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FundsIndia Recommends: HDFC Top 200

Vidya Bala

As the election fever reaches a peak, it is important not to lose sight of 2 things in your investment life – your own goals and your investment time frame,…Continue Reading

“Our preference for under-levered companies helped us in economic downturn”

Vidya Bala

 UTI Mutual’s diversified basket of fund offerings also provides interesting exposure to themes such as dividend yield and MNC. Many of these funds benefited from the consumption wave of the…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: UTI Transportation and Logistics Fund

Vidya Bala

For those of you looking closely at the equity fund performance charts over 1-, 3- and 5-year time frames, UTI Transportation and Logistics Fund would have merited attention. The fund…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of ICICI Pru Dividend Yield Equity Fund

Vidya Bala

ICICI Prudential Mutual is probably a late entrant to the dividend yield theme. But the current NFO from the fund house appears to be timed well, if the dividend yield…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of Franklin India Feeder – Franklin European Growth Fund

Vidya Bala

After a couple of European fund-of-fund launches in January 2014, and one fund house changing its existing fund strategy to invest in Europe, it is now the turn of Franklin…Continue Reading

“If current momentum in the market is sustained, midcaps should do better”

Vidya Bala

With the mid-cap indices on a roll over the last 6 months, what are the prospects of this segment and what should one look for in the space? We ask…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Reviews: NFOs in the Small and Mid-cap Segment

Vidya Bala

While the Sensex may have had a swift rally post September 2013, scaling newer peaks, the run-up has been restricted to a select universe of stocks. In other words, the…Continue Reading

Deposits alone won’t secure your future

Vidya Bala

A recent release by the RBI had placed bank deposits held by individuals at a whopping Rs 33 lakh crore as of March 2013. That is close to one half…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Should You Go for Infrastructure Funds?

Vidya Bala

For those of you used to seeing your infrastructure funds languish in the last 5 years, the sudden uptick in the last 6 months may have come as a surprise.…Continue Reading

“Our fund management is process driven and not dependent on a single fund manager”

Vidya Bala

ICICI Prudential Mutual has been in the limelight recently for quite a few events. One, it won the Morningstar India Fund Awards this year – for best fund house across…Continue Reading