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The Bank of India Manufacturing and Infrastructure Fund was launched in March 2010. This is a thematic fund which invests in stocks in the infrastructure and manufacturing sector. With assets under management of 338.69 Cr as on 31st May 2024, the TER of the Regular Growth option of the fund stood at 2.41% as on the...

PGIM India Flexi Cap Fund has been available for investors since March 04, 2015. As equities are a long-term investment product, one must consider at least 3-yrs returns during this period. The PGIM India Flexi Cap Fund’s trailing 3-year returns stand at 27.1% (Regular Growth plan as of 21-Jun-23). The benchmark (Nifty...

Taiwan is one of the fastest growing emerging markets in the world (source: Bloomberg, 2021 GDP forecast). With a population of just around 23 million, Taiwan's nominal GDP stood at USD 669 billion (2020). Taiwan's per capita GDP is USD 28,371 (source: World Bank, 2020) which is nearly thrice of China’s per capita...

We have reviewed Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund, a large and midcap equity fund from Principal Mutual Fund stable, a number of times in the last few years. In our usual fund reviews, we look at a performance of a scheme across various market conditions, performance versus benchmark and peers, portfolio composition etc. In this post, we...

Nippon India Mutual Fund has launched Nippon India Silver ETF and Nippon India Silver ETF FOF. The fund of funds (FOF) will invest in units of Nippon India Silver ETF. While gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have been around in India for some, silver ETFs are very new. Nippon India Silver ETF is one of only 3 silver ETFs announced so...

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...

Balanced Advantage Funds dynamically rebalance their asset allocation between equity and debt based on a dynamic asset allocation model. If equity valuations are low, then dynamic asset allocation model will increase asset allocation to equity and reduce allocation to debt. If equity valuations are high, then the model will reduce allocation...

The global financial markets have been in extraordinary conditions for the past several months. Commodity prices have been very high across the world; crude oil prices are at 10 year high and expected to go up even further, as war rages in Ukraine. Inflation in United States is at a 40 year...

SBI Equity Savings Fund was launched in May 2015 and has Rs 2,275 Crores of Assets under Management. The expense ratio of the fund is 1.72%. For redemption of units within 15 days, the fund will charge an exit load of 0.1%. The scheme has given 8.4% CAGR returns since inception. Considering the volatility of the scheme, which is much lower compared to other equity oriented hybrid funds, these...

Global financial markets have been volatile over the past 6 months due to high inflation. Bond yields have been rising for the nearly 18 months and the 10 year Government Bond yield is at a 3 year high now (as on 6^th June 2022). Bond prices have an inverse relationship with interest rate / yield changes i.e. prices go down...