ETMarkets special weekend podcast: 5 things to consider while buying mutual fund

Hello and welcome to ETMarkets Special Weekend Podcast. This is Saloni Goel and in this weekend's podcast we will be talking about mutual funds.

A structural shift in Indian investors' savings habits has resulted in mutual funds becoming one of their preferred investment destinations.

Lakhs of investors have turned to systematic investment plans of mutual funds in recent months.

SIP inflows have increased rapidly-investors pump in over Rs 5,000 crore every month through this option, compared to just Rs 1,200 crore a month in early 2014.

India's mutual fund has swollen quite a bit in the mad rush to launch asset management businesses and also thematic sales push by various fund houses to mop up money. This often leaves investors at sea with a pool of over 2,000 schemes to choose from.

To make it easier, we have Vidya Bala, Head, Mutual Fund Research, FundsIndia to explain what are factors you should consider while buying a mutual fund.

Byte: Vidya Bala

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