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In our last few posts in this series we had discussed how SIPs in best diversified equity funds, best mid and small cap funds, best ELSS Funds, best thematic funds and best large cap funds have created wealth for the investors in the long term...

Blue chip stocks are very large corporations with strong nationwide or even global reputations. Based on market capitalization, they are the largest of the large cap stocks. A blue chip fund invests primarily in blue chip stocks. As per SEBI’s categorization of mutual fund schemes, blue chip funds are large cap funds...

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...

Value funds are equity mutual fund schemes which follow value style of investing. The essential feature of value style is investing in stocks which are trading at a considerable discount to the fair value (intrinsic value). Fund managers buy and hold these stocks for a long period of time to capture the valuation upside i.e. when the valuation of the...

Small caps have outperformed ever since the market started recovering after the COVID-19 crash in 2020. Small caps outperformed in CY 2020 and 2021, but they underperformed in CY 2022. The 2022 correction made small caps attractive, and they bounced back strongly in 2023. Small cap funds saw a huge...

On the close of trading session on Friday the market closed at historical highs on positive global cues. The Sensex and Nifty closed at 27,866 and 8,322 respectively. In the last 12 months the Nifty has given a return...

Global equity markets turned volatile in 2022, due to high inflation, interest rate hikes by the central banks and the War in Ukraine. Most markets around the world went into the bear territory. The S&P 500 was down nearly 20%, NASDAQ down 33%, Hang Seng (Hong Kong) down 15%, DAX (Germany) down 12% and the Nikkei (Japan)...

There are concerns and there are more concerns about the fund performance, sector performance, open ended fund performance, close ended fund performance of Mutual Funds. In all this, what we...

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...

I came across this chart over the internet which suggests that instances of negative returns decreases with increase in Mutual Fund SIP tenure. This led me to another question. What would this chart look like if we change the criteria from 0% returns, as implied above, to a minimum of 14% returns that is generally expected by...