DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund (MF) has declared a dividend of 14.9% per unit of face value of Rs 10 per unit, under the dividend option of the DSP BlackRock Government Securities Fund (GSF), Plan B. (more…)

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Taurus MF announces changes
Taurus Mutual Fund has announced some changes in the load structure for investments under Taurus Income Fund like for investments less than Rs. 50 lacs, the exit load of 2% will be charged if units are (more…)

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DSP Black Rock Mutual Fund has declared a dividend of 2% per unit of face value of Rs 10 per unit, under the dividend option of the DSP Black Rock Saving Plus Fund - Conservative. The record date for the payment of (more…)

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After suffering their worst month ever, the Indian mutual fund industry sees consolidation Is this just a start?
It’s the season of mergers and takeovers given the prevaffing financial turmoil. However, mutual fund (mutual fund) investors need not worry as any change in the sponsor will not, in any way, affect their savings.
One such takeover is that of Lotus MF. Barely two years after setting up shop in India, it has been acquired by Religare Aegon MF Both mutual funds have signed the agreement and the deal now awaits the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s clearance. (more…)

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ctober was a cruel month for stock market investors. As I write this in early November,
the market has regained some of the lost ground, but for all of us, the scars of October are going to be difficult to erase from memory. A 35 per cent fall in a single month is unheard of, and even after three days of strong improvement, the month on month fall was the highest ever in Indian history. (more…)

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Gold is a highly effective portfolio diversifler due to its low to negative correlation with all major asset classes. Over the last 20 years, gold has shown no statistically significant correlation with equities. The fundamental reason for this lack of correlation is that the factors driving gold price are not the same as the factors that determine the returns on other assets. Obviously, there are some economic factors that influence the performance of all investments. But, equally obviously, changes in gold supply and demand have no influence over the other asset classes. (more…)

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Process for investing in GETF
One needs a trading account with an NSE broker and a demat account as GETF can be bought and sold only in the demat form.
The steps are:
• Open a demat account with a depository participant with NSDL, or CDSL
• Hire a broker, or open an electronic trading account
• Buy gold ETF listed at the exchange online, or through your broker
• Minimum number of units of GETF that you can buy is one (more…)

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Exchange-traded funds (ETF) are a relatively new species of mutual funds in india. They provide a cost- efficient and secure way to access the gold market. Similar to owning the mutual funds units of a diversified equity fund, units in an ETF can be easily bought or sold. What’s more, one may trade on them like any other stock on the exchange through terminals across the country. (more…)

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Since stock market investments such as Gold ETFs do not allow systematic investment plans unlike regular mutual funds, the best way is to do it yourself. Keep purchasing Gold ETF units at regular intervals. You can even buy one unit of a GETF, the price of which is benchmarked against gold price (minimum investment varies across schemes). ideally, you should aim at regularly putting away some money in an EYE This way you can average out your cost of acquisition. (more…)

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Escorts Power and Energy Fund is an open-ended sectoral fund with an investment objective to provide long term capital gains by investing up to 65-100 per cent of the corpus in equity and equity-related instruments of companies in the power/energy sectors while allocation (more…)

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