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The equity market has been challenging over the past few months. The Nifty is down more than 2,000 points from its all time high. High inflation is providing headwinds to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Central banks around the world e.g. US Fed, RBI etc. are adopting increasingly hawkish stances...

Money market funds are debt mutual schemes which invest in debt and money market instruments with residual maturities of up to 1 year. Money market funds usually invest in commercial papers (CPs), certificates of deposits (CDs), Treasury Bills, overnight securities (TREPs) etc. They can also invest in debt market...

Short term funds, also known as short duration funds, are debt mutual fund schemes which invest in debt and money market instruments such that the Macaulay Duration of the scheme is 1 to 3 years. Macaulay duration is the weighted average of the period the investor should remain invested in the security in...

We have covered Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund a number of times in our fund reviews. The scheme has been a strong performer over a long investment horizon (5 years plus), but the fund underperformed in 2018 and also in the first half of 2019. We had discussed the reasons for the 2018-19 underperformance of this scheme...

Nippon India MF has launched Nippon India BSE Sensex Next 30 ETF and Nippon India BSE Sensex Next 30 ETF Index Fund. These are passive funds which will track the BSE Sensex Next 30 index. BSE Sensex Next 30 index comprises of 31st to 60th stocks by market capitalization listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange...

The influence of global brands on modern life both professional and personal is huge. A decade or two back, brands were usually associated with luxury spending e.g. apparel, accessories, gadgets etc. But now from waking up in the morning to going to bed, most of us are consumers of global brands on a daily basis. The toothpaste you use in...

Quantum Mutual Fund has launched the Quantum Nifty 50 ETF Fund of Fund. The scheme will invest in units of Quantum Nifty 50 ETF. Quantum Nifty 50 ETF has more than 14 years of track record. This fund will provide investors, who do not have Demat accounts, the opportunity to invest in...

Banking and PSU Funds are debt mutual fund schemes which invest in debt and money market instruments issued by banks, public sector undertaking (PSU) and public financial institutions (PFI). As per SEBI’s mutual fund classification guidelines, Banking and PSU Funds must invest at least 80% of their...

Nippon India MF has launched a New Fund Offer (NFO), Nippon India MNC Fund. The fund will invest in multinational companies i.e., companies which have business and operations in multiple countries. In current market conditions with geopolitical uncertainties, MNCs with strong global brands, bigger market access...

Arbitrage funds have been in focus in recent times. In the last 3 years, the yield gap between arbitrage funds and savings bank account have widened. Furthermore, the yield / return gap between arbitrage funds and liquid funds have narrowed (see the chart below). On a post-tax basis, arbitrage funds enjoy the advantage...