world of investments has a wide range of options with complex financial instruments‚ because of which‚ mutual funds have emerged as a popular choice for an average investor. To the time-constrained investor‚ mutual funds provide a professionally managed collective investment vehicle that pools money from many such investors together to achieve a targeted objective through investments into asset classes like equity‚ debt and gold. However‚ while still being one of the simplest forms of investment‚ in recent
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES UNDERSTANDING MUTUAL FUND AND HEDGE FUND STYLES USING RETURN BASED STYLE ANALYSIS Arik Ben Dor Ravi Jagannathan Working Paper 9111 http://www.nber.org/papers/w9111 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2002 We would like to thank David A. Hsieh for providing us with the hedge funds returns data and Narayan Naik for the options strategy return data. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not
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In 1980‚ the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) became the pioneer in launching mutual funds in the capital market in the country. It was a milestone step for investors in our capital market. The then first private organisation‚ AIMS‚ evolved its professional mechanism in 1999 for organising mutual funds in Bangladesh. Mutual funds grew slowly over the period of time and had only been close-ended since beginning of its operation in the capital market. In 2010‚ also the first-ever open-end
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Chapter 17 1. Why are mutual funds popular with individual investors? Able to enjoy economies of scale by incurring lower transaction costs and commissions. Provide opportunities for small investors to invest in a liquid and diversified portfolio of financial securities. 2. What is the purpose of index funds? How does this differ from other equity mutual funds? Why are index funds growing in popularity? Index funds are funds in which managers buy securities in proportions similar to those
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Essay on The Concept of Mutual Fund The Mutual Fund concept is based upon the "rationalistic " choice of investment portfolio. Minimization of risks‚ maximization of yield and liquidity are the objectives of investment. Individual investors have to make strenuous efforts to achieve a rational choice of securities for minimizing risks and maximizing yield. The task becomes difficult for the individual investors who are not so well informed‚ whereas a Mutual Fund possesses the resources and expertise
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Mutual Fund Analysis Case Study Investor Summary John and Jane Mooney Working for an investment firm I was recently asked by my boss to help advise two of firm’s best clients. The client’s names were John and Jane Mooney. Both John and Jane are in their early 40’s and have no children. John is a fireman for the local fire department while Jane is a professor at the local community college. The Mooney’s annual income is roughly $115‚000. The Mooney’s own their home and are virtually debt free
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Purpose of the study The purpose of the study is to know about investment avenues available in India‚ where do the people like to invest their savings‚ what are the various factors that they consider before investing in any financial instrument‚ to give a suggestion to the company where its funds lack in the market and how it should be rectified‚ to evaluate the consumer’s attitude towards saving and decision making regarding investments. Savings form a very important part of the economy of any
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SCOPE AND GROWTH OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA Erstwhile UTI was bifurcated into UTI Mutual Fund and the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India effective from February 2003. The Assets under management of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India has therefore been excluded from the total assets of the industry as a whole from February 2003 onwards.Investement in Indian Matual Market The Indian mutual fund industry has significantly high ownership from the institutional investors
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A PROJECT REPORT ON DISTRIBUTOR EMPANELMENT AND BANK ACTIVATION Himanshu Saha BIRLA SUN LIFE MUTUAL FUND A REPORT ON DISTRIBUTOR EMPANELMENT AND BANK ACTIVATION By Himanshu Saha (ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL – KOLKATA) Faculty Guide: - Dr. Kavita Shastri Company Guide: - Himanshu Redhu ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is indeed a great moment of pleasure
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insurance and these needs are unending as long as life exists. In fact insurance is not restricted for any category neither of the society nor in term of cast‚ ages or life styles. Also many people have a notion that Insurance is very good form of an investment‚ which is not right. Insurance is just creating a protection for you and your family. As Indian investors are now more exposed to the capital markets and have started understanding its working‚ they want to multiply their money rapidly..This can
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