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Arun Kumar

Arun Kumar, Head of Research at FundsIndia, has over 8 years of experience in the Indian wealth management industry. His expertise includes building investment solutions, implementing dynamic asset allocation models, mutual fund research etc.

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Steer Clear of These 3 Behavioral Pitfalls During Bull Markets

Arun Kumar

An abridges version of this article was first published in Livemint, Click here to read it Most of us think, bull markets are easy to participate and make money. However, surprisingly, many…Continue Reading

The Art of Navigating Bear Markets: Real-Time Lessons from the US

Arun Kumar

A version of this article was originally published in Live Mint.  Click here to read it. When equity markets fall, there is always a temptation to exit equities for the time being…Continue Reading

How to Avoid Behavioral Blindspots in your Investment Decisions (while still remaining human)?

Arun Kumar

The picture below shows two yellow lines on a railway track.  Can you tell which one is longer? Is it the one closer to you? Or is it the one…Continue Reading

India Budget FY24 – Balanced with Focus on Capex & Fiscal Consolidation

Arun Kumar

Key Highlights 1. Continuing on the path of Fiscal Consolidation   Projected fiscal deficit at 5.9% of GDP for FY24 – in line with the fiscal consolidation glide path – to…Continue Reading

How to invest in Indian Large Caps – Active or Passive?

Arun Kumar

The large-cap active vs passive debate… What was our earlier view on Active Large Cap Funds (in Dec-19)? (Blog Link) High odds of Active Large Cap funds outperforming their Benchmark…Continue Reading

Equity SIPs have delivered good returns over the long term, but why do most of us give up midway?

Arun Kumar

Equity SIPs historically have delivered good returns over a 7-10 year time frames But despite that most of us give up on our Equity SIPs midway Why does this happen?…Continue Reading

Is it possible to distinguish good underperformance from bad underperformance in equity funds?

Arun Kumar

All actively managed good funds go through temporary periods of underperformance. In most cases, this temporary underperformance phase is followed by a phase of outperformance that adequately overcompensates for the…Continue Reading

What goes wrong when you exit equities hoping to reenter later at lower levels?

Arun Kumar

This article was originally published in LiveMint. Click here to read it. Indian equity markets have declined in the last few months led by several concerns – high inflation across the world,…Continue Reading

Playbook for Navigating Equity Market Declines

Arun Kumar

Several problems… High Inflation across the world… Central Banks increasing interest rates and tightening liquidity… Russia-Ukraine Crisis… High Crude Oil Prices… China Lockdowns and Supply Chain Constraints… High FII outflows…Continue Reading

Statutory Warning: Market Crash Predictions are Injurious to Your Portfolio

Arun Kumar

This article was originally published in LiveMint. Click here to read it. A young Captain fell into a well by mistake. His soldiers who saw this immediately came to his rescue. They…Continue Reading