In this asset allocation strategy, asset allocation mix is adjusted depending on market conditions i.e. you will increase or decrease your allocations to equity and fixed income on an ongoing basis depending on market conditions. For example, if equity valuations areexpensive you will reduce your asset allocation...Read More

Midcaps have outperformed large caps over the last 3 years (see the chart below). In the last 3 years ending 31st August 2023, Nifty Midcap 150 TRI gave nearly 33% CAGR returns while the Nifty 50 TRI gave 20% CAGR returns (source: NSE, Advisorkhoj Research, as on 31st August 2023). As a result, there is a lot of...Read More

Small caps have outperformed ever since the market started recovering after the COVID-19 crash in 2020. Small caps outperformed in CY 2020 and 2021, but they underperformed in CY 2022. The 2022 correction made small caps attractive and they bounced back strongly in 2023. On a YTD basis, Nifty Small Cap 250...Read More

LIC MF Flexi Cap Fund is one the oldest diversified equity funds in India. The scheme has a 30 year plus track record. It has been underperforming for several years but recently has made a strong comeback. In the last 6 months, LIC MF Flexi Cap Fund has been a top quartile performer, ranking in the Top 5 funds in the Flexicap...Read More

While behavioural finance suggests that greed and fear are the primary factors driving investment decisions of most investors, Warren Buffet believes that discipline is the single most important attributes of successful investors. Greed and fear are natural instincts for most people but discipline has to be practised consciously. Greed and...Read More

When investors want regular income from their investments the automatic choices for many are bank term deposits or post office monthly income scheme. However, declining interest rates have caused many investors to be worried about meeting their income needs from traditional savings schemes. In the current economic environment interest...Read More

Liquid mutual funds are mainly used by investors to park money for very short periods of time ranging from a few days to few months for earning returns that are significantly higher than savings bank interest rates and at the same time...Read More

Understanding risk / return characteristics of asset class is fundamental to investing. An asset class may have hundreds or thousands of different instruments or schemes, but all instruments in a particular asset class display...Read More

Over the last 6 to 9 months, several high profile bond and other debt paper defaults and downgrades have wracked fixed income mutual funds. Starting with ILFS default in September 2018 to defaults / downgrades in Dewan...Read More

Arbitrage refers to the opportunity of making risk free profits due to price mismatch between two different markets for the same product. A simple example of arbitrage opportunity is the price difference of the same security in...Read More