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Category: mutual fund reviews

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HDFC Top 100 Fund Review: should you exit or hold on?

August 23, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

This is a performance review of HDFC Top 100 Fund. We ask if existing investors should exit the fund because of its recent poor performance or hold on, wait for the market imbalance to reduce and give Prashant Jain some more time to turn things around.

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ICICI Prudential Alpha Low Vol 30 ETF Review: What you need to know

August 4, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

ICICI Prudential Alpha Low Vol 30 ETF currently in its NFO period (Aug 3 to Aug 10) will be the first: “multi-factor” ETF in India. When investors hear the word “alpha” it starts all kinds of bells and whistles inside them. This is because of an incorrect understanding of what alpha actually is. Here is…

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ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund Review

July 28, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

We review the performance of ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund to determine if it has managed to outperform the S &P 500 TRI index in INR. We ask if it makes sense to invest in an actively managed S&P 500 fund or choose the passive route with Motilal Oswal S&P500 index fund.

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Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund Review

July 24, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

This is a performance review of Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund. We shall look at its portfolio history and evaluate its trailing return performance (lump sum and SIP).

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Motilal Oswal Multi Asset Fund Review

July 21, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

Motilal Oswal AMC its new fund – Motilal Oswal Multi-Asset Fund – that on the face of it looks like an interesting, exciting idea (like every other NFO). Let us dig deeper to find out more about the investment strategy and who is the fund suitable for.

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DSP Midcap Fund: SIP Performance Review

July 11, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

We evaluate the SIP performance of DSP Midcap Fund with multiple benchmarks.  The fund may not be popular on personal finance forums but it has the second-largest AUM in the midcap fund category with almost Rs. 6500 crores.

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Axis Small Cap Fund: SIP Performance Review

July 4, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

We compare the SIP performance of Axis Small Cap Fund with multiple smallcap and midcap indices like Nifty Smallcap 250, Nifty Midcap 150 etc. All total return indices.

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HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund: SIP Performance Review

June 30, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

We compare the SIP performance of HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund with midcap indices like Nifty Midcap 50, NIftyty MIdcap 100, NIfty MIdcp 150 and Nifty Next 50 (all total return indices). Is this fund still any good? Is size a problem?

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ICICI Bluechip Fund SIP Performance Review: Time to exit?

June 29, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

We review the SIP performance of ICICI Bluechip Fund for various durations comparing it with NIfty 50 TRI and Nifty 100 TRI. Older mutual fund investors would appreciate how ICICI Bluechip Fun quickly became popular as the world emerged from the 2008 financial crisis. How things have changed!

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Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund Review: do not ignore past changes to a fund!

June 21, 2020 / M. Pattabiraman / @pattufreefincal

This is a review of Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund that hopefully serves to illustrate why investors should not ignore past changes to a fund and need to study past fund factsheets and not go by current star ratings.

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