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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...

Principal Equity Savings Fund is an open ended hybrid equity oriented mutual fund scheme. The scheme was launched in May 2002. From a taxation standpoint, this fund is treated like an equity fund scheme. Long term capital gains (holding period of more than 12 months) in this fund is tax free. Short term capital gains are taxed at 15%. The...

Principal Focused Multi-cap Fund is one of the best performing focused equity funds in the last 6 months to 1 year. The scheme was ranked 4^th among 22 focused equity schemes in terms of last 6 months performance and 4^th among 19 schemes in terms of last 1 year performance. The chart below shows the trailing returns of Principal...

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...

Franklin Templeton has launched Sapphire Equity Long Short SIF NFO. Equity Long Short SIFs are specialized investment funds (SIF) which can take naked (unhedged) short positions. Minimum investment amount for SIFs is Rs 10 lakhs, which though is substantially higher compared to mutual funds, is significantly lower than...

Imagine the market takes a steep 30% plunge, leaving advisors with the dual challenge of reassuring clients, managing high stress levels, and providing direction in an unpredictable environment. While economic downturns are not new, the relative calm of the past decade has muted the psychological impacts of previous crises...

Nippon India Asset Allocator Fund of Funds is a fund of funds (FOF) which invests in mutual funds and exchange traded funds of different asset classes. It aims to provide exposure to multiple asset classes e.g. equity, debt, gold etc. The asset allocation framework of the scheme is...

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...

Canara Robeco Consumer Trends Fund has a strong long term track record of wealth. If you invested Rs 1 lakh in this fund at the time of its launch in 2009, your investment would have multiplied 10X to Rs 10.1 lakhs (as on 9th January 2025). India is a primarily a consumption driven economy. As per...