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The equity market has been rallying in 2023 with the market at record highs for the past 3 months. The Nifty crossed the 20,000 level in September. Asset allocation is always for your portfolio stability, but in very high markets it assumes even more importance. We have seen some profit booking from...

On the occasion of our 75th anniversary of Independence in 2022, the Government laid out its vision that India will become a developed economy in the next 25 years, i.e. by 2047, when the country will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Independence. In the last 25 years, our GDP grew from US $416 billion...

HDFC Small Cap Fund has an illustrious history. The fund was launched in April 2008 as a Multi-cap fund, Morgan Stanley A.C.E. Fund under Morgan Stanley India AMC. In 2013, when HDFC AMC acquired Morgan Stanley India AMC, the fund's name change was changed to HDFC Mid and Small Cap fund. Then in 2016, the...

If you invested Rs 10 lakhs in Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund at its New Funds Offer (NFO) in March 2005, your investment would have multiplied 18 times to nearly Rs 1.8 crores (as of 21st August 2023). The CAGR of Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund since inception is 16.9%. The chart below shows...

Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund has completed more than 20 years since its launch. Over this period the equity market went through several cycles of bull and bear markets, but this large cap fund created substantial wealth for investors (see the chart below). If you had invested Rs 10,000 in Aditya...

360 ONE Focused Equity Fund, erstwhile IIFL Focused Equity Fund, is one of the best performing focused funds. In the last 1 year, 360 One Focused Equity Fund ranks among the top 3 funds (Mutual Fund Trailing Returns - Equity Focused).

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 (100 largest companies by market capitalization). Though there is no regulatory guidance on what constitutes a blue chip stock, many...

HDFC Flexicap Fund, erstwhile HDFC Equity Fund, has a wealth creation track record of over 28 years. The fund was launched in 1995 and is among the oldest diversified equity funds in India. Rs 10,000 invested in the fund at the time of its inception would have grown to more than Rs 13 lakhs as on 31st July 2023...

Nippon India Mutual Fund has launched a new fund offer, Nippon India Innovation Fund. Nippon India Innovation Fund is a thematic equity fund. The NFO has opened for subscription on 9^th August and will close on 23^th August 2023. The minimum application amount is Rs 500. Investing in Innovation theme, which...

How do you select mutual fund schemes for your investments? Most investors only check past performance. While returns are an important consideration for investing in mutual funds, there are other important factors you need to keep in mind to achieve your investment objectives. In this article, we will discuss...