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There are many places where one can find more information on the mutual funds market. One can find more information on the mutual funds market at popular on the web sources such as Investopedia and FINRA.
The best mutual funds in todays market are the ones that are newly aquired and the business is gaining lots of points.
Mutual funds performed poorly in the year 2008 because of the stock market crash and the economic crisis. Since the price of almost all stocks went down heavily, the NAV of the mutual funds went down and hence their performance was poor.
A demat account is necessary for stock market but not required for mutual funds including SIP. For investing in Mutual funds you need to submit your KYC documents. If you are interested in investing in stock market or mutual funds,
No. Stock Market Investments (Mutual Funds as well) are not covered by federal insurance. It covers only bank deposits
As all the other instruments in equity and debts even mutual funds carry risk, but mutual funds are considered a better option because ,you investments will be managed by the professional managers who are in the better positions and they can spread your investment across various sectors around the market .Thus we can say that mutual funds are best option of investment in which few mutual funds like reliance mutual funds and DSP mutual funds are good players in the market .
The Great Depression and World War II hampered asset growth in mutual funds
Often referred to as the mutual fund industry, the open-end fund industry comprises about 95 percent of the mutual fund market
There are many different types of mutual funds. Some of them are: a. Equity Diversified b. ELSS funds c. Mid cap oriented funds d. Small cap oriented funds e. Contra funds f. Debt funds g. Gilt funds h. Bond funds i. Hedge funds j. etc
No they are not. Mutual funds are stock market investments and hence they are not insured. There is always a possibility of an investor suffering a loss if the mutual fund house makes wrong investment decisions.
No. Mutual Funds are not short term securities. A Mutual Fund is nothing but a common pool of money collected from a lot of people which is used by an experienced fund manager who invests the money in the Share market. Not many of us are experienced in investing directly in the Equity market. Mutual funds are a boon to the investor who doesnt have enough knowledge to invest directly in the market but wants to take a risk and gain higher returns from the market.
Index funds are a type of mutual fund that invests in the stocks of a specific market index, attempting to maintain a value per unit that tracks that index.