Baroda Banking and PSU Bond Fund: A Good Bet in Current Times?

Multiple events of rating downgrades and defaults in securities of debt mutual fund schemes in the recent past have made investors risk-averse. With most business operations affected due to the pandemic crisis, investors are pushed to seek safety for their investments. They have shunned credit-risk-oriented categories for categories that invest predominantly in high-rated and liquid…

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December 3, 2020 | by

HDFC Dividend Yield Fund: Will it Yield Steady Returns?

Dividend yield is a reliable indicator of a company’s valuation. A high dividend yielding stock represents good cash flows from business operations, supports higher return on equity, and the management’s commitment towards its shareholders. As a result of higher cash flows, dividend yielding stocks tend to be less volatile and hence, less risky. The current…

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December 2, 2020 | by

Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund: Participating in High Quality Businesses

When the equity markets was expected to go through a prolonged bear phase amid the pandemic’s impact on the economy, investors witnessed a dramatic turnaround as the markets reached all-time highs. The steady rise in equity market has been backed by vaccine hopes, improvement in consumer sentiments, government stimulus, among other factors. Market movement is…

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November 27, 2020 | by

ICICI Pru Quant Fund: Will the Technology Driven Approach Work in its Favour?

Behavioural bias such as confirmation bias, optimism bias, loss-aversion bias, and recency bias can affect investment decisions. Due to these biases, investors often deviate from rational decisions. A Rule-based investing sets aside assumptions, sentiments, intuitions, and impulses to avoid pitfalls of behavioural bias as well as minimize ‘Greed’ and ‘Fear’. Quant Fund is a fund…

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November 26, 2020 | by

Are Your Equity Mutual Fund Schemes Underperforming Despite Markets Hitting an All-Time High?

The dramatic market recovery from the March lows is a pleasant surprise for all investors, including the seasoned institutional investors. The Nifty 500 — an index which represents approximately 95% of the free-float market capitalization of Indian markets — has generated 70.3% returns since its March lows. Graph: Going up from strength to strength Data as…

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