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Manufacturing - Theme - Mutual Fund

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Wed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A manufacturing theme mutual fund invests primarily in companies within the manufacturing sector, such as those involved in industrial production, machinery, and raw materials processing. These funds aim to capitalize on the growth and profitability of the manufacturing industry, offering investors exposure to the sector’s potential for long-term returns. If you go by the presentation of HDFC or Mahindra, you would note that they are betting on many sectors including Power, Ports, Railways, Defence, Roads etc… The Government vision in terms of Amrit Kaal 2047, Production Linked Incentive, and Make in India getting a fillip are just some of the factors that suggests that manufacturing theme based fund may perhaps do really well.

Back to Basics - Mutual Funds

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Mutual fund industry has crossed 50 lakh crore mark in January 2024. While it’s common for investors to primarily focus on short-term returns when selecting mutual funds, it’s essential to consider various other factors that play crucial roles in investment decisions.

Top performing funds in HDFC AMC

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

HDFC Mutual Fund, a prominent player in the Indian asset management industry, has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent months. In this article, we explore the key factors behind HDFC Mutual Fund’s resurgence, as well as the insights shared by Navneet Munot, the Chief Investment Officer, regarding the company’s future direction. We also delve into the impressive performance of select HDFC funds and analyze the strategies employed to achieve such outstanding results.

Credit Risk Funds

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Credit Risk funds - the name itself - conjures a mental image that one should not “risk” their money in such funds. When the name itself has “risk” , then the fund itself must be “very risky” . Such kind of imagination and biases will drive us away from the fund, despite the fact that they may give very good returns. However, one needs to check whether , such funds are a “true fit” for an individual .

IPO

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

IPO
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An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the process of issuing shares of a private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance. This allows the organizations to raise capital from public investors. The purpose of IPO could be various, but the primary being to raise capital for business.

Best performing mutual funds in 2020

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Best Performing Mutual Funds 2020
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The year 2020 will be long remembered for pandemic , job loss , economic loss , lockdown, disasters etc. It will also be remembered for tenacity, willpower, strength, patience of the common man, companies, institutions, government etc… This year has been a year of extreme volatility . We have seen extreme fear and moderate greed in the same year. Swinging from doomsday to irrational exuberance are all happening at the same time. In this article, the performance of mutual funds are compared from YTD.

HDFC Tax Saver

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

HDFC Tax Saver Fund is an Equity Linked Savings Scheme . It has kept its benchmark as the Nifty 500. It’s performance has not been upto the mark in the recent years. Expense ratio is on the higher side. It has been ranked a 1 star fund in Valueresearch and Moneycontrol It seems that HDFC AMC has had a closer look at this and has made major changes to this fund and is keen to turn this ship around.

Equity - International Funds

subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran) — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

One of the risks that recently have been talk of the town are geographical risks . Despite the world which is so interconnected now and any event has repercussions across the world, there are still inherent geographical risks which are local .