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We have stated a number of times in our blog that your fund selection should always be based on your investment goals and risk appetite, not on stock market conditions. The stock market moves up and down, but your financial goals...

Over the last 2 months we have covered top performing mutual funds in two equity fund categories – large cap (Top 5 best Large Cap Mutual Funds to invest in 2019) and multi-cap (Top 6 Multi Cap Mutual Funds to invest in 2019). In both the posts...

We have mentioned a number of times in our blog that systematic investing is the best approach in volatile markets for getting good long term returns. By investing through systematic investment plans (SIPs) in volatile markets, you can take...

The equity market has been very volatile in the last two months, with the Nifty falling 1,000 points from its all-time high. Midcap and small cap stocks have been underperforming for more than a year now. Nifty Midcap 100 Index has fallen...

With increased investor awareness in India, investors have increasingly investing their savings in mutual funds instead of traditional investment schemes like FDs, Post Office Small Savings, Gold, property etc. For making short term investments...

In this blog post, we have selected two equity mutual fund schemes from Principal MF stable and looked at their long term performance track record. Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund, a large and midcap equity fund and Principal Multicap...

In the last one year, when Nifty Small Cap (SML 100) Index fell 13% and small cap mutual funds as a category gave -4% return, SBI Small Cap Fund protected investor’s capital and delivered positive returns. The relatively good performance...

Multi Cap Mutual Funds are equity mutual fund schemes which have flexible mandates of investing across different market capitalization segments e.g. large cap, midcap and small cap. SEBI classifies the top 100 stocks by market...

Large cap equity mutual funds are mutual fund schemes which invest at least 80% of their assets in large cap stocks. SEBI defines the top 100 stocks by market capitalization as large cap stocks. Large cap mutual funds tend to be less volatile...

Based on our interactions with investors and financial advisors, we see that there is a lot of interest in mutual fund dividends and Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP) as income solutions for investors. Many investors prefer dividend options for regular...

SBI Savings Fund is a money market mutual fund scheme which invests in money market instruments like commercial papers (CPs), certificates of deposits (CDs) etc. As per SEBI’s mutual fund classification directive, money market funds must...

If you had invested Rs 1 lakh in Principal Focused Multi-Cap Fund (erstwhile Principal Large Cap Fund) at the time of its launch (NFO) towards the end of 2005, your investment would have multiplied to nearly Rs 6 lakhs (as on May 13^th 2019)...

Over the past few months, debt mutual funds have been in the news for wrong reasons. In September 2018, the shock default by IL&FS (and its subsidiary) on its debt obligation shook the debt markets in which mutual funds are major investors...

Performance consistency in mutual funds, in our view, is one of the most important attributes of superior long term returns and wealth creation for investors. Consistent performers may not always be the best performer in a particular year, but...

We have reviewed Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund a couple of times in the last one year. You can refer to our posts, Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund: One of the best large and midcap funds (published on 29^th August 2018) and Principal...