Only 28% of equity diversified growth funds  managed to outperform their benchmarks over one year, some have lost a lot of money. One more lesson on what to avoid and what to bet on. Analysis by Shailendra Lotlikar

Rising crude prices, record inflation levels and higher interest rates have sent the stock market careening downwards. After riding the bull run for almost five years without a...

One of our readers, Mayur Sindhwad, suspects that funds deliberately shun retail investors for FMPs. Here is his logic

Fixed maturity plans (FMPs) are an important option for investors who like to take lower risks. Fund houses have launched several new fund offerings (NFOs) in this category and many more are in the pipeline. I am a ‘safety first’ type of investor and was a regular investor in...

SEBI bans speed-reading of MF disclaimers; will it achieve anything different?

In one of its first ‘investor-friendly’ moves after CB Bhave took over as its new chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned mutual fund companies from speed-reading the disclaimers of fund offerings on television and radio: “Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; please read...