Mutual fund investors face a dilemma amidst volatile stock market conditions during Lok Sabha elections. Fear of correction at peak market levels and FOMO driving sectoral/thematic funds. Analysts recommend balanced advantage funds, asset allocation funds, and hybrid funds for moderate risk appetite investors.
Debt mutual funds outperformed fixed deposits, emphasizing the importance of considering risk profile and investment goals. The strategy involves focusing on short-term funds and excluding target maturity funds.
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Investors are shifting from smallcap to largecap funds due to better valuations and higher earnings growth expectations in large caps. Large cap schemes like Quant Large Cap Fund and Bank of India Bluechip Fund delivered high returns in FY24.
Energy & power funds are benchmarked against S&P BSE Oil & Gas Index, Nifty Infrastructure Fund, and Nifty Commodities - TRI which gave 13.63%, 22.95% and 20.93% respectively in five years. Pharma & healthcare funds are benchmarked against S&P BSE HealthCare - TRI, and NIFTY PHARMA - TRI which gave 20.75% and 16.51%, respectively.