Guest Post by Mayank Gupta of NineMillionDollars explaining 5 most common mutual fund myths among mutual fund investors.

AMFI India has come up with ads – it is wiser decision to invest whatever little you can every month in Mutual funds. Can this Ads act be substitute to Entry load?

ETF are more in talk these days but there may be many question in investors mind about how helpful ETF’s are to retail investors? So let me answer few of those questions about ETF’s and if you have more questions do post them in comments and I will be more than happy to answer them all.

Ankush asked – One thing I don’t find here (understand) is “how should I distribute money”. Lets say for ex, I select 1 equity and 1 debt and 1 balanced fund and I am looking for higher returns then how should I invest?

August 2009 is when SEBI abolished entry load on mutual funds but did it actually benefit the common man? I don’t think so. You may ask Why? And even argue that – I do not pay anything for buying mutual funds which means that I am benefiting a lot. May sound true but … let us see if it actually benefiting common man or not.

Each mid cap fund manager invests in a different set of companies and so performance of Mid-Cap funds can vary considerably. So let me list the best performing Midcap Funds over the past one year for you.

Mutual funds have an edge over stocks for majority of investors and so it is important to understand the advantage mutual fund have over direct investment in stock.

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