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Should you book profits in mutual funds to keep your gains safe?

In the current uncertain situation, if your goal is 1-2 years away, you might take a call to redeem your funds. This will protect your corpus from the coming volatility.

Moving from mutual funds to stocks? Remember these 4 points

There has been a significant increase in the number of demat accounts opened since the Covid-enforced lockdown in India. There are both advantages and disadvantages of choosing this path.

Most mutual fund categories continue to witness net outflows in August

Most mutual funds categories witnessed net outflows in August as cautious investors continued to sell their investments and held on to cash, probably to tackle the uncertain environment created by the Covid pandemic.

Bond market to stay volatile, fund managers caution debt MF investors

The 10-year bond yield has been volatile in the last couple of weeks. The sharp uptick in the yields in the last week of August led to a dip in debt mutual fund NAVs. The yields have started hardening once again after a small respite in the first week of September.

Too much diversification in mutual funds driving you to direct stocks? Here is a way out

This is a theory that has gained strength among mutual funds lately. Mutual fund managers play it too safe by diversifying a lot. That is the reason why most mutual fund schemes have been failing to keep pace with the market in the last few years.

Top Mutual Funds
SCHEME NAME RATING 3 YRS(%) 1 YR(%) 6 M(%) 1 M(%)
Axis Bluechip Fund Direct Plan-Growth
★★★★★
10.18 8.34 2.78 0.62
Invest Now
Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund Direct-Growth
★★★★★
9.21 15.34 9.45 0.71
Invest Now
Axis Bluechip Fund-Growth
★★★★★
8.75 7.00 2.07 0.52
Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund Regular-Growth
★★★★★
7.87 13.73 8.65 0.58
HDFC Index Sensex Fund-Growth
★★★★★
7.63 4.81 9.35 1.76
Have a longer horizon, don't expect quick returns, says Vinit Sambre of DSP MF

"Just to put it into perspective, the Nifty Midcap 100 index has fairly quickly recovered over 65% from its recent lows in March'20 and is now barely 5% away from its recent peak achieved pre-Covid in January '20."

L&T Emerging Businesses Fund: should you hold or sell?

Many investors are nervous about the short-term performance of L&T Emerging Businesses Fund. We have spoken to an independent mutual fund advisor and the fund manager to find out their views on the the scheme.

TERM OF THE WEEK
New Fund Offers
Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv
Axis Global Equity Alpha Fund of Fund Reg-G Equity: International Open-ended 04 Sep 18 Sep 5000.00
Axis Global Equity Alpha Fund of Fund Reg-D Equity: International Open-ended 04 Sep 18 Sep 5000.00
Axis Global Equity Alpha Fund of Fund Direct-D Equity: International Open-ended 04 Sep 18 Sep 5000.00
Axis Global Equity Alpha Fund of Fund Direct-G Equity: International Open-ended 04 Sep 18 Sep 5000.00
Mirae Asset Equity Allocator Fund of Fund Reg-D Equity: Large Cap Open-ended 08 Sep 15 Sep 5000.00
More >>
Forthcoming Dividend
Fund Name Category Type Record Date Div Per Unit
Union Capital Protection Oriented Fund Series 8 Reg-D Hybrid: Conservative Hybrid Closed-end 11 Sep 2020 -
* 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
09-09-2020 143.71 207.16 -63.45 223.85 244.96 -21.11
08-09-2020 2532.63 2250.86 281.77 7873.97 8245.94 -371.97
07-09-2020 1732.80 1985.23 -252.43 5149.84 5539.12 -389.28
04-09-2020 2397.32 3036.82 -639.50 6603.81 5003.83 1599.98
03-09-2020 1911.48 2375.38 -463.90 9380.42 5580.95 3799.47
02-09-2020 1783.72 3320.01 -1536.29 5945.05 5321.15 623.90
01-09-2020 2407.85 2695.89 -288.04 6591.21 4978.92 1612.29
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
ICICI Prudential Regular Gold Savings (FOF) Direct-Growth 17.4036 0.74 185.70 - - 0.09
Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund Direct-Growth 29.5808 0.15 13344.51 - 0.45
Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund Regular-Growth 28.4722 0.14 13344.51 - 0.99
Edelweiss Arbitrage Fund Direct-Growth 15.3927 0.14 3225.96 - 0.37
Edelweiss Arbitrage Fund Regular-Growth 14.8368 0.13 3225.96 - 1.09
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
Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver Direct- Growth 74.6900 -0.19 917.43 - 1.23
Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 Direct-Growth 34.2300 -0.20 9134.09 - 0.92
Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Plan Direct-Growth 41.9800 -0.21 474.24 - 1.86
Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96-Growth 31.8800 -0.22 9134.09 - 1.90
Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Plan-Growth 39.0600 -0.22 474.24 - 2.51
Click here to view all TMF ( All Ratings) >>

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