DSIJ Mindshare

If you think that all equity mutual funds are the same and one equity fund is no different from the other, think again! There is a wide spectrum of equity mutual funds that cater to different categories of investors having different kinds of financial goals, return expectations and risk appetites.

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has increased the cap on equity investment for private sector subscribers under ‘active’ choice from the current 50 to 75 per cent. 

All investors make mistakes while investing in stocks and mutual funds, so if any investor claims that he has never made any mistake, he is definitely not an investor. 

Let us try to understand why bond prices are inversely related to interest rates with examples.

We all have our own biases, blinkers and filters through which we see the world at large and become judgemental about people, events, policies of the government, and everything else, including the stock markets.