What should you do with your portfolio right now?
If you have been waiting to invest when the market has bottomed out, let me assure you – you won’t be able to invest anywhere below the price at which you decided to start waiting in the first place. It’s been some time since I last put pen to paper—or, more accurately, fingers to keyboard. […]
ICICI Energy Opportunities Fund – Should you invest?
About ICICI Energy Opportunities The NFO of ICICI Energy Opportunities Fund opened for subscription on July 02, 2024, and will close on July 16, 2024. The scheme aims to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity-related instruments of companies engaged in or benefiting from the growth in traditional and new energy industries […]
Manufacturing Funds – Here’s our favourite one
Thematic mutual funds receives the highest inflows of Rs 46,000 crore in FY24. The most popular theme that has caught the attention of fund managers and retail investors is Manufacturing funds. Manufacturing in India has been a major focus for this governement. Now that the election results are out, we can expect stable policies to […]
Active Vs. Passive Investing – a study of historical data on index stocks
Everytime there is a bull run in the market, it revives the debate around Active vs. Passive investing. This is because Index funds are most popular at the peak of a bull run. The biggest distraction area for mutual fund investors in bull markets is their inability to choose how they invest. They constantly switch […]
5 Mutual Fund Selection Mistakes Which You All Make
Confused about how to go on with your mutual fund selection? Read on – [I] Past returns: The number one mistake people make with their mutual fund selection process is to invest based on past returns. Often investors look at returns generated over the past 1–3-year period and invest on that basis. However, all empirical […]
Mutual Funds for Long Term (SIPs and Lumpsum investments)
Until a few years back, I invested wholly on my own. Almost 100% of my investments were in stocks and I hardly ever looked at mutual funds. Over time, I have realized the importance of diversification both in terms of asset classes and also in terms of managers. It is important to put your investments […]
Is this the right time to invest in Arbitrage funds?
WHAT ARE ARBITRAGE FUNDS? Arbitrage funds are types of mutual funds that leverage the price differential in the cash and derivatives market to generate returns. The returns are dependent on the volatility of the asset. These funds are hybrid in nature as they have the provision of investing a sizeable portion of the portfolio […]
Best Equity Mutual Funds to Invest Right Now
Single most important strategic decision in investing is how to find the best equity mutual fund investments. There are different types of mutual funds available to invest in including equity, index, debt, liquid, gold and thematic funds (like infrastructure, Pharma etc) – the list is quite exhaustive. Keep in mind that you don’t have to […]
Top GILT Funds in Falling Interest Rates
Over the past few years, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has consistently lowered interest rates. Consider this, The RBI has lowered its Repo Rate (i.e. the rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks) from a high of 8% in 2015 to its current rate of 4%. Falling interest rates have resulted in a […]
Sector Investing to Beat Market Returns
Sector investing can prove to be a useful and powerful portfolio construction strategy. Sector investing is an integral part of a well-diversified portfolio strategy. As economic variables and business cycles impact segments of the economy differently, sector-based investment strategies can help investors earn big based on economic conditions prevailing in specific pockets of the market. […]