PPFAS AMC has announced a new fund. This is going to be the 4th fund after its flagship Flexi cap fund, tax saver fund and liquid fund. The NFO or New Fund Offer opens on May 7, 2021. In its hallmark style, the fund house has gone to great lengths to offer a transparent, informative […]
Updates on ICICI Value Discovery & other value funds
Quick quiz – Would you expect value funds to hold Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)? Here’s the fact. While HUL as a stock is touching mind boggling life time highs, no value fund holds it. In the past few years, we have reviewed a few funds through the Fundstory feature. The idea was to help you […]
Dynamic Asset Allocation funds – What problem do they solve?
No one wants to lose money. “The pain of losing is psychologically about twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining.” (Theory of Loss Aversion by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky) Now, when you invest in stock markets, the sight of near term loss is real. The volatility can come to bite any time. In fact, it […]
Is Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund a good fit for international diversification?
Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index fund is the upcoming new fund offer from Motilal Oswal AMC with the theme of providing international diversification to investment portfolios. Why International Diversification? There is an important reason for it. As per World Bank, India has a roughly 3% share of world GDP. It means international diversification is an […]
Why Credit Risk funds are a joke?
As per SEBI Categorisation, credit risk funds invest 65% or more of the portfolio in AA or lower rated securities. So, you can look at a portfolio and tell if a fund is a credit risk fund or not. Right? Good. Here’s a quick quiz for you. Below are the top holdings of 3 credit […]
Liquid Funds cut off time for investment changed & exit load
As you are aware, the cut-off timings for applicability of Net Asset Value (NAV) in respect of purchase of units in liquid / overnight funds is being changed to 1:30 P.M instead of 2:00 P.M with effect from the date as may be communicated by the respective AMCs. Also, to comply with the SEBI directives, […]