Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Parag Parikh, Chairman PPFAS, who has written a very interesting book called “Value Investing and Behavioral Finance” published by TMH. The takeaway for me was the remark by Mr. Parikh that he…
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Do You Need To Buy a New Fund Offer (NFO)?
I received a mail from Sankha Deep Das, a reader, asking if it is advisable to invest in NFOs or in age old fund that exists above 5 years in market. He mentions that his agent says that “as the…
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Posted in Financial Awareness, Mutual Fund
Now Mutual Fund Advisors Multitasking As Stocks Experts
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) permitted buying and selling of mutual fund units from the stock exchange platform on November 13, 2009. “The stock exchange mechanism would also extend the present convenience available to secondary market investors…
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Conservative Debt Oriented Mutual Funds for Risk Avoiders
I often get the impression reading Business Newspapers and watching business TV channels that anybody and everybody is investing in stocks. Except me! But then the fact is that less than 10% of household savings enter the stock exchanges. Roughly…
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Posted in Mutual Fund
Mind Of A Fund Manager
Sharing what Vinay Kulkarni, Senior Fund Manager at HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd. had to say while answering question on LiveMint in their chat section. Attractive valuations backed by with good growth prospects for the banking stocks due to huge…
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Advantages of Investing Through SIP
A recent Economic Times report throws up some interesting trivia. India’s top equity diversified funds have returned 16% to 18% in the last 3 years. However, SIP (systematic investment plan) investors would have earned returns in the range of 25%…
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Posted in Investing gyaan, Mutual Fund
Freedom from Heavy Distribution Costs in Mutual Funds
From the newsletter “The Honest Truth” from EquityMaster. On August 1st, 2009 the Indian mutual fund industry enters a new era. After years of pushing mostly irrelevant products through a distribution channel that grew fat on the ignorance of investors,…
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