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When it comes to successful investing it is the journey that is more enjoyable than the final destination.
Every investor must have a clear game-plan and set financial goals based on certain pre-defined objectives with specified time frames.
In the past few years, MFs have emerged as significant institutional buyers, often offsetting the selling by FPIs.
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
'In the business of money, where you are regulated, the liability lies on the head of the acquirer.' 'It is not a good thing when you cannot spot the risks.'
Learn how not to make losses by learning your money lesson from mutual fund portfolio of an investor.
Many investors, who have made money in the rising market of the recent past, are pulling out of equity funds, believing that they can earn more by investing directly.
Despite taking a hit on profitability amid the pandemic, companies with strong balance sheets are gaining market share because of consolidation in their respective sectors.
UTI, HDFC, Reliance MF and SBI MF already source 17-25% of funds from small towns.
More may follow as market indices gain 80 per cent
Here we take a look at what dividend is, why mutual fund dividend is not a true dividend and why investing just for the sake of dividend can make you poorer.
As if wanting to be an antidote to the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian stock market adorned carnival robes in 2021 with a tsunami of liquidity unleashed by global central banks coupled with supportive domestic policies and the world's largest vaccination drive sparking off a world-beating rally on Dalal Street, despite bouts of uneasiness over fizzy valuations. While the wider economy shuttled between recovery and relapse, dictated by multiple mutations of the virus, equity market benchmarks appeared headed in just one direction -- skywards. The dizzying upward journey has added a whopping Rs 72 lakh crore during 2021 to investors' wealth, measured as the cumulative value of all listed shares in the country, taking it to nearly Rs 260 lakh crore.
Corrective measures are already being taken by fund managers - overall allocation to the IT firm has been pruned by 120 basis points, from 4.43 per cent in March to 3.24 per cent in July
Investors who cannot manage an asset-allocated portfolio or rebalance regularly, or do not have an advisor, may opt for these funds, but only after a detailed study of their strategy, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The time is ripe for a merger of eight fund houses indirectly owned and controlled by the central government, says N Sundaresha Subramanian.
'There is still scope for selective stockpicking.'
If you plan to invest in an FD, go for the 12-15-month tenure. This will allow you to redeploy maturity proceeds at higher rates (if rates rise), advises Sarbajeet K Sen.
Monthly SIP inflow is Rs 6,000 crore, with a little over 1.75 million accounts
Following the 30-day moratorium placed on Yes Bank, asset management companies have asked their clients, who have bank accounts with the troubled lender, to furnish details of alternate accounts for receiving redemption payouts. Redemption is the return of an investor's principal on a fixed income security such as a bond, mutual fund or preferred stock.
Loads have a significant bearing on your investments. And if you can avoid it, you should.
It's good to see your fund's corpus rise over time, but when funds become too large, their performance can be adversely impacted. And mid-cap funds are more prone to this phenomenon.
Life Insurance Corporation and UTI Mutual Fund are in the fray for entering the lucrative pension business, which is slated to grow to Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) by 2010.
Four regionally strong banks -- Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Allahabad Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce -- are in the fray to buy out sponsor's stake in UTI Mutual Fund that manages assets worth Rs 20,000 crore
"Fund houses look at merging schemes where there is a duplicity of content or if the scheme has been underperforming historically," says Aashish Somaiya, head (retail business), ICICI Prudential AMC.
The mutual fund industry has grown 25 per cent in the first six months this year, accumulating assets worth over Rs 4 trillion on the back of bullish sentiments in the stock market and robust economic growth in the country.
India's 32 mutual fund houses saw an erosion of over Rs 32,200 crore (Rs 322 billion) in their total asset under management last month, with a weak stock market robbing off some shine from their over Rs 5 trillion portfolio.
The record date for all the schemes is June 8, 2003.
Securities and Exchange Board of India may soon launch a full-fledged investigation into the alleged violation of mutual funds regulations by JM Mutual Fund while dealing in government securities.
Brokerage firm Motilal Oswal Financial Services on Monday said it has received the final approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to set up mutual fund business in the country.
Union Bank of India plans to distribute mutual fund products of DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund as a part of its strategy to increase fee based income.
A good planner will take the role of a family doctor.
Transcript of the market chat held on january 24.
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