Sectoral & international mutual funds lead return chart in August, offer up to 9% gains

Sectoral & international mutual funds lead return chart in August, offer up to 9% gains

The sectoral and thematic funds ruled the return chart in August and offered up to 9.37% return, a data crunching by ETMutualFunds showed. There were around 590 equity and equity oriented mutual funds in the said period. WOC Pharma and Healthcare Fund, the topper in the list, gave 9.37% return in August. Two international funds … Read more

gold mutual funds: Should you consider international and gold mutual funds after Budget 2024?

gold mutual funds: Should you consider international and gold mutual funds after Budget 2024?

The 2024 Union Budget introduced pivotal changes to the capital gains tax structure, impacting investors in international and gold mutual funds, as well as equity Funds of Funds (FoFs). These changes include a reduced holding period and a revised long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax rate, while the short-term capital gains (STCG) tax rate remains unchanged. … Read more

These unlucky 13 equity mutual funds lost upto 20% in the first half of 2024

These unlucky 13 equity mutual funds lost upto 20% in the first half of 2024

Around 13 equity mutual funds gave negative returns in the first six months of 2024, data crunching by ETMutualFunds showed. There were around 583 equity schemes in the market in the said time period. A further analysis of these 13 schemes showed that they were from the same category. These 13 equity schemes were from … Read more

10 equity mutual funds that lost the most in May – Top Losers

10 equity mutual funds that lost the most in May – Top Losers

Jun 18, 2024, 07:13:23 PM IST There were around 491 equity mutual fund schemes active in May. Around 117 of them gave negative returns. Here are the 10 schemes that lost the most in the period, revealed data pulled out from ACE MF. Agencies HSBC Brazil Fund lost the most of around 5.13% in May. … Read more

Foreign-themed mutual funds rally up to 80% in a year. Should you go international?

Foreign-themed mutual funds rally up to 80% in a year. Should you go international?

The international funds gave an average return of around 22.58% in the last one year, an analysis by ETMutualFunds showed. There were around 61 schemes in the international fund category that have completed one year of existence. The toppers were from Mirae Asset Mutual Fund. Mirae Asset NYSE FANG+ETF FoF and Mirae Asset S&P 500 … Read more

These 10 equity mutual funds lost more than 4% in March – The laggards

These 10 equity mutual funds lost more than 4% in March – The laggards

Apr 05, 2024, 05:31:01 PM IST There were around 621 equity and equity-oriented schemes in March. Out of this around 295 equity schemes offered negative returns. Here are the 10 equity schemes that lost more than 4% in March, according to ACE MF. ETMarkets.com 2/8 ​Aditya Birla SL Digital India Fund This fund topped the … Read more

Top 20 equity mutual funds which offered over 10% in 2024 so far

Top 20 equity mutual funds which offered over 10% in 2024 so far

Most equity mutual fund investors look for best performing mutual fund schemes in a longer horizon, say five and 10 years. ETMutualFunds did some data crunching and found out that around 64 equity mutual funds have offered more than 10% in 2024 so far. We considered the top 20 equity mutual funds. Top two performers … Read more