How to calculate Mutual Fund Risk?

In the present market condition where markets are swinging to and fro like pendulum, selecting the right mutual funds for one’s portfolio has become quite a challenging exercise. For any investment first step to unbeaten investing is to figure out your financial goals and risk tolerance because every type of investment, including mutual funds, involves risk. We can calculate MF risk with the same tools...

Systematic Investment Plan – A time honored investment strategy

Wealth creation is an art and over the years it has changed its avenues and area of interest for investors. Earlier post offices and banks were excellent route to create wealth for the public at large but over the past few years the Indian equity market along with mutual funds has emerged as a hot favorite of every investor. Mutual fund is a pool of money invested in accordance with the common objective stated...

DIRECT INVESTMENT IN EQUITIES VS EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS

Investors often wish to know whether there is a difference between investing through the equity mutual funds and directly purchasing shares in the market. They often face dilemma which way to go and earn a handsome return. At the onset let me clarify through this article that both options are different vehicles to reach the same destination i.e. successful investing in financial markets. Both options are subject to...

Mutual Fund and Risk Ratios

Mutual Funds Mutual Funds are the most convenient way to invest in stock markets and Indian investors have started to realise this. That’s the good news; the bad news is that a lot of investors seem to think that mere decision of investing in mutual funds will do the “trick”. Some important points are generally neglected or ignored at the end of an investor, which may prove to be hazardous for his investments....

Gold ETF- An attractive avenue of investment

India is a country where people worship gold as God in the investment avenues. The total gold market in India is somewhere around Rs.70,000 crore, of which, Rs.20,000 crore is in the investment market. India is the world’s largest market for gold. How aggressively Indian people are investing their money in gold is revealed by the fact that the consumption of gold in India rose over 70% to 528 tonne in the first...