Every mutual fund scheme comes in two types of plans – growth and dividend. The growth option gives returns in the form of rising values of mutual fund units. Whereas, under the dividend option returns are paid via periodic dividends. Types of Mutual Fund Dividend Plans The dividend plan of a mutual fund scheme is…
Absolute Returns Absolute Return of a mutual fund refers to the amount of total change in the value of a mutual fund investment at the time of redemption. For example, Mr. A invests Rs. 1 lakh in a mutual fund scheme in January 2016. The value of the mutual fund invests stands at Rs. 1.3…
Life seems to inherently unfair especially when it comes to investment returns. Wealthy veteran investors seem to keep growing richer at the expense of newer investors. One key reason for this is the fact that veteran investors understand the rules of the investment game better than the amateurs. The good thing is that some of…
Bharat-22 opens its fourth phase for subscription on 4th October, 2019 to institutional and retail investors. Anchor investors can subscribe to the ETF units on 3rd Oct, 2019, as per the SID (Scheme Information Document) of the fund filed by ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company, which manages the fund. The units will be available at 3%…
What Does Investment Mean? Investment is a process of allocating money to different financial instruments with the goal of earning good returns in the future. There are numerous investment vehicles such as mutual funds, equities, debt securities, etc available in the market for investors. Some of these investments are riskier as compared with others. Before…
Often consumers associate mutual funds with a degree of high risk. On the other hand it may also suggest that they are looking for those categories of schemes that will require a high risk appetite. To put it simply, “high risk mutual funds” are schemes that are majorly dependent on the market sentiment. Essentially consisting…
Small cap funds have been battered by the recent market correction even as they were already reeling from a tough year. A question on many investor minds is, ‘have they fallen enough?’ This is not an easy question to answer. Mutual Funds are not stocks or even passive collections of stocks. A fall in NAV…
This is one of the biggest dilemmas an investor faces when starting their investment journey of market-linked financial instruments. For those investors who are looking for extremely high returns, investment in stocks seems to be a more attractive option compared to mutual fund investment. Certainly, there is a good chance of getting high returns in…
