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A misperception about mutual funds among many retail investors, especially less experienced investors is that, these are risky investments. You should know there are several types of low risk mutual fund schemes where you can deploy your money productively (higher rate of return) instead of keeping it idle in your savings bank...

Domestic consumption is one of the most important themes of the India Growth Story. India enjoys a demographic advantage as far as this theme is concerned. We have a young population; the average age is just 29 years (Source: Ministry of External Affairs). As per National Family Health Survey 2021, 88% of the population is...

The equity market is prone to fluctuate between highs and lows. In the long run above 3 years, the troughs in equity performance have historically always been followed by a correction and then rising markets. These points in the downward markets are where valuations are attractive...

We have stated a number of times in our blog that you can put the idle money in your savings bank account to productive use by investing it in overnight, liquid and ultra-short duration funds. All three debt mutual fund categories invest primarily in money market instruments, but there are differences...

Regular Advisorkhoj readers know that we give a lot of importance to performance consistency when evaluating mutual fund scheme. Performance consistency across mixed market conditions is particularly important for focused equity funds which invest in relatively small number (less than 30 stocks) of high...

ICICI Prudential Value Series 1 and 2 were launched towards the end of 2013 as three year close ended schemes. With the benefit of hindsight, we can say that the timing of subscription to these Value Series schemes were just great. The equity market was...

The Nifty 50 Index made it to its all-time high towards the end of November and has since then retreated for higher levels due to profit booking. The Nifty 50 index clocked gains after RBI cut repo rate by 25 bps, but the rally was short-lived. Despite Q2 GDP growth at 8.2% exceeding expectations, the market scenario is facing...

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...

Before purchasing any financial product there are a few basic questions that an investor should ask oneself such as; does the asset fit in his risk reward matrix and investment needs; what is the financial goal for which you are purchasing this...

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...