Best short duration or short term mutual fund schemes to invest in 2019

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Best short duration or short term mutual fund schemes to invest in 2019 Short duration schemes or erstwhile short term funds are open-ended short-term debt schemes that invest in instruments with macaulay duration between one and three years. Good time to invest in short duration debt mutual funds, say advisors MF advisors are asking debt investors to go for short duration funds as hopes of a policy rate cut by the RBI in the near term gathers momentum. Best arbitrage mutual funds to invest in 2019 Arbitrage mutual fund schemes still retain some edge over debt mutual funds. "Don't look for short cuts to create wealth" How to maximise returns? Ashish Modani, Founder, SLA Financial Solutions, a leading financial advisory firm in Jaipur, remembers the question very well. Everything you want to know about withdrawal from NPS National Pension System (NPS) is a government-sponsored pension scheme. It allows subscribers to contribute regularly in a pension account during their working life. On retirement, subscribers can withdraw a part of the corpus in a lumpsum and use the remaining corpus to buy an annuity to secure a regular income after retirement. Top Mutual Funds SCHEME NAME RATING 1 M(%) 6 M(%) 1 YR(%) 3 YRS(%) JM Core 11 Direct Plan-Growth 1.53 -9.18 -5.48 19.42 JM Core 11 Fund-Growth 1.35 -9.83 -6.53 17.89 Axis Bluechip Fund Direct Plan-Growth 0.84 -5.17 5.73 16.07 Reliance Large Cap Fund Direct-Growth 0.23 1.40 -5.17 15.87 ICICI Prudential Nifty Next 50 Index Direct-Growth -1.40 -5.13 -12.71 15.48 FeaturedMirae Asset India Equity Fund Regular- Growth ★★★★★ 0.61 -0.11 -5.01 16.71 Start SIP Best corporate bond funds to invest in 2019 Mutual fund managers and advisors have been asking debt mutual fund investors to stick to corporate bond funds . Do you need dedicated child mutual funds to plan for children's education? Most financial plans have a child-related goal in them. The most common child-specific goal is to fund kid's higher education and/or marriage.

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New Fund Offers Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Reg-G Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Direct-G Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Direct-D Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Reg-D Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 LIC MF Short Term Debt Fund Direct-D Debt: Short Duration Open-ended 11 Jan 25 Jan 5000.00 More >>

Forthcoming Dividend Fund Name Category Type Record Date Div Per Unit Aditya Birla SL Balanced Advantage-D Hybrid: Dynamic Asset Allocation Open-ended 25 Jan 2019 0.11 Franklin India Taxshield-D Equity: ELSS Open-ended 25 Jan 2019 2.94 HDFC Balanced Advantage-DM Hybrid: Dynamic Asset Allocation Open-ended 25 Jan 2019 2.93 Canara Robeco Conservative Hybrid Reg-DM Hybrid: Conservative Hybrid Open-ended 25 Jan 2019 0.07 Tata Ethical Reg-D Equity: Thematic Open-ended 25 Jan 2019 4.87 * Funds with daily dividend distribution frequency options are excluded More >>

Weekly Mutual Funds Activity Date Equity ( Cr.) Debt ( Cr.) Gross Purchase Gross Sale Net Pur./Sale Gross Purchase Gross Sale Net Pur./Sale 23-01-2019 2049.20 1303.08 746.12 5023.77 4133.52 890.25 22-01-2019 2217.10 2111.45 105.65 7913.87 5767.92 2145.95 21-01-2019 2109.47 1618.15 491.32 11982.52 10344.86 1637.66 18-01-2019 2082.38 1728.71 353.67 5745.94 5328.24 417.70 17-01-2019 1594.07 2164.01 -569.94 7885.49 6107.75 1777.74 16-01-2019 2115.98 1873.28 242.70 8576.47 8295.32 281.15 15-01-2019 3007.86 2120.44 887.42 10359.58 8286.23 2073.35 Click here to view all WMF >>

Top Mutual Funds of the week (5-Star Rating) Scheme Name Nav Returns Ratings AUM(Cr.) Style Box Expense Ratio Equility Debt JM Core 11 Direct Plan-Growth 9.0439 0.97 33.50 - 2.76 JM Core 11 Fund-Growth 8.4270 0.93 33.50 - 2.76 Franklin India Income Opportunities Direct Plan-Growth 23.0883 0.42 3790.25 - - 0.91 Franklin India Income Opportunities Fund-Growth 22.0180 0.41 3790.25 - - 1.70 Franklin India Low Duration Direct Plan- Growth 21.7851 0.29 6568.12 - - 0.42 Click here to view all TMFW (5 Star) >>

Top Mutual Funds (All Ratings) Scheme Name Nav Returns Ratings AUM(Cr.) Style Box Expense Ratio Equility Debt SBI Long Term Advantage Fund Series II Direct Growth 13.1346 -0.01 29.68 - 1.77 SBI Long Term Advantage Fund Series II Regular Growth 12.9421 -0.03 29.68 - 2.90 LIC MF Tax Direct Plan - Growth 67.4210 -0.16 183.21 - 1.64 LIC MF Tax Plan - Growth 63.6717 -0.18 183.21 - 2.76 SBI Long Term Advantage Fund Series III Direct Growth 12.9316 -0.32 58.67 - 1.77 Click here to view all TMF ( All Ratings) >>

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