Showing posts with label mutual fund schemes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mutual fund schemes. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Are you Mutual Fund Investor?

Are you Mutual fund Investor?


You may be think that this question is as simple or silly but in really it is very important question for your economic freedom and wealth creation. First of all if your answer is YES then I want to congratulate to all of you for participating in mutual fund schemes. Most of you are investing in XYZ amount in a particular scheme suggested by a friend or an agent without any target amount and also knowing without risk which is associated with your schemes.

In general, I have observed many investors consider mutual fund as share market investment only but this is not true. It also invests in debt instrument and fixed term deposit investment also. Unfortunately in India most of investor are not getting benefit from debt mutual fund also. People even do not know in which schemes they should invest either in equity schemes or debt schemes or hybrid schemes. They even do not bother to know about this and in some cases agent have not much knowledge about mutual fund schemes.

Many investors often lament that they had lost a lot of money in mutual fund which is suggested by someone else or randomly picked by themselves. It is due to lack of awareness and lack of understanding about mutual fund as a product.

In my view, mutual fund is the best investment option available in the financial market for any investment time frame. Before start investing in mutual fund you should decide your investment time horizon and target amount at the end of investment period. There are different types of schemes available in the market for different needs and investment horizon. You have to decide your investment time frame first. Your investment period may be from 1 week 20 years or even more years and accordingly you should invest in suitable schemes.

If you are not able to choose the right schemes or you don’t have time please contact an IFA (Independent Financial Adviser). We also help to the investor to choose the right mutual fund schemes. Believe me If you invest in disciplined manner after knowing the product you will definitely create a lot of wealth. There are many equity schemes which have generated multiple times return in 10 year or 15 year time period.

If you have doubt about investment product and want more information regarding investment or you need investment services, feel free to ask us. We also conduct the seminar on investment and financial planning. If you are interested for conducting seminar in your city, just drop the mail.

Warm regards,
Arvind Trivedi
Certified Financial Planner

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Close or Open ended Fund, which one is good ?

Close Ended or Open Ended Mutual Fund which one is good?


Often we invest in mutual fund after looking past performance or on any friend’s suggestion. You do not care whether that particular scheme is suitable or not for you. So there is always confusion which scheme is good and which scheme is bad. Every mutual fund scheme are not made for all. You have to choose a good mutual fund according to your need, future goal, investment time horizon and risk profile. There is possibility that one scheme is good for Mr ‘A’ and the same scheme is not good for you. Be careful before investment in any investment instrument.

In mutual fund, you can invest between 1 day to any period based on your need. There are basically two type of mutual fund one is open ended scheme and other is close ended scheme. In open ended scheme you can enter in the scheme and exit from the scheme at your chosen time. Close ended schemes come with some defined lock-in period. You cannot exit from these schemes before lock-in period.

The lock-in period varies from few months to 4 - 5 years according to investment objective of particular scheme. Some investment instrument need time to be able to generate good returns. Closed-ended funds provide proper timeframe to fund manager and investors to cultivate this opportunity.

At current scene, when whole mutual fund industry face redemption pressure from the investor due to turbulent market condition. Since January, Rs 10,694 crore has moved out from equity schemes as outflows. Fund houses come with more close ended schemes. ICICI Prudential, Union KBC, Reliance MF and Axis MF have launched closed-ended equity schemes since last few months. A lock-in product would help fund houses deliver better returns over the longer run, as many mid- and small-cap stocks are trading at cheaper valuations now.

In a closed-end product, investors would remain for the entire duration, whether three or five years, whereas in an open-ended scheme, the investor can move to another one at any point. From investor point of view, the can also the take advantage stay invested in schemes as stock valuation is very cheap in current market.

For more detail about any other query related investment, you can contact me through my email.

Warm regards,
Arvind Trivedi
Certified Financial Planner