Mutual Fund

What is Net Asset Value (NAV)

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Here is another important financial concept that will surely improve and enrich your understanding regarding financial knowledge and matters.  This is what we call NAV or Net Asset Value. Definition of NAV: Net Asset Value (NAV) is simply defined as the actual value of one unit of a given scheme on any given business day. [...]

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Concept of Mutual Funds

Thumbnail image for Concept of Mutual Funds by Shakti Singh Dulawat July 20, 2010

It’s been interesting to note that a lot of our readers are enjoying our posted series of finance and trade articles.  Not to mention the fact that you dear readers are really benefiting a lot from out tips, information and sheer knowledge regarding savings, money matters and other means of making our lives better financially.  [...]

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Read Before Investing In Mutual Fund

by Shakti Singh Dulawat June 23, 2010

Foremost, if you are planning to invest your hard earned money in a mutual fund, you must understand the flow on how this type of monetary transaction goes. Let us first know the simple definition of what a mutual fund is before going deeper into the matter. What then are these so-called mutual funds? Basically, [...]

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Selecting a Mutual Fund

by Shakti Singh Dulawat December 22, 2009

As what had said on mutual funds, the past performance is not an indication of future result. In selecting a fund that could give you a good return, follow these tips: Rationalize the selection of Mutual Funds. Try to have a checklist of all the information that you may get in some websites like the [...]

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What is Fund of Funds

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 27, 2009

Definition The fund of funds or FoF is a fund or investment fund that makes use of the investment strategy by holding portfolio of other investment funds than that of directly investing into the shares, bonds and securities. Advantage of investing into Fund of funds 1. Diversity will increase in a collective investment scheme as [...]

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What is Sector Funds

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 19, 2009

Definition Sector fund is a fund that could be exchange-traded or closed-end fund that invests on a business of a particular industry or sector. It concentrates on the investment in the single sector in the market. Advantage of investing into the Sector Fund 1. Sector funds are less diversified; they carry a significant level of [...]

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What is Index Funds

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 17, 2009

Definition Index fund or also known as the index tracker is usually a mutual fund commonly the exchange-traded fund. Tracking can be done by holding the securities in the index or by sampling the market and holding representative securities. Advantage of investing into Index Funds 1. Index funds cost less. 2. Index funds objectives are [...]

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What is Regional Mutual Fund

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 16, 2009

Definition Regional mutual fund is a mutual fund wherein the investments are invested on a specific region. The specific regions are those that are for industrialization or those under economic zones or having huge inflow of funds and can attract more investments. Advantage of investing to Regional Mutual Funds 1. Regional mutual funds that the [...]

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Understand International Mutual Fund

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 12, 2009

Definition International mutual funds are those mutual funds that invest in a not domestic security markets. And this is not done on to a single country. From its name, international, meaning throughout the world. International fund offers the investors best capitalization on the world’s best deals. In dealing this, you must choose carefully on which [...]

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What is Value Funds

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 11, 2009

Definition Value funds or the value mutual funds are those mutual funds that focus more on the safety rather than that of the growth. It seeks investments that provide dividends and capital appreciation. Value mutual funds usually invest on companies that are mostly sought and the stocks that had fallen out due to changes in [...]

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