajaraman

Historically, every single attempt to automate human activity has been met with stiff resistance. In the late 19th and early 20th century, when tall buildings started coming up, lifts or…Continue Reading

“Focus on quality scalable businesses rather than debating on large cap versus mid cap”

Vidya Bala

Mirae Asset Management has delivered across market phases, demonstrating consistency every time. With a balanced fund to be added now to its kitty (NFO of Mirae Asset Prudence opens on…Continue Reading

There is a debt fund to suit every time frame

Vidya Bala

Did you know that debt funds, as a category, offer a wide spectrum of products to suit your varying investment horizons? That’s perhaps the single biggest advantage that debt funds…Continue Reading

IDFC Premier Equity: Positive stance continues

Vidya Bala

Last week, we informed you the exit of Kenneth Andrade from IDFC Mutual and said this called for a ‘hold’ strategy for now in IDFC Premier Equity. We had also…Continue Reading

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IDFC Mutual CIO & fund manager Kenneth Andrade quits

Vidya Bala

Kenneth Andrade, ace fund manager and CIO of IDFC Mutual quit the fund house to pursue external opportunities. This means the fund house’s flagship fund IDFC Premier Equity will come…Continue Reading

Will the Riskometer help you know your fund risks better?

Sathyamoorthy N

SEBI 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

Vidya Bala

The 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 View: Buy in May and stay that way

Vidya Bala

Yes, 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

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What you should do with your PPFAS fund

Vidya Bala

The grief and shock after the passing away of Parag Parikh, Founder of PPFAS, which is the sponsor company for PPFAS Mutual Fund, is yet to diminish. However, many of…Continue Reading