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RSS feed for this sectionFundsIndia Recommends: Reliance Medium Term Fund
February 14, 2018Investors with a minimum 2-year time frame and with some risk appetite can consider investing in a short-term debt fund like Reliance Medium Term. Given the present high yield scenario,…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: Aditya Birla Sun Life Short Term Fund
January 31, 2018In our Debt outlook for 2018, earlier this month, we discussed about the need for an income accrual strategy going forward. At this point in time, we think such a…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: 2018 Debt Market Outlook
January 17, 2018These are extraordinary times. The equity market has rallied without earnings entirely coming on-board with hope that there would be an economic revival. The debt market on the other hand,…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: Mutual fund round-up for 2017
December 27, 20172017 saw equity markets give a stiff competition to the heady 2014 market, clocking in returns excess of 30%. For debt funds though, the 2017 calendar was one of second-guessing…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: Why you need help choosing debt funds
September 13, 2017Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. Most of you look at returns of equity mutual funds to pick a fund to invest. When the…Continue Reading
FundsIndia explains: Accrual and duration in debt funds
September 11, 2017If you read our articles that talk about debt funds, you would find a mention of the terms accrual or duration, or both. These terms are the strategies debt funds…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: Why your dynamic bond fund returns will not be static
August 31, 2017Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. In recent months, your dynamic bond fund’s annualised returns may have fallen from high double-digit returns to single-digit…Continue Reading
FDs are not as risk free as you think
August 14, 2017SBI, Bank of Baroda and more recently Axis Bank cut their savings bank rate to 3.5%. This may mean that the already low FD rates may also dip further. Most…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: UTI Banking and PSU Debt Fund
August 2, 2017Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/335931234″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Open a FREE Account Now! If your fixed deposits are maturing…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: Don’t go by high returns in ultra short-term funds
June 7, 2017The recent spate of credit downgrades and defaults serves to highlight a growing risk in debt funds. That risk is funds’ move into lower-quality debt as a trade-off for higher…Continue Reading