Mutual Funds

SEBI is the primary governing/regulatory body for the securities market in India. All transactions in the securities market in india are governed & regulated by SEBI.

The Following are some of the main functions of SEBI:

1. The business that happens in the Indian stock exchanges and other securities markets in India

2. Registering and monitoring of Intermediaries like Brokers who may participate in the securities market

3. Registering and monitoring the work of depository participants, custodians of securities, FII's etc

4. Prohibiting unfair trade practices and fraudulent practices in the markets

5. Promoting Investor education

6. Training of Intermediaries

7. Prohibiting Insider trading

8. Regulating substantial acquisitions and take overs of companies.

There is only 1 Nifty in NSE. NSE or National Stock Exchange main index comprising of 50 stocks from different sectors are called Nifty or to be precise Nifty50. One can visit http://www.nseindia.com to get list of stocks comprising Nifty50.

By investing in a mutual fund you can diversify your investment which means that you can buy a variety of assets without paying a huge amount of money. Diversifying helps reducing the risk of your investment and at the same time enables you to cover a broad range of investments. Although there are many advantages of mutual funds it is important to keep costs as low as possible because most fund managers fail to perform better than the market and additional costs cut the average return of 8-10% by 1 or even 2 percentage points. Most importantly MFs are managed by professional fund managers whose choice of buy/sell call would be better than ours (In most probabilities) Because the fund is managed by professionals with experience we can expect the money to make good returns (Provided you choose a reputed fund house with a successful fund manager)

Nondeposit funds are obtained by banks through various means of borrowing. Nondeposit funds are used at times to meet current cash needs.

An open ended mutual fund is one where the investor can redeem his investment any time he feels appropriate whereas a close ended mutual fund is one where the investor has to wait until the lock in period is over to redeem his investment. Open ended funds are more liquid can close ended funds because of this.

Funds or property that have value in meeting debts are called collateral.

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The Unit Trust of India has two main objectives. They are to encourage savings in middle and low income groups and to enable these groups to share in the industrial development of the country.

Some functions of the Unit Trust of India include granting loans and advances and provide banking and investment advice. They also buy, sell and deal in foreign exchange dealings.

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It probably doesn't have a ticker because it's a variable insurance product, not a mutual fund. That's what the "VIP" means, as opposed the the typical mutual fund share class identifiers such as A, and T-shares.

A mutual fund is an investment, something you buy in expectation of it going up in value. An IRA , individual retirement account, is an account which can hold different types of investments (like mutual funds). It is not any particular investment.

Think of it this way: an IRA is a bucket and a mutual fund is what you choose to put into the bucket.

This issue can be confused because of the way banks market IRAs. They often marry the account with a particular investment, the CD. So, banks will advertise an IRA "paying 5% for 5 years" What they have done is taken away all choice as to what you can put into the IRA and have told you they will sell you an IRA with a 5 year, 5% CD inside of it.

Since it's not a stock company - it doesn't have a ticker symbol.

Well there are a couple of different ways you could define it... 1. (a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging) 2. an investment fund open to a limited range of investors that is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other investment funds and also pays a performance fee too its investment manager . and more...

Marketing funds are capital (cash) used to pay for marketing expenses. Such expenses may include ad creation, television ad placement, direct marketing, etc.

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Cemetry plots are emerging as the hottest investment this year. The price of burial plots is increasing by over 30% this year in London. Everyone might not be interested but it can provide an alternative investment for those looking for fixed investments.

Provisions are charge against profit and Reserves are appropriation of profit.

Depends. Many banks or credit unions will allow you to open an IRA account for as little as $100.

The truth is you need to invest in the fund that will make you the most money. Look at rankings monthly Both ETFs and Mutual Funds allow for broad diversification or narrow sector concentration (e.g., industry, country, foreign currency, debt instead of equity) by a purchase of one single holding. They can be described as "baskets of stocks" that have some kind of common "theme." There are however several main differences: ETFs trade on exchanges like stocks and can be bought and sold at any time during the exchange trading sessions, although some of them may be extremely thinly traded. Mutual Funds, on the other hand, have to be usually redeemed or purchased only at the Net Asset Value, based on closing prices for the day. Thus, if there is a negative event, you cannot use an automated sell stop and have to ride the prices all the way to the day's close. Nevertheless, the problems with liquidity under normal economic conditions are very rare with Mutual Funds. Unlike many Mutual Funds, ETFs do not have minimums to invest, minimum holding periods or early withdrawal fees. Mutual Funds are likely to have different classes of shares A/B/or C, which may have to be held for a certain minimum time to avoid fees when selling (sometimes 2 to 3 years, or more). Both ETFs and Mutual Funds deduct managerial and operational expenses from your (growing or shrinking) investment, but when compared especially to Load Mutual Funds, ETFs on average have lower such deductions. ETF trades, on the other hand, will be garnished with brokerage commission fees. However, nowadays, at discount online brokers they are almost negligible. Highly liquid ETFs, those with large daily volumes, are complemented with options that trade on Options Exchanges. Such options may be useful in hedging larger or riskier positions. Mutual Funds are not optionable. Mutual Funds usually cannot be bought on margin or sold short by an investor. This can be done easily with ETFs. Also, all ETFs are available through almost any broker. That is not always true about Mutual Funds that have specific agreements with different brokerage houses. Unlike Mutual Funds, ETFs may be highly leveraged, buy on margin or trade options, employ short selling, or use complicated derivatives to achieve, for example, inverse performance of given indices (e.g., SKF). This may be useful for anybody wanting to employ leverage in IRA or 401K accounts. Sources: http://www.amfi.com/ratings/mutual-fund-rankings

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Mutual funds buy and sell stock on your behalf, as if it is done by you. Therefore, if gains were realized, you will be taxed on the gain. The money will get reinvested into something else and stay in the fund, and you will receive no distribution. It is just like keeping the interest on a savings account to accumulate instead of cashing it - in either case you will end up paying tax.

The average fraction of funds holdings that is sold per year is called turnover ratio. For example, a turnover ratio of 50% means that the fund on average sells half of its holdings one a year. As explained here: if you bought into fund before it sold its holdings, you might get taxed on gains you did not participate in. They further explain that buying funds with smaller turnover ratios or ETFs reduces the exposure to this tax.

Yes, back normally have a 800 number you can call to see if funds are available.

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it is really very safe to invest in mutual funds rather than in shares but to get better returns we should invest according to market moves only than only we can get best returns , for example currently market is going down so we should invest now and try and sell when market goes up, to get best return we must make a calculative move...

my anwer is not very appropriate but may be help you in some way...

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But i would advise you to invest through SIPS as it can absorb all the market fluctuation and will also give you good returns in long term

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An exchange traded fund (ETF) is a type of fund that is traded intra-day on an exchange. Examples include index ETFs and closed-end ETFs. Usually people use the term closed-end funds, but they are a type of exchange-traded fund. An exchange traded fund (ETF) is a type of fund that is traded intra-day on an exchange. Examples include index ETFs and closed-end ETFs. Usually people use the term closed-end funds, but they are a type of exchange-traded fund.

Yield is the interest earned on a bond, or the dividend paid on a stock or mutual fund.

A proprietary fund is a type of account in finances. In this type of account, some nonprofit and government business transactions are dealt with.