The best way to beat market volatility is to continue your SIP, despite turbulence. These large-cap mutual fund schemes demonstrated resilience and outperformed their benchmarks in most of the timeframes
Prices of mid- and small-caps have risen, but they are not entirely driven by rise in earnings
At a time when small and mid-cap stock have gone up despite valuation concerns, some fund managers have turned to largecaps to reduce the risk and also have a buffer against a decline in market
Despite concerns about expensive valuations, a section of the market feels the correction has thrown up some buying opportunities, here's a rundown of top 10 bluechip stocks
Analysts expect largecaps to outperform as they see panic-stricken investors flocking to the safety of large caps. Besides being more liquid, large caps also appear attractively valued compared to the second-line stocks that have suddenly fallen out of favour
Large-cap stocks have given solace to mutual fund schemes, amidst increasing volatility in small- and mid- cap shares. These are the large-caps that active funds have been adding for the past six months
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
Portfolio managers prefer to hold stocks that could provide stability and cushion volatility
With the investors taking advantage of the large market blocks, an avenue for private equity investors to exit and promoters to realise the value of their investments is formed.
Many quality largecap stocks from the Nifty Next 50 index corrected significantly and are available now at reasonable valuation. Active fund managers use Nifty Next50 index to pick out tomorrow’s winners
Large & midcap mutual fund schemes, a relatively new category that SEBI formed in 2018, aims to achieve growth with lower volatility by combining the established and emerging businesses
PMS managers were cautious and exited these largecap stocks that they thought had weak prospects
Quality largecap stocks tend to provide comfort and cushion the market turbulences well
Since mutual fund managers advocate long-term investing, it pays if such funds hold on to their underlying shares for the long-term. Funds with a low portfolio turnover do just that. And here’s what they bought recently.
Fund managers were cautious and exited stocks that they thought had weak prospects
Conservative hybrid funds identify stocks which can deliver potential return in the long run while exhibiting lower volatility
Active equity fund managers have avoided taking position on these AMFI-defined largecap stocks
Bouts of volatility in equity markets offer fund managers an opportunity to buy stocks that are available at attractive valuations and have strong potential
Nifty Next50 consists of stocks ranked between the 50th and 100th most liquid stocks on the NSE. Last month, active fund managers added stocks like Bandhan Bank, SBI Cards and Havvels’s from this list.
Large-cap stocks are among the least volatile in the equity market. Many of them are chased by passive funds on account of their presence in benchmark indices, but even active funds invest in them as largecaps are typically market leaders
IT stocks have been among the hardest hit by the correction in the domestic equity market in 2022
Despite highest ever exports, the current account deficit has continued to rise. The RBI has managed the currency market very well and INR exchange rates have remained much stable
Equity mutual funds rewarded investors handsomely
In the year gone by, top largecap Nifty stocks which rallied the most were Hindalco Industries up 121 percent, Yes Bank 76 percent, Maruti Suzuki 61 percent, followed by Tata Steel 54 percent and BHEL by 46 percent.
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