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Conservative Hybrid Funds – Not So Conservative!
December 30, 2020At the current juncture, fixed income investors need to be prepared for relatively lower returns both from Bank Fixed Deposits and Debt funds compared to the returns they enjoyed in…Continue Reading
An Interesting Fund That Actually Thrives On Volatility
October 13, 2020With the world getting adapted to the new reality of ‘living with COVID’ and US elections around the corner, uncertainty is omnipresent. Global markets, specifically, Indian markets are no exception…Continue Reading
Debt Fund Returns – Setting the Right Expectation
October 9, 2020In debt mutual funds, there are two legitimate risks that can be taken to improve returns Credit Risk – via higher exposure to borrowers with lower credit quality – implying…Continue Reading
6 Eccentric People Who Can Change The Way You Approach Gilt Funds
July 8, 2020In recent times, we have been receiving a lot of queries on – Is it the right time to invest in Gilt funds? Instead of straight away revealing our views,…Continue Reading
Arbitrage Funds – Look Before You Leap
June 3, 2020Arbitrage funds have seen some revival in investor interest in recent times. Most often these funds have been pitched to investors as an alternative to debt funds for parking short-term…Continue Reading
Monthly Market Insight – April 2020
May 11, 2020The April 2020 edition of FundsIndia’s Monthly Market Insight discusses the 6 reasons why exiting now isn’t a good option and talks about what happens to the market next. Consumer Price…Continue Reading
Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow about Indian Debt Mutual Funds
May 7, 2020Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow 3 Simple Questions Here are three simple questions. Let us see how quickly you can answer these questions. You are a participant in a race.…Continue Reading
Franklin Templeton winds up 6 Credit Risk Oriented Debt Funds. What does this mean for you?
April 24, 2020What happened? Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund has decided to wind up (read as permanently shut down) the following 6 schemes and return the money back to investors albeit with a…Continue Reading
Why are my debt fund returns volatile these days?
April 17, 2020Given the backdrop of frequent defaults and downgrades in several credit risk oriented funds over the last one year, it is natural to be concerned about the recent volatility in…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
