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FundsIndia Strategies: Why a low volatile strategy wins

Vidya Bala

When many of you come with your own choice of funds – be it sector funds, or aggressive top charters in the equity space, we often tell you that we…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: The Equity Fund Playbook for Rookie Investors

Vidya Bala

If you are among the many FundsIndia investors who have started investing in mutual funds in recent months, here’s a ‘Playbook’ for all of you. It is simply about how…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: What to do (or not to do) when your fund portfolio runs up

Vidya Bala

Whenever you see your portfolio run up in a year such as the present one, your immediate reaction could be to remove some profits from the table. However, if you…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Arbitrage Funds

Vidya Bala

In our weekly call last week, we discussed our debt strategy post budget. As a part of the strategy, we discussed about the investment opportunities in arbitrage funds and recommended…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Three Investment Mistakes to Avoid Now

Vidya Bala

With equity markets scaling new peaks, those of you who are already invested in equity funds, or are new to equities, may be thrilled. Thanks to the move, you may…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

FundsIndia Strategies: What FMPs To Go For

Vidya Bala

It’s that time of the year when the word ‘double indexation tax benefit’ is often heard in the investment world. And the term double indexation is often used in the…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Debt Funds to Gain from High Interest Rates

Vidya Bala

After a knee jerk reaction to the repo rate hike of 25 basis points by the RBI, equity, debt and currency markets pulled themselves up on Tuesday. The latest rate…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Should you invest based on one-year performance?

Vidya Bala

What the one-year fund returns chart won’t tell you It’s that time of the year when you will have the media telling you how your investments panned out in 2013.…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Elections and Your Investments

Vidya Bala

Should you wait for the elections to invest in the markets? The just-concluded state elections have vindicated the market’s stance on the anti-incumbency factor. Even as experts draw multiple scenarios…Continue Reading