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Source: Live Mint Investing in a mutual fund consistently can yield good returns. In fact, consistency is the key to investment and wealth generation. An investment made over a long period of time gives the benefit of compounded returns. Compounding is so potent that it is sometimes referred to as magic. This is how it works: when…
Source: Live Mint In the calendar year 2024, mutual fund investors’ investment through the SIP (systematic investment plans) route touched ₹2,89,227 crore with the highest contribution of ₹26,459 crore in December. Interestingly, December also happened to be the 46th month of positive equity inflows with the first one in March 2021. The mutual fund industry’s…
Source: Live Mint Mutual Fund folios hit at all-time high of 22,50,03,545 in December 2024, revealed the latest data released on Thursday by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). Retail mutual fund folios (which include equity, hybrid, and solution-oriented Schemes) were at an all-time high of 17,89,93,911 for the month of December 2024,…
Source: Live Mint Ahead of Budget 2025, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) has made a set of demands to favour the mutual fund industry. One key demand is to restore indexation benefits for debt mutual funds. Most of the other key expectations include addressing tax-related concerns. The mutual fund houses (represented through…
Source: Live Mint As the New Year 2025 has commenced, it is the time to do some stock taking and analyse the performance of mutual funds across categories. Here, we list out the returns posted by equity mutual funds across market capitalisations i.e., large cap, mid cap and small caps. Although mutual fund schemes in the mid…
Source: Live Mint Prior to investing in a mutual fund scheme, investors are encouraged to compare the returns they earn with those of other schemes. Although past returns of a scheme don’t guarantee future returns, they may give an indication of the scheme’s potential to perform in the future. Other factors which mutual fund investors should…
Source: Live Mint The latest stress test ofmutual funds reveals that the mid cap schemes will take as long as 32-34 days to liquidate 50 percent of their portfolio. At the same time, small cap mutual funds will take as long as 54 to 56 days for the same, shows the latest data shared onAMFI’s…
Source: Live Mint As we are geared to enter the year 2025, the mutual fund industry is seen promising and shows no signs of slowing down. The growth of the overall asset size in the mutual fund industry has been quite impressive, particularly in the equity space. Over the past decade, retail investors have moved…
Source: Live Mint If you are planning to invest in a mutual fund, then it is recommended to examine the past returns of that scheme vis-a-vis other schemes in the same category. The past returns give a fair idea of how that scheme has performed over a period of time, thus giving an indication of…
Source: Live Mint Prior to investing in a mutual fund scheme, it is worthwhile to examine the paste returns of that scheme in relation to other schemes in the same category. Although past returns do not a scheme’s future returns, these are still important for understanding the future investment potential of a scheme. Other factors…
