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Category: Mutual Fund Research

Observations, recommendations and insights, straight from our Mutual Fund Research Desk

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FundsIndia Recommends: Franklin India Corporate Bond Opportunities Fund

Vidya Bala

The stock market’s phenomenal performance since late 2013 may have shifted all your attention to equity funds. But in the process, you may be missing out on some quiet opportunities…Continue Reading

Changes to FundsIndia’s ‘Select Funds’ list

Vidya Bala

It’s been a quarter since we last reviewed our ‘Select Funds’ list and it’s time for another check. For those of you new to our Select list, FundsIndia’s ‘Select Funds’…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Birla Sun Life Top 100

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Are you looking for funds beyond the large-cap space but with limited exposure to mid-caps? Then Birla Sun Life Top 100 could be right down your alley. Buy 24 Karat…Continue Reading

How we choose our ‘Select’ equity funds

Vidya Bala

Last week, we had discussed why you should not pick an equity fund based merely on its 1-year returns record. You can click here to read it. In this week’s…Continue Reading

“Value investing is about buying a stock when others don’t like it”

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ICICI Pru Value Discovery, the fund that has stood its ground with its value investing philosophy, completed 10 years last week. In an interview with FundsIndia, Sankaran Naren, CIO, ICICI…Continue Reading

FundsIndia View: Should one-year returns drive your equity fund choice?

Vidya Bala

Often times, when you (our investors) interact with our advisors on the choice of funds for your portfolio, or you try to choose a fund yourself from our ‘Select Funds’…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of UTI Focussed Equity Fund Series I

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Would you prefer a diversified portfolio of stocks or like taking focused bets? If you like the latter, then that is what UTI Focussed Equity, the new fund offer from…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews – NFO of Reliance Japan Equity Fund

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Japan – the new hunting ground for investors For those of you excited by the unusual run up in the Japanese equity markets in the last 2 years (after years…Continue Reading

“60 per cent of Sensex’ earnings are immune to most macro issues”

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With the run-up in valuations of a number of stocks, ‘quality of business’ rather than just ‘size of business’ will start mattering in stock choices, says Neelesh Surana, Head-Equities and…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of DSP BR Global Allocation Fund

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Imagine allocating your assets not only across global equities but also across debt instruments globally. That is what DSP BR Global Allocation Fund will seek to do. This open-ended fund-of-fund…Continue Reading