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Debt mutual funds invest in a variety of fixed income securities like treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposit, corporate bonds and government bonds, primarily with the objective of generating income for investors. Almost all fixed income securities have a specified maturity period. They pay periodic (e.g. quarterly, yearly...

The equity market has been highly volatile since the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic. Though Sensex has recovered handsomely in the last 3 months, it is still almost flat on a trailing twelve month basis. Almost all industry sectors have been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with one exception – healthcare, a sector which was...

Different asset classes have different risk / return characteristics and give different returns in different market conditions. The chart below shows calendar year returns of different asset classes over the last 10 years; BSE 100 TRI is used as the proxy for equity, CRISIL Short term Bond Fund Index for debt and MCX Gold futures for Gold...

With banks reducing FD interest rates, we are seeing investor interest in debt mutual funds over the last few months. However, many investors are concerned about credit risks affecting debt funds. With the economy contracting and company revenues severely hit in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic credit risk concerns are likely to...

Multi Asset Allocation funds are hybrid mutual fund schemes which invest in 3 or more asset classes. According to SEBI regulations multi asset allocation funds must invest minimum 10% each in at least 3 asset classes. Apart from the two most popular asset classes, debt and equity, these schemes invest in asset classes like gold, real estate...

Asset allocation is a strategy to balance risk and returns by investing in different asset classes. The major asset classes are equity, fixed income or debt and in some cases, also gold. Financial planners suggest that right asset allocation is critical in achieving your financial goals, since it is the most important attribute of portfolio performance...

We have reviewed Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund, a large and midcap equity fund from Principal Mutual Fund stable, a number of times in the last few years. In our usual fund reviews, we look at a performance of a scheme across various market conditions, performance versus benchmark and peers, portfolio composition etc. In this post, we...

Bharat Bond ETF, A Government of India initiative,is a fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF). The ETF has fixed maturity dates. The ETF invests in Public Sector Undertaking bonds maturing on or before scheme maturity. If you have a demataccount you can buy the ETF from stock exchange. If you do not have a demataccount then...

Risk diversification in investment parlance is essentially an application of the age old idiom, “Do not put all your eggs in one basket”. Prices of different assets rise or fall depending upon market and economic conditions. If you spread your investment over different assets, your risk of making a loss reduces compared to investing in a single...

Volatility is the fluctuation in the price of an asset. Asset prices are rarely unidirectional in the short term. Some asset classes are much more volatile than others e.g. equity is much more volatile than fixed income or gold. Volatility is the measure of risk in an investment. The chart below shows the price movement of Nifty 50 over the past one...