Mutual Fund

5 Most Common Mutual Fund Myths Debunked

by Shabbir Bhimani on January 5, 2012

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

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How to Choose Right Mutual Funds?

by Shabbir Bhimani on December 14, 2011

Guest Post by Mayank Gupta of NineMillionDollars explaining How to Choose Mutual Funds based on your investment objective and risk appetite.

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Invest in Mutual Funds – Can Ads Substitute Entry Load?

by Shabbir Bhimani on September 28, 2011

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?

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How to Invest In Mutual Funds Online?

by Shabbir Bhimani on May 30, 2011

There are many ways you can invest in mutual funds online. I will share the one that I use myself as well as other methods of investing in mutual funds online.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Investing In ETF’s

by Shabbir Bhimani on March 23, 2011

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.

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How to Get KYC Done Yourself

by Shabbir Bhimani on December 1, 2010

As per recent regulatory developments, from January 1, 2011, KYC (Know Your Client) is mandatory for investors wanting to transact in Mutual Funds, regardless of the transaction amount. This means you will not be able to process any fresh MF purchases post January 1, 2011, unless you are MF KYC compliant as per CDSL Ventures Limited (CVL) norms.

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How to Distribute Money in Equity, Debt and Balanced Funds

by Shabbir Bhimani on November 10, 2010

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?

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5 Most Popular Articles For “Best of Funds”

by Shabbir Bhimani on August 12, 2010

In a user based poll on Mutual Funds or Stocks, 72% of total reader’s of shabbir.in prefer to invest in mutual fund over stocks and so today I have come up with a collection of articles on mutual funds where I have listed best mutual fund’s in their own category.

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Was SEBI’s Decision on “No Entry Load” Correct?

by Shabbir Bhimani on July 29, 2010

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.

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Top 4 Funds for Diversified Portfolio

by Shabbir Bhimani on July 24, 2010

Today I am sharing with you top funds in which I plan to invest. This means that I would be booking some profits from my existing funds and wait for a correction to get into the below listed funds.

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Best Midcap Funds

by Shabbir Bhimani on July 15, 2010

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.

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Are Mutual Funds Better Than Stocks? Vote Now

by Shabbir Bhimani on July 9, 2010

Last Week I shared Why Mutual Funds Are Better Than Stocks? and in response to that post I got many emails saying that they do not see any difference in either of them and this is the story of most of us including me.

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Why Mutual Funds Are Better Than Stocks

by Shabbir Bhimani on July 3, 2010

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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How to Select The Best Mutual Funds?

by Shabbir Bhimani on May 21, 2010

Selecting the right trade for the right stock at the right time is the most important aspect of successful investing and so today we will discuss the selection of mutual funds. Selection of Mutual funds is divided into 4 steps …

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Why ICICI Recommends Infrastructure Funds For May

by Shabbir Bhimani on May 8, 2010

ICICIDirect recommends Infrastructure funds for the month May. It is a very comprehensive report with sector comparison focusing on infrastructure as a sector. Download Now.

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