Mutual Funds

The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) plans to launch a portal, MF Utility, next fiscal that will facilitate transactions by customers, ...

After the 22 per cent drop in the Sensex so far this year, what stocks should you buy? That's not an easy call today owing to the various global, ...

The Fund of Funds concept has not picked up in India, primarily because the investor was not gaining significantly from our churning of the ...

Rapped by the markets regulator for rolling out new funds that are clones of existing ones, Indian fund houses have retreated into a shell in recent ...

New investments can be considered in the units of Birla Sunlife Floating Rate Fund — Long-Term Plan (BSFRF LTP) with a one-year investment horizon.

Investors looking to build a long-term corpus can buy units of Fidelity Equity and make it a part of their core portfolio. Across market cycles, the ...

A year before you reach your target, use a systematic withdrawal or transfer plan to shift the sums to short-term debt funds.

L&T Mutual Fund today launched a monthly income plan, L&T MIP Wealth Builder Fund, which will invest at least 70 per cent of the corpus in ...

Equity markets go through extremely good and weak periods. It's based on what point in time you set the valuation. We are in an extremely challenging local environment and that has impacted the performance of key companies. SATISH RAMANATHAN, HEAD, EQUITIES, SUNDARAM MUTUAL FUND

Investors can consider adding equity linked savings scheme Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver (Canara Tax Saver) to their core portfolio. The fund's ...

Investors who have missed out on the rally in gold prices can consider a riskier proxy – stocks of gold mining companies. The DSP BlackRock World ...

Even if you are an aggressive investor, you can diversify into other asset classes.

Investors contact Mutual Funds / Registrar and Transfer Agents (RTAs) with general queries regarding their folios and investments. Some such ...

Global mutual funds offered to Indian investors are touted as a tool to spread the risk of investment and to benefit from any upturn the global ...

Balanced fund HDFC Prudence has proved it mettle in beating pure equity funds over the long term, despite holding a fourth of its assets in debt.

Investors looking for debt-oriented mutual fund options can consider buying units of Templeton Life Stage Fund of Funds – The 40s Plan. With a fixed ...

Some themes may play out in a year or sometimes take two to three, but it is not enough to be only contrarian. It is important to buy something that has essential long-term value. You should have a definition of the value in a company. SANKARAN NAREN, CIO, ICICI PRUDENTIAL AMC

How do developments in the mutual fund industry affect the investor? A new fortnightly column that offers an outsider’s perspective on mutual funds.

Do not tolerate the sustained underperformance of any fund against its benchmark and peers.

Investors, who have changed their name due to marriage or otherwise, would have to record the same in their folios. Similarly, if the name in the ...

Looking for a quick way to buy a basket of quality mid-cap stocks? Buying the CNX Midcap Index is probably your best option today. Investors can buy ...

Unit-holders of Kotak 50 can avoid fresh exposure to the fund, as it is early days to assess its performance post its mandate change in January 2011.

Fund houses are yet to take a breather from the series of fixed maturity plans they have been launching. The latest to hit the market is Reliance ...

Investing in lump-sums, particularly in a volatile market, exposes your money to higher downside risks.