Mutual fund consolidation has been happening for some time now. In recent deals, HSBC AMC has taken over L&T Mutual Fund and Bandhan Bank is all set to take over IDFC Mutual Fund. Sometime back, IDBI Mutual Fund merged into Sundaram Mutual Fund.

On Friday 09th December 2022, AMFI reported detailed data on gross and net flows into various mutual fund categories. There were broadly some trends that have been seen in the last 2 years and that has only got underlined in the month of November 202

The AMFI announced the mutual funds flow data for the month of October on 10th November. The trend was almost a mirror of the previous months with clear inflows into active equity funds as well as into passive index funds and ETFs. At the same there

One way to assess the changing colour of investor preferences is to look at the flows into mutual funds. Here we take a look at the flows in the Q2FY23 quarter i.e. the quarter ended September 2022. Here is the broad picture. There was selling or red

With the stock market indices slowly clawing their way back after the deep correction from the recent peak, investors have been scrambling to look at value stocks even if that means taking a contrarian stance from the momentum in the market. One w

One of the key drivers of stock markets is what are the big institutions buying. Of course, the foreign portfolio investors have been net sellers in Indian equities since October 2021. However, even in these tough times, the domestic mutual funds hav

The Indian capital market touched record highs last year and interest rates hit a bottom, thereby pushing up returns of debt funds. But the turn of the policy rate cycle has pulled the returns down. However, one category of funds that has been an

One of the biggest advantages of investing in the Indian stock market is believed to be an opportunity to get an exposure to the domestic consumption theme. However, if we look at the performance of equity mutual funds over a long period: three ye

The stock market is a volatile space and to beat the ups and downs one conservative investment strategy is to bet on high dividend-yielding stocks. However, betting on a single dividend yield stock could yet be risky as the price may sink due to vari

The Indian stock market touched a new high last October and tried to breach the mark twice early this year, only to fail both the times. The market has now slipped 15% below the all-time high. It is now almost flat if we compare on a twelve-month bas

In recent times, people have moved beyond fixed deposits and insurance policies to look for better ways to invest and grow their money. While old savings schemes offer secure and stable ways to keep money, they often do not provide high growth or int

Many factors must be understood before you put your hard-earned money into any investment plan whether you're new to it, or mutual funds in general when starting with a specific financial objective. If you want to achieve your financial goals, you