Mutual Funds Articles

According to SEBI guidelines, the top 100 stocks by market capitalization in India are known as Large Cap stocks. The market capitalization of Large Cap companies lies between Rs 690 bn to Rs 18 trillion. (AMFI data as on 31st December 2023). The core sectors like petroleum products, oil and gas, coal, power, cement steel...

Canara Robeco Mutual Fund has launched a thematic fund NFO, Canara Robeco Manufacturing Fund. The fund will invest in companies from different industry sectors that come under the manufacturing theme. The Government with its “Make in India” policy aims to make India a global manufacturing hub. Changing global...

An often debate, are Direct Plan better than Regular Plan? Do we really need a Mutual Fund Distributor? In real value terms, it’s a non-debatable topic though. How often we get tempted as an investor to jump in & invest in a product performing well in short term or we have heard about it from a friend etc.? Not realizing if it actually...

Nippon India Mutual Fund has launched two index funds NFOs – Nippon India Nifty Bank Index Fund and Nippon India Nifty IT Index Fund. Nippon India Nifty Bank Index Fund is a passive fund which will track the Nifty Bank Index, while the IT fund is also a passive fund which will track the Nifty IT index. Both the NFOs opened for subscription...

Stock market capped of the year 2023 with Nifty and Sensex making record highs in December. The markets cheered Fed’s indication in its December FOMC meeting that there will be multiple rate cuts in 2024. India was the standout outperformer in the emerging markets pack; in CY 2023...

Of late, Arbitrage funds have been gaining popularity amongst investors this year. As per AMFI November data, arbitrage funds received the highest monthly inflows (Rs 9,404 crores in November 2023) among all mutual fund categories. Arbitrage funds are low risk investment options for parking your short-term...

Infrastructure is one of the most crucial sectors in the progress of a country. Given India’s aspiration to become a developed economy by 2047, infrastructure development is crucial in achieving that vision. The Government recognizes the infrastructural needs and has developed various and policies...

Arbitrage Funds are equity-oriented hybrid funds that leverage arbitrage opportunities, like differences in the pricing of shares in two different exchanges, or in the prices at the spots and futures market etc. Since there is a simultaneous buy and sell, they do not carry the volatility...

Healthcare as a theme has tremendous growth potential and includes businesses in diagnostics, hospitals, medical equipment, specialty chemicals, insurance, and other allied sub sectors. Investment into healthcare themed funds allows investors to participate in the growth potential of this...

We are approaching the end of 2023 and there is just 3 months left to complete your tax planning for FY 2023-24. If you have not done your tax planning yet, then you should start at the earliest. Tax payers can claim deductions of up to Rs 1.5 lakhs every year from their gross taxable income...