Category Archives: Mutual Funds
How to Build Your Portfolio?
A portfolio is a combination of products and themes. Investors should plan and build the portfolio over a period of time, considering all options. Over the last few days, there has been a growing consensus on the fact that asset … Continue reading
Introduction of Hedge Funds in India
The Draft Report of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms headed by Professor Raghuram Rajan was issued for comment in April 2008. Among the proposals that the high-level committee made was the introduction of domestic hedge funds. The committee feels … Continue reading
Time to Invest in Stocks & Equities?
With equity markets descending from their record highs, several investors want to know if this is the right time to invest in equities. More importantly, they would like to know if markets have bottomed out. As regards the former, it … Continue reading
Aping the Fund Managers is a good idea?
Some equity investors may think it is wise to follow investment patterns of expert fund managers. But there are many reasons why this may turn out to be a bad idea, says Nikhil Walavalkar THOSE who invest in shares use … Continue reading
Overview of the Markets as on 12th August 2008
In the last fortnight we witnessed the RBI increase the Repo Rate by 50 basis points to 9.0 per cent and the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 25 basis points which also now stand at 9.0 per cent. Although the … Continue reading
FII and Mutual Funds have divergent views on Sensex
Even as foreign institutional investors reduced their stake in some of the leading companies during the quarter ended June 30, mutual funds were seen buying those stocks and increasing their stake. According to the shareholding pattern declared by the companies … Continue reading
Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post
This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading
Personal Finance Website Update
Nine months ago I did not know what a blog is? Stuck up at home due to a back injury, I was casually chatting up with a geeky friend asking him about how to create a website, purely in jest. … Continue reading
Transparency in Mutual Funds
Open letter to SEBI by Personalfn.com, a financial planning initiative. It can be reached at info@personalfn.com. I have their permission to reproduce the article. Dear Mr. Chairman: The fact sheet of a mutual fund scheme that is released by its … Continue reading
Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post
This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading
