Multi-Asset funds are hybrid mutual fund schemes which invest in different asset classes like equity, fixed income, gold etc. The fund manager decides the proportional allocation to each asset class based on the market conditions with the objective of balancing risks and returns. Multi-asset...Read More
The last 2 - 3 year period has been a challenging one for the broader stock market. In the last 3 years, the Nifty Midcap 100 has given negative returns, falling by nearly 1%. Small caps have fallen even more with the Nifty Small Cap 100 falling by 13% during this period. Large cap stocks performed better (in relative terms) giving 9% CAGR returns...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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 29th August 2018) and Principal...Read More