Expert Views

Tata Div Yield: Rewarding fund, Invest with 3 years outlook  

11 Jan 2013, 6.46 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Tata Dividend Yield Fund has maintained good performance across period. This fund is suitable for investors with low risk profile looking to invest w...

What is the Mutual Fund Direct NAV all about?  

11 Jan 2013, 5.39 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

SEBI has directed all fund houses to maintain separate plan called Direct Plan for all their mutual fund schemes along with the Regular plan. So what ...

How to earn better returns from your MF portfolio  

10 Jan 2013, 11.44 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Pick up any mutual fund portfolio of an active investor and you will usually find it plagued with typical problems. If we can understand, identify and...

Last minute tax planning? Go for ELSS  

09 Jan 2013, 3.15 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Time must have come for employees to submit the proof of investments to HR for tax benefit claims....

DSP BR Opportunities Fund-Invest with 3 years time horizon  

07 Jan 2013, 1.27 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

According to Arnav Pandya, investors with investment horizon of three years or more can look towards investing in this fund....

Direct Plan from mutual funds - Good or bad?  

03 Jan 2013, 3.35 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

There has been a lot of discussion around the launch of Direct plan of mutual fund schemes. Many are hailing SEBI's decision and few are complaining a...

Why MF industry is unable to captivate investors' attention  

03 Jan 2013, 3.20 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Investors are losing interest in MF industry in spite of efforts made by SEBI. According to financial expert Pankaa Maalde, SEBI's focus of interest s...

How to start off Mutual Funds investing in 2013   

31 Dec 2012, 4.04 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

This New Year take a resolution to understand Mutual Fund investing and attain financial freedom than rely on the experts completely. Financial expert...

BOI AXA Focused Infrastructure Fund: Apt for risk takers  

28 Dec 2012, 4.53 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

BOI AXA Focused Infrastructure Fund has shown an improvement in its performance in recent times. The fund is suitable for risk taking investors who wa...

Looking forward to 2013? Here are some lessons from 2012  

27 Dec 2012, 11.15 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

If you are planning your investments for 2013, make sure you don’t commit the same mistake again of going majorly with the best performing asset cla...

Will size of fund impact its performance?   

26 Dec 2012, 1.59 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

What should you be looking at when you are selecting a mutual fund? Should one be checking the size of the asset under management (AUM) before invest...

Best investment option for 2013: Gold, realty or equity?  

26 Dec 2012, 1.52 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Most investors have missed the rally, when Sensex has returned about 25% till now. 25% is not exactly something to scoff at, which incidentally is hig...

Santa Claus Rally - Pessimists are on a vacation  

25 Dec 2012, 3.21 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

When a 'Santa Claus Rally' occurs financial experts tries to analyse the reason behind it. It is important to analyse what happened and why, but it is...

Investment Mistakes that can be avoided in 2013  

22 Dec 2012, 4.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

2013 is filled with host of new investment option and opportunities. Amid huge financial reforms and new investment avenues, there are possible chanc...

Anchoring Effect - How does it affect investors?  

22 Dec 2012, 3.49 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Investors often make a mistake of buying investments based on price movement rather than focusing on the business model, fundamentals etc. For money t...

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan: An ideal fund in a portfolio  

22 Dec 2012, 2.16 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan has maintained a good track record and has been a consistent outperformer. Investors with conservative investment style ...

Do's and Don'ts of Mutual funds  

19 Dec 2012, 4.33 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Investing in mutual funds is a good habit. The best benefit of mutual funds is that they allow diversification of investment at a lesser cost than cou...

DWS Alpha Equity Fund: Appropriate for risk takers  

15 Dec 2012, 12.39 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

According to Arnav Pandya, investors with risk taking capacity can look towards investing in this fund....

Here's one lesser-known way to save on tax  

14 Dec 2012, 11.46 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

There is an option available for individuals to put their money into Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) provided by mutual funds where there is a tax...

Rules of selecting the perfect mutual funds  

11 Dec 2012, 4.47 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Today choice is a problem. Especially in the case of mutual funds, the array is mind boggling. So how does a common investor go about selecting the ri...

Should the agents be solely blamed for mis-selling?  

11 Dec 2012, 12.09 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Many articles, many opinions and many comments across various newspapers, business channels and internet predominantly paint the agents in black. But ...

Things need to check with Fidelity and L&T merger success  

10 Dec 2012, 2.56 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Fidelity Mutual Fund's merger with L&T Mutual Fund has put many Fidelity’s investors in a fix whether or hold the fund or sell it. Financial expert ...

Avoid IDFC Classic Equity due to inconsistent performance  

10 Dec 2012, 11.49 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

According to Arnav Pandya, investors can look at other options for their investment requirements as IDFC Classic Equity Fund has not been able to be c...

All you need to know about Debt Mutual Funds  

04 Dec 2012, 3.38 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

When in comes to investing in Fixed Income space, people tend to bend more towards traditional instruments like FDs, NSC or Time Deposits ignoring one...

Mutual Fund - A tool for wealth creation  

01 Dec 2012, 1.15 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

MFs often witness inflow of money when the markets escalates and similarly redemption when it plummets. These sudden upward & downward spikes should n...

Have a balance between quality of life & standard of living  

01 Dec 2012, 1.01 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

There are often people who are witnessed complaining about lack of materialistic things in their life. Likewise there are people who enjoy good standa...

SBI Mag Equity-Steady performer, apt for Largecap investors  

30 Nov 2012, 2.08 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

As per Arnav Pandya's analysis, this fund has remained a consistent performer across varied investment period and is suitable for investors looking to...

When should you invest in mutual fund NFOs?   

29 Nov 2012, 2.31 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

NFO is often confused with IPO of a share where investors invest presuming they are buying cheap. The fund houses also do a great marketing job to sel...

Canara Robeco Large Cap + Fund: A steady Large cap fund  

23 Nov 2012, 8.30 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

This fund is suitable for investors who are looking for a steady performer scheme to add to their portfolio and have a three year outlook for their in...

Stay alert & be careful- Check regulations before investing  

22 Nov 2012, 6.02 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

"Return on investment" is important, but "Return of investment" is critical. Investors easily fall in to prey because of lack of knowledge on regulati...