INVESTMENT Archive

Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap –Features and Characteristics

Mid Cap and Small Cap funds have been in news regularly for the past two years for their better returns over Large Cap funds, and the trend is slowly reversing. Recently, Securities and Exchange Board of India

Hybrid Fund Scheme – Features and Characteristics

A Hybrid Mutual Fund scheme offers a proper mix of equity funds and debt funds for the investor, based on his risk appetite. It is mainly a mix of investment in equity and debt. Hybrid funds are

Solution Oriented Mutual Fund Scheme- Features and Characteristics

A Solution Oriented Mutual Fund scheme focuses on supporting an investor to meet a long term goal. As per the revised norms issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), AMCs are permitted to offer schemes

Debt Fund Scheme: Features and Characteristics

A debt fund is a Mutual Fund scheme with focus on steady, regular and risk free return. It is an ideal investment instrument for parking surplus funds for short term. The fund invests mainly in money market

Equity Mutual Fund Scheme: Features and characteristics

An Equity Fund Scheme is a growth oriented mutual fund scheme that aims capital appreciation on long term. This scheme invests major portion of the investible fund in shares/stocks of companies identified by fund manager through research.

MF Schemes become  transparent following categorization and rationalization directive by SEBI

Mutual Fund houses are in the process of reviewing and revising the fundamental characteristics of various MF schemes. Some of the schemes are renamed, similar schemes are being merged and some are re-categorized. The process is undertaken

Basics of investing 

Investing is an art. It is all about taking cautious risk to generate steady rewards. The basic principle of investment is that the asset selected should match the risk bearing capability of the investor. The investment should

Bitcoin – Recent Trends 

Bitcoin has been attracting headline for sometimes now. There have been advocates and opponents for the bitcoin. The value of bitcoin has seen both fast upward moves and dangerous downfall, in the recent past.    What is

Closed End and Open End Mutual Fund schemes

Mutual funds can be classified under two categories based on the method of investment options provided to investors. They are  a.    Closed End Funds and  b.    Open End Funds. A.    Closed End Mutual Fund scheme.  The features

DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund: Change in Fundamental Attributes of Schemes

DSP BlockRock Mutual Fund has decided to make certain changes in fundamental attributes of its various schemes. According to the fund, the changes have been made in tune with the directions issued by Securities and Exchange Board