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Insurers launch small, midcap funds to ride the market rally. Should you invest?
After Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance launched its small-cap ULIP, now comes Tata-AIA Life and Max Life Insurance’s own policies. But beware: these qre not your usual small-cap mutual fund schemes. These are insurance policies masquerading as investment products. Look before you leap.
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PMS managers exited from these midcap stocks: Check your portfolio
PMS managers exited as these stocks either reached their target prices or turned unattractive due to weak prospects
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How have India’s oldest MF schemes rewarded investors?
A Moneycontrol analysis of India’s oldest equity-oriented mutual fund schemes have shown that they have returned 9-19% of compounded annualised returns since inception. They are either equity scheme or hybrid schemes having rich track record of paying dividend. These schemes rewarded the long term investors well and helped them to reach their financial goals
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Microcaps that are fund house favourites but yet to unlock their potential
Many microcap stocks held by mutual funds have not yet performed well. Fund managers continue holding these stocks in their portfolio believing that these businesses may play out well in the future
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Risk mitigation strategy: low volatile largecap stocks held by smallcap funds
Although smallcap mutual fund schemes must invest at least 65 percent of the corpus in smallcap stocks, they can invest the balance in large or midcap stocks. Large-cap investments help mitigate risk and provide cushion if markets were to fall sharply
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Nifty at 20K: These stocks had low weight on index - Active funds got the bet right
Stocks with relatively lower weight in the Nifty 50 index such as Tata Motors, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and JSW Steel gained significantly. Though their contribution to the index was miniscule due to their lower weight, many active fund managers bought them early and benefitted by holding significant exposure into them
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13 Smallcap Gems That Infrastructure Mutual Funds Love to Hold
Exposure to smallcap stocks by infrastructure funds was increased significantly to 33% from 29% in the last three years
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Stocks With Multiple Faces! Common Names Across Smart-Beta MFs
A Moneycontrol personal finance study shows that different smart-beta funds can have common stocks. It implies that these stocks possess the characteristics of different factors
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The quality test: Should you invest in smart beta funds focusing on quality?
Smart beta funds focusing on quality prefer to invest in quality companies with high valuation and strong cash flows. These funds are likely to offer good downside protection and tend to outperform in bear markets
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Buy-and-hold: Mutual Fund schemes that churn the least
A Moneycontrol Personal Finance analysis of diversified equity schemes shows that small-cap funds typically have the least turnover ratios. To get the best out of small-cap stock picks, it is widely held that these stocks must be held through their life cycles
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MC30 scheme review: Why PGIM India Midcap Opportunities Fund is a long-term wealth creator
PGIM India Midcap Opportunities Fund has delivered below-average returns in the short term. However, its long-term performance has been noteworthy
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10 most popular large-cap stocks among PMS to withstand volatility
Portfolio managers prefer to hold stocks that could provide stability and cushion volatility
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Hot small-cap pharma and healthcare stocks that MFs hold currently
Active fund managers are particularly interested in the small- and mid- cap segment of pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses
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Can Shriram Mutual Fund rise from its comatose state and be counted?
With assets of just Rs 284 crore, Shriram Mutual Fund is India’s smallest fund house. Yet it is one of India’s oldest fund houses and the first fund house to ever get listed on the stock exchange. The fund house is now waking up, but it’s a long walk ahead
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Top sectors that PMS managers bet for higher returns
From banking to capital goods and healthcare, here are 10 sectors that PMS fund managers believe, have promising prospects
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MF investment in these 12 midcaps, smallcaps surges 3-fold and more in 6 months
Although equity markets hitting all-time highs, Mutual funds continue adding midcap and smallcap stocks with quality businesses and healthy growth prospects
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Cautious of market highs: Here are the most sold small-cap stocks by MFs
Experts are cautions that markets are trading near all-time high levels, currently. Aggressive fund flows and positive sentiments have pushed the valuation above their fair value. Many small cap stocks look expensive and way ahead of their fundamentals
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Manufacturing: The new hot stock picking ground for MFs. Here are their top midcap picks
Companies that belong to the ‘manufacturing’ sector are likely to benefit from the Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ drive. Small wonder then that of the six schemes that invest predominantly in manufacturing sectors, four were launched in the last one year or so ago
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Top stocks that smart-beta funds rely on to max returns
With an aim to outsmart basic indices, smart-beta funds combine the prowess of active and passive funds into one. They select the stocks based on a variety of fundamental, technical and other filters. Here’s what smart-beta funds’ models pick, in order to stay ahead of the curve
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Here are 10 sectors on which mutual funds have gone big
Active mutual fund managers have either made fresh positions or increased exposure significantly in these sectors over the last year
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Spark Asia's Krishnan says these three sectors have come to life after 15 years
All three sectors did not do much in the decade-and-a-half after the global financial crisis. However, any market surge of the current magnitude in a short period merits a bit of caution, warned P Krishnan, the MD and CIO of the Chennai based portfolio management service
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Gilt Funds: Is it time to jump on to the roller coaster of returns?
In the long term, gilt funds can outperform most other fixed-income funds. But they can be volatile in the short term as seen in the returns of the last couple of years
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Midcap darlings of conservative hybrid funds for long term growth
The nature of the conservative hybrid schemes nudges their fund managers to pick low-volatile stocks. However, adding midcap and smallcap stocks in the portfolio spices up the overall returns of the schemes.
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Here's where funds cut exposure in 2023: Check your portfolio
Active fund managers sense these changes early and reposition their portfolios accordingly.
