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The equity market is prone to fluctuate between highs and lows. In the long run above 3 years, the troughs in equity performance have historically always been followed by a correction and then rising markets. These points in the downward markets are where valuations are attractive...

Global and Indian equities made a strong comeback in November after remaining volatile in October. The Nifty is back above the 20,000 level and the S&P 500 also posting strong gains in November. The Indian economy continues to be strong with Q2 GDP growth rate of 7.6% surprising...

Axis Mutual Fund is launching a New Funds Offer, Axis India Manufacturing Fund. Axis India Manufacturing Fund is an open ended thematic equity mutual fund scheme. The fund will invest in companies from industry sectors that are part of India’s manufacturing theme. The NFO will open...

Bandhan Core Equity Fund, formerly known as IDFC Core Equity Fund is a large and midcap fund. As per SEBI’s mandate, Large and midcap funds must invest minimum 35% of their assets in large cap stocks (top 100 stocks by market capitalization) and 35% of their assets in midcap stocks (next 150 stocks...

Thematic funds are equity mutual fund schemes which invest in some ideas or strategy. These schemes try to identify specific macro-trends in the economy and invest in sectors which can benefit from these macro-trends. Examples of investment themes are manufacturing, consumption...

Most investors will be familiar with the term Sensex. Sensex is one of the leading indicators of the stock market in India. The term Sensex is blend of two words Sensitive and Index. The Sensex comprises of the Top 30 companies from different industry sectors are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). These stocks are the most actively...

We recently celebrated National Education Day and Children’s Day. The birth anniversary of India’s first Education Minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, on November 11th is celebrated as National Education Day. On this day, we not only remember the contributions of Maulana Azad towards the cause of...

A strong rally in the equity markets witnessed the Nifty 50 index crossing the historic 20,000 levels in September 2023. Since mid-September, we saw investors booking profits and the Nifty correcting nearly 700 points (as on October 20, 2023) from its historic all-time high. Since then the market has recovered...

Bajaj Finserv MF is launching a Balanced Advantage Fund. The New Fund Offer (NFO) will open for subscription on 24th November 2023 and close on 8th December 2023. The fund will follow a dynamic asset allocation model with a behavioural edge. What sets this fund apart from its peers is that it will...

Equity savings funds are hybrid mutual fund schemes which have minimum gross equity exposure 65% and minimum 10% exposure in debt. Equity savings funds can hedge their equity exposure to reduce their net equity risks. Arbitrage is defined as risk free profit, by exploiting pricing mismatches...