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.
6 reasons why you shouldn’t exit now
March 20, 2020Should we press the ‘exit’ button? Most of us at this juncture, will have a narrative similar to this running in our minds.. Coronavirus is dangerous and it’s spreading across…Continue Reading
Things under our control
March 19, 2020The last few weeks have been pretty tough for most of us. At the current juncture, while ‘Be Patient’ remains the best time-tested advice, let us be honest. This is…Continue Reading
This Happens!
March 10, 2020Sometimes we forget the simple truth. THIS HAPPENS! Markets go down. In fact a lot of times. Let me clarify… Markets go up, and then they go down. Over time…Continue Reading
Things No One Tells You About ‘Exit Now and Enter Later’
March 4, 2020Eavesdropping on your mind-voice during a market decline Whenever equity markets decline, there is usually some bad news attached to it. Intuitively, the first instinct is to extrapolate the bad…Continue Reading
An Unusual Portfolio Approach to Deal with Coronavirus
February 27, 2020What happened? In the last few days, global equity markets have fallen sharply on concerns of coronavirus, a respiratory illness first identified in Wuhan, China, and spreading globally. The market…Continue Reading
An underrated fund at the helm of a veteran fund manager
February 19, 2020Not so great recent performance… Intuitively most of us like to buy a fund with a strong recent performance or high star rating (which is significantly influenced by strong recent…Continue Reading
Sensex at 1 lakh!
February 14, 2020Usually, this genre of headlines gets extremely popular during the final phase of a bull market before it eventually fizzles out. And in later years, this normally becomes part of…Continue Reading
India Budget 2020-21 – Conservative and Incremental
February 3, 2020Given the context of an economic slowdown, expectations were high for strong growth measures to revive the economy. The budget was predominantly ‘incremental’ in nature sticking to a fiscally conservative…Continue Reading
US, Iran and your Portfolio. What happens next?
January 10, 2020Unless you are living under a rock, by now you should know about the US-Iran tension. Here is a quick summary: The United States killed a top Iranian military commander…Continue Reading
Debt Mutual Funds – Portfolio Construction Framework
January 6, 2020In recent times, debt mutual funds have been in the limelight, primarily because of NAV declines in few funds led by credit downgrades and defaults. While the credit-related risks were…Continue Reading
