Advisers suggest a cut in mid-, small-cap exposuresThis comes amid fears of the second wave of Covid-19 hurting economic growth coupled with high valuations and a sharp run-up in equities ov...
03 May, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
Cut mid, small cap allocation by 5%, say expertsPortfolio managers are pruning allocation to mid and small cap funds by 5% in investor portfolios.
03 May, 2021, 12.56 AM IST
Banking sector funds offer 7.49% returns in one day. Time to invest?Banking sector funds are likely to go up after the budget 2021, experts say. The Development Financial Institution, increase in FDI in insu...
02 Feb, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
Gold mutual funds post negative 3-month returns. Is the rally over?Is gold losing steam? Many gold mutual fund investors, both existing and prospective ones, are asking this question after gold funds posted...
18 Nov, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
Gold price falling: Should you reconsider your investments in gold funds?In the international market, gold is trading around $1,850 per ounce mark. Commodity experts say that the major reason behind the slump in ...
28 Sep, 2020, 02.21 PM IST
Has credit risk been spread across debt MF categories?Aim was to bring about uniformity by clubbing funds with similar characteristics into one category.
08 Jun, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
Morningstar Investment Adviser launches discretionary managed portfoliosWithin the product, Morningstar is offering active portfolios.
23 Apr, 2019, 01.49 PM IST
Ulips vs mutual funds: Which will give you better returns?Unlike MFs, Ulips are not very widely tracked. Here are the best performing Ulip funds and a comparison with the returns of mutual fund cat...
07 May, 2018, 11.56 AM IST
Quantum Long Term Equity increases cash to 17.5%Fund managers tend to hold higher levels of cash when they feel a correction is in the offing.
20 Jul, 2017, 09.50 AM IST
Funds increase bets on banks with corporate lending focusSeveral PSBs trade at a price-to-book value that is lower than their 10-year averages.
31 May, 2017, 08.15 AM IST
Fund managers lap up corporate banks in AprilEquity schemes of top MFs lapped up shares of select private and public sector lenders in April.
30 May, 2017, 07.53 PM IST
Are you going for physical gold or paper gold this Akshaya Tritiya?Gold ETFs help in saving on the storage cost and avoid security risk.
27 Apr, 2017, 07.35 PM IST
Post RBI policy, short-term debt funds, dynamic bond funds can be more rewarding than bank FDsPost RBI move, short-term deb and dynamic funds are relatively attractive vis-à-vis rates on FDs and would attract lower taxation if held f...
08 Apr, 2017, 04.35 PM IST
Investors bet big on debt funds, pour in Rs 1.77 lakh crore in FY17Accrual strategy funds saw a huge inflow in the last fiscal.
04 Apr, 2017, 05.30 PM IST
Sorry Mr Buffett, your advice of index fund investing not best choice in IndiaThe SBI Nifty Index Fund has an expense ratio of 0.70 per cent, whereas an actively-managed fund such as SBI Bluechip fund charges 1.98 per...
28 Feb, 2017, 12.24 PM IST
West Bengal ranks sixth in average AUM of MFs"West Bengal ranked sixth with five per cent of average AUM of Rs 84,600 crore."
16 Dec, 2016, 10.55 AM IST
Is it the right time to start new investments in midcap funds?"The midcap category has fell the most because some of these stocks were extremely overvalued. Some of them were also high-beta stocks that...
25 Nov, 2016, 03.50 PM IST