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DSP Quant Fund NFO – Is it Worth Investing?

Factor Investing – a word that is not heard as much in the world of investing even though we all speak of factors when we talk about buying stocks based on ...

May 24, 2019

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More Companies That Could Follow Zee, With Promoters Having Pledged Shares to Sell Bonds

You’ve got a bunch of mutual funds that were supposed to be “debt” – meaning, they are like fixed deposits. Except, some of these funds ...

May 15, 2019

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The FMP Saga: What’s with Fixed Maturity Plans (FMP) Losing Money?

(Warning: Long post.) News floods the investment landscape about something strange in the land of debt funds. It turns out that: a) Kotak Mutual Fund has an ...

Apr 14, 2019

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Mutual Fund Commissions: 8500 Crores in FY-2018 as Incentives.

Every year, the Association of Mutual Funds in India releases the “Consolidated data on Commission and Expenses paid to Distributors during the previous ...

Jul 05, 2018

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What Hurts If Arb Funds Unwind? The Budget Impact, Part 2

In our Previous post, we took a look at the impact of the changes in Tax on Balanced funds. This time, we look at a more dangerous player - Arbitrage funds. ...

Feb 21, 2018

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The Budget Hits Mutual Funds, Part 1: Balanced Funds

This is a two part series on the impact of the new taxes on mutual funds, and how they will hit the investment dynamic.  Balanced funds invest in stocks and ...

Feb 13, 2018

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Taurus Funds get 30% of the Defaulted Ballarpur Debt, Banks Take Over the Distressed Paper Company

Remember Ballarpur? We know that it made Taurus Mutual Fund a big loss – in many of its debt schemes – when it defaulted on a debt payment. The ...

Jul 26, 2017

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Mutual Funds: The Cost of Using a Distributor Is Even More Than You Think

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” ― Albert Einstein In ...

Jul 18, 2017

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Premium (Unlocked): The Capitalmind Guide to Tax Saving ELSS Funds: Which, Why and Even Why Not.

This article was published on the 18th January, 2017 exclusively for Capitalmind Premium Subscribers. This content has now been made free for all our ...

Mar 23, 2017

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Debt Funds Purchases Lower By 36% in February; Equity Funds Net Inflow Increases By A Third

Here is our monthly report covering the sales and redemption/ repurchase data of Mutual Funds in India. You can catch the previous edition here. February 2017 ...

Mar 07, 2017

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