Does Sensex and Nifty Really Matter?
Friends, Hope this New Year 2017 brings in Happiness and Prosperity to all of us. Investments in Mutual Funds have been increasing continuously due to money coming in from retail investors. The last quarter (Oct-Dec ’16) has seen significant participation, touching all-time highs (Domestic Institutional Investors includes MFs, LIC, Provident Fund). 2 key reasons why the Retail Investors participation have increased in Equity are: Increasing awareness level of investors that Equities have the potential to...
Opportunity in Debt Mutual Funds – II
How does Debt Funds work and where do they invest? Debt Fund’s source of returns are interest income and capital appreciation. Capital appreciation is unique to debt funds which is generated through trading of securities. Investors need to be aware that in Debt funds price is inversely proportional to Interest Rate and Yield. i.e. when interest rates go down, the value or price of the security goes up. Yield in simple terms is the interest...
Opportunity in Debt Mutual Funds – Alternative to Bank and Postal Deposits
Friends, Many investors carry a wrong notion that Mutual Funds is all about Equity/Stock investing. But the reality is as on 30th Sep 2016, data from AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) says investments in Equity MFs is 5 Lakh Crores Vs 11 Lakh Crores. i.e. Only 31% of the funds are invested in Equity and the rest 69% are in Debt Funds. Since the content required for this blog is high, I...