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Changes to FundsIndia’s Select Funds list

Mutual Fund Research Desk

FundsIndia’s Select Funds is a list of consistent-performing funds that you can invest in today. Spread across categories, this list helps narrow down investment choices from the hundreds of funds…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: DSP BlackRock Focus 25

Vidya Bala

DSP BlackRock Focus 25 (DSP BR Focus 25) is a large-cap equity fund with a concentrated portfolio of 25-30 stocks. With a return of 17.8 per cent annually in the…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Birla SL Floating Rate Fund – Long Term Plan

Bhavana Acharya

Ultra short-term funds are useful vehicles to park money you need a few months down the line, to add to your emergency corpus, or to set up systematic withdrawals post…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: HDFC Short Term Opportunities

Vidya Bala

FD-beating returns, low chance of temporary negative returns and low risk of default in papers held – these summarise the key characteristics of HDFC Short Term Opportunities (HDFC ST Opportunities)…Continue Reading

Franklin india prima plus

FundsIndia Recommends: Franklin India Prima Plus

Bhavana Acharya

With a 1-year return of 18.7 per cent against the Nifty 500’s 23.9 per cent, Franklin India Prima Plus‘ recent performance may have cast some doubt on whether to invest or…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Don’t go by high returns in ultra short-term funds

Bhavana Acharya

The recent spate of credit downgrades and defaults serves to highlight a growing risk in debt funds. That risk is funds’ move into lower-quality debt as a trade-off for higher…Continue Reading

GST

FundsIndia Views: What to expect from GST – the ‘One India tax’

Vidya Bala

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be a reality in India from July 1. GST can be a gamechanger in the way India does business in the long term.…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities

Lakshmeenarasimhan S

HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities fund (HDFC Mid-Cap), a mid-cap fund with a consistent track record, has delivered 18 percent annualised returns since its inception in June 2007. Its launch as a…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Axis Banking and PSU Debt

Bhavana Acharya

Would you like the following to be true of your debt fund? One, it should deliver higher returns than your bank deposit. Two, it shouldn’t require you to take on…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: More bank clean-up and what to expect

Vidya Bala

The government, last week, passed a new ordinance to change the Banking Regulations Act, towards empowering the RBI to deal with bad loans. Broadly, the change will mean that the…Continue Reading