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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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What is Exchange-traded Fund

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 10, 2009

Definition Exchange traded funds are much more like stocks and it is traded on stock exchanges. Exchange-traded funds or ETF can hold assets such as the stocks or bonds and it is traded at the same price as the NET or the net asset value. The ETF could also be attractive to investors because it [...]

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What is No-Load Funds

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 6, 2009

DEFINITION No-load funds is simple the opposite of the load funds, because in the load funds it charges the commission at the selling of the funds. In this type of mutual funds, shares are directly distributed by the company, so that’s why no-funds are sold without a commission or charges. ADVANTAGE OF INVESTING INTO NO-LOAD [...]

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What is Balanced Mutual Fund

by Shakti Singh Dulawat November 5, 2009

DEFINITION Balanced fund or hybrid fund is a mutual fund that buys common stock, preferred stock, bonds, and short-term bonds in combination. This is to provide income and capital appreciation as it is avoiding excessive risk. Balanced fund or hybrid fund or balanced mutual funds are type of mutual funds that are available in the [...]

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Understand Large-Cap Funds

by Shakti Singh Dulawat October 19, 2009

Definition Large-cap funds or also known as the large-capitalization or big-cap funds, generally invests in companies with greater market values. It is less volatile as compared with funds that invest in small companies. Smaller returns can be expected, but lately, large-cap can outperform all others. That is why many investors run for the relative stability [...]

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