Dwaipayan Bose Articles

2024 has been a very interesting year for the Indian stock market. While the broad trend of the market has been bullish, we have also seen periods of volatility in certain pockets and even in the broad market. In the first half of the year Nifty 50 TRI (Total return Index) gave 11.3% return while the broader market...

Canara Robeco MF is launching a Balanced Advantage Fund. The New Fund Offer (NFO) has opened for subscription on 12th July and close on 26th July. The fund will follow a dynamic asset allocation model. In this article, we will review this Canara Robeco Balanced Advantage Fund NFO. The market is trading at record highs...

Franklin Templeton MF has launched a new diversified equity fund, Franklin India Multi Cap Fund. The New Fund Offer opened for subscription on 8th July and will close on 22nd July 2024. This open ended equity mutual fund scheme will invest in all three market cap segments, large cap, midcap and small cap, with minimum...

Services sector is the largest contributor to India’s GDP, contributing nearly 55% to Gross Value Add (source: Press note on provisional FY 2023-24 GDP estimate, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India). The services sector is also a major source of employment in our country accounting...

Though index funds have experienced huge growth in assets under management (AUM) over the last few years, there is relatively less awareness about factor based index funds or smart beta index funds. Factor indices are constructed based on quantitative, rule based investment strategies based on factors which...

The stock market is trading at its record high despite bouts of high volatility from time to time. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have been net sellers on an YTD basis in 2024. There are multiple factors at play. FIIs are shifting their emerging market allocations from India to China because from their...

Nippon India Corporate Bond Fund has been the top performing corporate bond fund in the last 3 years. The fund continues to be one of the top performers even in CY 2024. With interest rates peaking, we are now in a favourable macro environment for debt funds. Nippon India Corporate Bond Fund can be a good alternative...

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...

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...