The market has made a decisive recovery since the previous lows immediately following Trump’s trade tariffs. Fiscal consolidation, cooling inflation and growth oriented fiscal policies (e.g., GST rate rationalization) have boosted investor sentiments. While overall market sentiment remains positive, valuations in...Read More

Axis MF has launched a new fund offer (NFO), Axis Multi-Asset Active FOF. The fund will invest across 3 asset classes viz equity, fixed income, commodities (precious metals). Funds with exposure to multiple (3 or more) asset classes are increasingly becoming popular with retail investors. With gold and silver enjoying...Read More

After years of underperformance versus developed markets, emerging markets have outperformed developed markets on a year to date basis in 2025 (see the chart below). Lower valuations and weakening US Dollar (versus major currencies) have made emerging markets attractive for investors compared to developed...Read More

Market has been volatile since the Trump Administration slapped 50% tariffs on Indian exports to the United States. The Indian Government has taken a firm stand on pursuing an independent policy as far as trade with Russia is concerned. An agreement between the two Governments on trade related matters seem unlikely in the...Read More

In modern times, services sector many aspects of our day to day life. From mobile / broadband to online shopping (e-commerce), credit cards and net banking, quick commerce, travel and leisure, healthcare services to media (TV, OTT) and entertainment, it is difficult to imagine modern life without the roles...Read More

The Income plus arbitrage FOFs invest a maximum of 65% of their funds in underlying debt-oriented schemes and the balance investment in arbitrage schemes. Since the equity allocation (Arbitrage portion) of these schemes are between 35 to 65%, long term capital gains (investment holding period of more than 2 years...Read More

The market has been volatile for the past 4 months. INR depreciation, weaker than expected corporate earnings and concerns about trade policies of new US Administration have led to heavy Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) sell-off. Nifty 50 has corrected by more than 13% from its 52-week high...Read More

Axis Mutual Fund has launched a new fund offer (NFO), Axis Nifty 500 Momentum 50 Index Fund. This is a factor based passive fund which will track Nifty500 Momentum 50 Index which comprises of 50 high momentum stocks selected from the large, mid and small cap stocks from the composition of Nifty 500 Index. The...Read More

The market has been volatile for the last two months. From 26,200 levels (record high) the Nifty 50 fell below the psychologically important 24,000 level. The Nifty bounced back from 23,500 levels and seemed to be consolidating in a relatively narrow range. However, volatility spiked up after the US Federal Reserve...Read More

Axis Mutual Fund has launched a new fund offer (NFO), Axis Momentum Fund. The fund will follow a momentum approach using price trends and model based approach for risk management. The NFO has opened for subscription on 22nd November and will close on 6th December. In this article we will review this NFO...Read More