Emergency Fund – Recurring Deposits and Debt Mutual Funds

Emergency fund always come to fore whenever economic slowdown, market volatility and liquidity crunch occurs. Bank recurring deposits and debt mutual funds are the best options for building up an emergency fund. What is an emergency fund?

Franklin Templeton and closure of 6 debt MF schemes

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund’s announcement to wind up six debt mutual fund schemes came like a bolt from blue for investors and markets. The decision was taken in the backdrop of continuous erosion in value due to

SLF-MF(Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds)

Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds was an unusual window announced by the Reserve Bank of India for ensuring liquidity support to mutual funds. RBI announced the Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds (SLF-MF) on April 27,2020

Kotak Banking and PSU Debt Fund as Emergency Fund

Kotak Banking and PSU Debt Fund, is a good debt mutual fund that can be preferred by an investor to create the emergency fund. An emergency fund is the savings set aside to cover unanticipated financial emergencies

7 Reasons That Make Mutual Fund a Good Investment Option

The purpose of any investment is reinforcing financial independence.  To ensure it , the investment instrument should exhibit essential features like easiness in investment, multiple options for investments, inflation beating return, easy  liquidity,  transparency in end use

Types of Mutual Fund Schemes – An Overview

An investor in an equity mutual fund scheme often comes across many types of mutual fund schemes for investment.  An overview of the features of major types of mutual fund schemes is covered in this article. An

Borrowing Against Mutual Fund Units

Borrowing against Mutual Fund investments is a quick avenue available for mutual fund investors to tide over short term financial crunches.  Lenders extend finance against the value of units on which lien is marked in favour of

Total Expense Ratio (TER) and Mutual Fund Investment

All mutual fund investors must be receiving e-mails from mutual fund houses on Total Expense Ratios (TER). The details are being furnished by the fund houses as directed by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in

Debt Fund Scheme: Features and Characteristics

A debt fund is a Mutual Fund scheme with focus on steady, regular and risk free return. It is an ideal investment instrument for parking surplus funds for short term. The fund invests mainly in money market

DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund: Change in Fundamental Attributes of Schemes

DSP BlockRock Mutual Fund has decided to make certain changes in fundamental attributes of its various schemes. According to the fund, the changes have been made in tune with the directions issued by Securities and Exchange Board