...The Mutual Fund At a basic level, mutual funds are nothing more than a collection of stocks and bonds. A mutual fund primarily focuses on bringing groups of people together to invest their money into bonds, stocks, and other different securities. It’s important to know that each of these gathered investors owns shares that ultimately make up a portion of the holdings in the total fund. Once a person invests into these stocks, bonds, or securities through the mutual fund they can make money in three different ways. One being if the fund sells a security that increases in price then it has a capital gain. If a capital gain occurs then most funds forward these gains to investors in a distribution. Another way investors make money through mutual funds is if fund holdings’ price rises but is not sold by the fund manager. The fund’s shares increase and one can sell their mutual fund shares for a profit. The third way an investor can make a profit is when income is earned from the interest on bonds and from the dividend on stocks. The fund pays out almost all of the income it receives throughout the year to fund owners in a distribution. Mutual funds not only have great benefits on a profitable level but also have many other perks to them. Most importantly, mutual funds provide professional management of the investors’ money. Most investors purchase funds because they either don’t have the time or the expertise to thoroughly manage their own portfolios. This is a great way for...
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...INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY Background of the study: Mutual fund industry in India attaining maturity Even though the capital market attracts people there are several problems associated with it. While investing directly in to capital market one to be careful to judge the valuation of the stock and understand the complexities involved in the stock price fluctuations. So, a person with moderate knowledge of capital market generally prefers to invest in mutual funds. In recent times mutual fund industry in India is growing rapidly and is undergoing tremendous changes. The Indian mutual fund industry has witnessed several structural and regulatory reforms. Different Investment Avenue are available to investors. Mutual fund also offers good investment opportunities to the investors. Like all investment, they also carry certain risks. The investors should compare the risks and expected yields after adjustment of tax on various instruments while taking investment decisions. The investors may seek advice from experts and consultants including agents and distributors of mutual funds schemes while investment decisions. An objective to make the investors aware of functioning of mutual funds, an attempt has been made to provide information in question-answers format which may help the investors in taking investment decisions. Meaning of mutual fund: Mutual fund is a mechanism for pooling the resources by issuing units to the investors and investing...
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...The Pakistan Development Review 44 : 4 Part II (Winter 2005) pp. 863–876 Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds in Pakistan S. M. AAMIR SHAH and SYED TAHIR HIJAZI* INTRODUCTION In Pakistan Mutual Funds were introduced in 1962, when the public offering of National Investment (Unit) Trust (NIT) was introduced which is an open-end mutual fund. In 1966 another fund that is Investment Corporation of Pakistan (ICP) was establishment. ICP subsequently offered a series of closed-end mutual funds. Up to early 1990s, twenty six (26) closed-end ICP mutual funds had been floated by Investment Corporation of Pakistan. After considering the option of restructuring the corporation, government decided to wind up ICP in June, 2000. In 2002, the Government started Privatisation of the Investment Corporation of Pakistan. 25 Out of 26 closed-end funds of ICP were split into two lots. There had been a competitive bidding for the privatisation of funds. Management Right of Lot-A comprising 12 funds was acquired by ABAMCO Limited. Out of these 12, the first 9 funds were merged into a single closed-end fund and that was named as ABAMCO Capital Fund, except 4th ICP mutual fund as the certificate holders of the 4th ICP fund had not approved the scheme of arrangement of Amalgamation into ABAMCO capital fund in their extra ordinary general meeting held on December 20, 2003. The fund has therefore been reorganised as a separate closedend trust and named as ABAMCO Growth Fund. Rest of the three funds were...
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...The Definition A mutual fund is nothing more than a collection of stocks and/or bonds. You can think of a mutual fund as a company that brings together a group of people and invests their money in stocks, bonds, and other securities. Each investor owns shares, which represent a portion of the holdings of the fund. You can make money from a mutual fund in three ways: 1) Income is earned from dividends on stocks and interest on bonds. A fund pays out nearly all of the income it receives over the year to fund owners in the form of a distribution. 2) If the fund sells securities that have increased in price, the fund has a capital gain. Most funds also pass on these gains to investors in a distribution. 3) If fund holdings increase in price but are not sold by the fund manager, the fund's shares increase in price. You can then sell your mutual fund shares for a profit. Funds will also usually give you a choice either to receive a check for distributions or to reinvest the earnings and get more shares. Advantages of Mutual Funds • Professional Management - The primary advantage of funds is the professional management of your money. Investors purchase funds because they do not have the time or the expertise to manage their own portfolios. A mutual fund is a relatively inexpensive way for a small investor to get a full-time manager to make and monitor investments. • Diversification - By owning shares in a mutual fund instead of owning individual stocks or bonds...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Much of the empirical research on mutual funds has not given any significant contribution for the mutual fund investor. Unfortunately many mutual fund investor have probably never heard about these research results or their implications. They have heard some rules of thumb guidelines from their brokers or peers about how to select a particular fund. The purpose of this present study is to identify the selection criteria, investors seem to use in selecting a mutual fund institution that suits the investors investment objective and also to identify the factors that are responsible for the selection of schemes floated by these organisations. Further it attempts to identify the reactions from the respondents' namely mutual fund unit holders of Mysore towards the performance of the different schemes. The researcher has employed interview schedule for the collection of data to elicit views of the Mutual Fund investors. Individuals from all walks of life have been showing increasing participation in the stock market, a place where one can see their money doubling in a period of time or disappearing depending on how they play the game. With the stupendous growth in the capital market, direct investment in the stock market has definitely become next to impossible. And yet investors undertake investments with minimal risks of the working of stock exchanges. But in order that investments prove profitable; investors...
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...ReseaRch PaPeR Commerce Volume : 3 | Issue : 1 | January 2013 | ISSN - 2249-555X A Study About Awareness of Mutual Funds Among the Investors of Navsari District Keywords Mutual Funds, Investment alternatives, Investors’ perception. Dr. M. P. Desai Head, Department of Accountancy,Udhna Citizen Commerce College, Surat. Residence: 50,Niral Nivas, Ashapuri society,Vijalpore road, Navsari,396445, Gujarat. Mr. Mayur K Joshi Asst. Prof., Department of Accountancy,Udhna Citizen Commerce College, Surat. Residence: Vinay readymade, 7, shopping center,Dudhiya talav, Navsari,396445, Gujarat. ABSTRACT The financial securities include ownership securities (like shares, mutual fund units) and creditorship securities (like debentures, bonds). Ownership securities are more risky than creditorship securities. Investment decisions relating to ownership securities involve planning of investment strategies according to the extent of diversification desired by individuals. Investors can reduce risk and maximize returns by way of mutual fund investments, enjoying the expertise of professional fund management. In India, Mutual fund industry is an organised financial system, accessible to individual investors having varied needs and options. In order to identify awareness of mutual funds among the investors of Navsari District, a careful collection of primary data through questionnaire was made. Introduction Financial system comprises financial institutions, services, market and...
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...Mutual funds: The first mutual funds were established in Europe. One researcher credits a Dutch merchant with creating the first mutual fund in 1774.[5] The first mutual fund outside the Netherlands was the Foreign & Colonial Government Trust, which was established in London in 1868. It is now the Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust and trades on the London stock exchange.[6] Mutual funds were introduced into the United States in the 1890s.[7] They became popular during the 1920s. These early funds were generally of the closed-end type with a fixed number of shares which often traded at prices above the value of the portfolio.[8] The first open-end mutual fund with redeemable shares was established on March 21, 1924. This fund, the Massachusetts Investors Trust, is now part of the MFS family of funds. However, closed-end funds remained more popular than open-end funds throughout the 1920s. By 1929, open-end funds accounted for only 5% of the industry's $27 billion in total assets.[9] After the stock market crash of 1929, Congress passed a series of acts regulating the securities markets in general and mutual funds in particular. The Securities Act of 1933 requires that all investments sold to the public, including mutual funds, be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and that they provide prospective investors with a prospectus that discloses essential facts about the investment. The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 requires that issuers of securities...
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...Paper topic: Mutual Funds vs ETFs: historical data, argumentative analysis and position. Introduction Mutual Fund is a term, meaning joint venture. As the human minds evolve more civilized, it also has undergone many evolutionary postures. Formerly it was practiced as close ended mutual fund in which combined investment had limits. Simply in those funds a restricted number of investors were allowed to play. As a result they used to have limited profit. While following the same pattern some innovative thoughts were put together along with the basic ingredients of the recipe of mutual funds to make it more reproductive. The consequences resulted in the body of open ended mutual funds. These open ended funds are still hailing the demanding curse of present age. Using the mutual fund scheme was more beneficial for the investors and was less fruitful for the manager or the body managing and investing the funds. Therefore to make more money from limited funds a newer system was stemmed into the fabric of trade. That system was to engage poor into this business by investing money in the form of blocks. This trick helped the managing body to withdraw more money out of the flow in the form of commission. On the contrary it involved less investment share which was easy to contribute by an average investors. Hence it had the characteristics of close ended mutual fund accompanied by replication of index. This system was easy to manipulate and friendly to the traders...
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...Article: What are the most popular mutual funds that invest primarily in the insurance sector? Website: Investopedia Link : http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/051915/what-are-most-popular-mutual-funds-invest-primarily-insurance-sector.asp This is an article about 3 popular mutual funds that invest in insurance sector. Why would they target insurance sector? As per the article the insurance sector is predicted to grow in few years. There is an expectation that in future interest rates are going to go up and that would strength financial services industry. So there is an opportunity if you wish to grow your money. One of the 3 mutual funds is Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio. This portfolio invest minimum of 80% of its assets in equity securities of companies operating in insurance business. The 2nd fund is T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund; it invests in common shares of companies operating within financial service industry. This will grow your assets through long term capital appreciation and making income through yearly dividends. The 3rd one is John Hancock Financial Industries fund which invest same like T. Rowe Price Financial services funds invest into, in equity securities. Not like Fidelity funds, these funds are diversified among foreign and domestic companies. However it carries 1.29% expense ratio. | Fidelity ..funds | T. Rowe..funds | John Hancock.. funds | Over years | 11.3% | 9.5% | 2% | Over 3 years | 19.5% | 17.8% | 16.9% | Over 5 years...
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...Lect . Mrs. Pooja Aparajita. I express my sincere thanks to the above stated person for their utmost support during my project. The immense scope of this project has helped me to understand many facts of marketing in Indian industry. (Nitin Rathore) LIST OF TABLES LIST OF TABLES Table No. Title of the Table Page No. Table No. 2.1 Transactional Handling 19 LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF FIGURES Figure No. Title of the Figure Page No. Figure No. 1.1 Objective of study 05 Figure No. 2.1 Mutual fund concept 09 Figure No. 2.2 Organization structure 13 Figure No. 2.3 Types of Mutual Fund Schemes 18 Chapter 1 1.1 Executive Summary India is one of the countries which is concentrating towards its share market & investment sector. Because a countries growth is totally dependent upon its educated people. So with the changing economical environment its effect can be easily being seen in this field also. The project “Market Research on Various Schemes of SBI Mutual Fund” analyses the future market and assists in understanding upcoming competition specifies about the future numbers, characteristics, and trends in markets of Bhilai & Durg region and trying to analyze the factors affecting customer expectations. The main aim of...
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...A REPORT ON “CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR REGARDING MUTUAL FUND, TYPES OF MUTUAL FUND AND INVESTMENT PROCESS” BY MANOJ KUMAR (Enroll No. : 08BS0001652) SUNDARAM FINANCE LTD. Contract/Project/Job Number________________ A Report On “Consumer Behaviour Regarding Mutual Fund, Types Of Mutual Fund And Investment Process” By Manoj Kumar (Enroll No.:08BS0001652) Sundaram Finance Ltd. Date of Submission : May 2009 AUTHORISATION This is to certify that the internship project report titled “Consumer Behavior Regarding Mutual Fund, Types of Mutual Fund and Investment Process” is a bonafide work of Manoj Kumar in original. This report has been prepared under constant supervision in partial fulfillment of the requirement of IBS for the award of MBA Degree for the period of three months (Feb 2009 to May 2009). This project report neither full nor parts has ever before been submitted for awarding of any degree by this B-School or any other B-School. Prof. Puja Aggarwal Mr. Satyapal Faculty IBS Noida Territory Manager- General Insurance Sundaram Finance Ltd. 605-606, Sixth Floor, Ashoka Estate, 24 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi Date : Date : CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM This is to certify that Mr. Manoj Kumar has successfully completed the Summer Internship Programme in Sundaram Finance Ltd. for the duration of 3 months (February 09 to May 09) under the supervision of ...
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...Mutual Funds What is a mutual Fund? This is a pool of money that is managed on behalf of investors by financial professionals such as a money manager. Funds invested could be used to buy stocks, bonds or other securities according to specific investment objectives (consider the IPS) that have been established for the fund. Investors received either unit of shares that represent a proportionate share of the pool of fund assets. Mutual funds are open-ended investment funds, that is, investors can contribute money to the fund at any time, and existing investors can return their units or shares to the fund for redemption at any time. Different types of mutual funds Mutual funds are typically categorized according to their investment objectives. Some focus on stocks, others on bonds, money market instruments or other securities. Some focus on Jamaican instruments while others focus on international, some on low risk etc. Common types of mutual funds include: Money Market Funds, Fixed Income Funds, Growth or Equity Funds, Balanced Funds, Global and Foreign Funds, Index Funds, etc. As a mutual fund investor, you may earn return on your investment from any distributions to you of the interest, dividends or capital gains earned by the funds; and any increase in the value of your fund shares or units. Please note that your fund could decrease in value causing you to lose money. Sources of Return Some mutual funds allow investors to determine whether they want...
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...Contents |SR. NO. |TOPIC |PAGE NO. | |1 |Introduction |6 | | |concept of mutual fund | | | |investor earn from mutual fund | | | |advantages of mutual fund | | | |disadvantages of mutual fund | | | |frequentiy used term | | |2 |Types of Mutual Fund Schemes |15 | |3 |Organization of a Mutual Fund |30 | |4 |Fund Management Style & Structuring of Portfolio |33 | |5 |Individual Scheme Analysis ...
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...Report On “Mutual Funds and their role in portfolio management” Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of Certification Course in Capital and Financial Markets Submitted by: Name: Karthik L.Reddy Roll No. 5 OCPCFM Batch June 2012 Under the Guidance of: Dr. J. Symss Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi 1 INDEX Serial No. 1 2 Executive summary Objectives Introduction Advantages and Disadvantages Types of Funds Managing a portfolio of funds MF industry in India Topic Page Numbers 4 5 6 9 12 15 21 26 27 28 4 Chapters 5 6 7 Conclusion References Appendix 2 APPENDIX Appendix No. Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Description Major MF Companies in India and Top Funds Introduction to AMF India Knowing the Prospectus Page Numbers 28 31 33 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report – “Mutual Funds and their role in portfolio management” would help the readers take advantage of an excellent investment vehicle: mutual funds — the best of which offer you diversification, which reduces your risks, and low-cost access to outstanding money managers, who boost your returns. The topic has been chosen to provide a detailed introduction to the world of mutual funds along with the jargon associated with it, the various types of mutual funds available in today’s market. Mutual funds play a vital role in any investment portfolio. So managing a portfolio of funds becomes very critical for any investor – small or big, short-term or long-term...
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...[pic] A RESEARCH PAPER On Opportunities in indian market of mutual funds investment PIONEER (Since 1996) Submitted to Submitted By Prof. Dr. V K Jain Ravendra Kushwaha Prof. Nidhi Kothari MBA 3rd sem Roll. No. 09010118 DECLERATION I hereby declare that this Research Paper entitled “OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIAN MARKET OF MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT” submitted for the extra co curriculum activities fulfillment of the requirement of Master of Business Administration (MBA) of PIONEER INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES INDORE is based on secondary data found by me in various Companies fact sheets, books, magazines and websites & Collected by me in under guidance of Prof. Nidhi Kothari. DATE: Ravendra Kushwaha ...
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