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FundsIndia Views: What should be your time frame and return expectation with equity funds?
March 1, 2017Most of you, when you started investing with us, would have heard your FundsIndia advisor tell you that equity funds are not meant for the short term. We say this…Continue Reading
FundsIndia explains: What are midcap funds?
February 27, 2017We’ve looked at what large-cap funds are, and why they are a must-have in your long-term portfolio. This week, we will take up the midcap fund category. What midcap funds…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: Tata Balanced Fund
February 22, 2017Ranking the one-year returns of balanced funds will not have Tata Balanced in the top quartile. Yet, the fund remains among the best in its category, with a solid long-term…Continue Reading
Why do funds stop fresh inflows?
February 20, 2017Last week, crowd favourite DSP BlackRock Microcap, a small-cap equity fund stopped accepting fresh investments altogether. This comes a few months after the fund restricted lump-sum investments. Midcap fund Mirae…Continue Reading
The job of a debt fund
February 18, 2017A recent article by Dhirendra Kumar of Valueresearch ‘Debt funds’ self-inflicted losses’ came as a surprise. The article surprised me for some of the assumptions it made about debt fund…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: Should you worry about debt fund declines?
February 15, 2017The single-day fall in medium and long-term debt funds ranging from 0.1% to 2.2% on February 8, 2017, following the Monetary Policy, might look alarming. There were also sections of…Continue Reading
FundsIndia explains: What are largecap funds?
February 13, 2017Take any fund. Other than the returns numbers, which draw your immediate attention, look at the type of fund it is. Any portfolio recommendation or review will always mention the…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: Tata India Tax Savings
February 8, 2017In our previous Select Funds review, we had introduced Tata India Tax Savings in the tax-saving fund category. This fund has climbed steadily up the ranking charts since 2015, thanks…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: DSP BlackRock Income Opportunities
January 25, 2017At a time when rates have dropped and are expected to drop further, investing in an income fund may seem incongruent. But it is a good move for many reasons.…Continue Reading
FundsIndia explains: Closed-ended hybrid debt funds
January 23, 2017Last week we discussed about closed -ended debt funds and one of the most popular closed-ended debt fund category – fixed maturity plans (FMP). In this article, we’ll discuss the…Continue Reading
