by Rajat Sharma | Jan 4, 2023 | finance, investment, mutual funds, stocks |
An arbitrage fund is a type of mutual fund that leverages the price differential in the cash and derivatives market to generate returns. The returns are dependent on the volatility of the asset. These funds are hybrid in nature as they have the provision of investing...
by Rajat Sharma | Jul 29, 2021 | mutual funds |
Single most important strategic decision in investing is how to find the best equity mutual fund investments. There are different types of mutual funds available to invest in including equity, index, debt, liquid, gold and thematic funds (like infrastructure, Pharma...
by Rajat Sharma | Nov 10, 2020 | investment, mutual funds |
Over the past few years, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has consistently lowered interest rates. Consider this, The RBI has lowered its Repo Rate (i.e. the rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks) from a high of 8% in 2015 to its current rate of 4%. Falling...
by Rajat Sharma | Nov 3, 2020 | mutual funds, valuation |
Sector investing can prove to be a useful and powerful portfolio construction strategy. Sector investing is an integral part of a well-diversified portfolio strategy. As economic variables and business cycles impact segments of the economy differently, sector-based...
by Rajat Sharma | Jun 12, 2020 | mutual funds |
Assume a fund growth between 8-9% p.a. (there are many such funds). Effectively such a fund is paying 0.67-0.75% per month. In reality, returns are not linear. I.e. based on interest rate scenario fund will move up say 1% in a given month and move only 0.1% in yet...
by Rajat Sharma | Jun 12, 2020 | investment, mutual funds |
Over the past few years, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has consistently lowered interest rates. Consider this, The RBI has lowered its Repo Rate (i.e. the rate at which RBI lends to commercial banks) from a high of 8% in 2015 to its current rate of 4%. Falling...
