Best short duration or short term mutual fund schemes to invest in 2019

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Best short duration or short term mutual fund schemes to invest in 2019 Short duration schemes or erstwhile short term funds are open-ended short-term debt schemes that invest in instruments with macaulay duration between one and three years. Mutual funds are betting heavily on IT sector. Should you also invest? Fund managers say return of growth, fair valuations in the sector and currency depreciation are fueling investments in IT sector. Best dynamic bond mutual funds to invest in 2019 If an investor is unable to take a call on interest rates and change debt mutual fund allocations accordingly, he or she is better off in a dynamic bond fund. Quant-based mutual fund schemes are coming. Should you invest? Many mutual fund advisors believe quant-based mutual funds are the future of the Indian mutual fund industry. Best corporate bond funds to invest in 2019 Mutual fund managers and advisors have been asking debt mutual fund investors to stick to corporate bond funds . Top Mutual Funds SCHEME NAME RATING 1 M(%) 6 M(%) 1 YR(%) 3 YRS(%) JM Core 11 Direct Plan-Growth 2.70 -8.98 2.54 23.18 JM Core 11 Fund-Growth 2.52 -9.71 1.31 21.60 Reliance Large Cap Fund Direct-Growth -2.40 -6.25 1.00 17.48 Axis Bluechip Fund Direct Plan-Growth -0.24 -5.90 10.75 17.48 ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund Institutional I-Growth -2.59 -7.57 0.35 16.23 FeaturedDSP Equity Opportunities Direct Plan-Growth ★★★★★ -2.59 -10.01 -5.77 16.63 Start SIP Can mutual funds give multibagger returns like stocks? This was a question thrown at Rajeev Thakkar, Chief Investment officer, PPFAS Mutual Fund, at the ET Wealth Investment Workshop, held at Delhi on February 15. Is it the best time to invest in ELSS? Taxpayer hardly has a month to finish the tax-saving investments required in this financial year to save taxes of up to Rs 1.5 lakh under Section 80C

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New Fund Offers Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Reg-G Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Direct-G Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Direct-D Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series VI Reg-D Equity: ELSS Closed-end 25 Sep 15 Mar 500.00 Union Arbitrage Fund Reg-G Hybrid: Arbitrage Open-ended 30 Jan 27 Feb 5000.00 More >>

Forthcoming Dividend Fund Name Category Type Record Date Div Per Unit Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver Reg-D Equity: ELSS Open-ended 22 Feb 2019 0.89 Franklin India Equity-D Equity: Multi Cap Open-ended 22 Feb 2019 2.16 Canara Robeco Conservative Hybrid Reg-DM Hybrid: Conservative Hybrid Open-ended 22 Feb 2019 0.07 Canara Robeco Equity Hybrid Reg-DM Hybrid: Aggressive Hybrid Open-ended 22 Feb 2019 0.59 Aditya Birla SL Arbitrage-D Hybrid: Arbitrage Open-ended 22 Feb 2019 0.05 * Funds with daily dividend distribution frequency options are excluded More >>

Weekly Mutual Funds Activity Date Equity ( Cr.) Debt ( Cr.) Gross Purchase Gross Sale Net Pur./Sale Gross Purchase Gross Sale Net Pur./Sale 20-02-2019 1769.17 1271.13 498.04 8033.91 6538.79 1495.12 19-02-2019 2530.09 1329.69 1200.40 14.00 1.58 12.42 18-02-2019 3530.31 1263.01 2267.30 6011.11 5971.75 39.36 15-02-2019 3509.84 2021.74 1488.10 8251.93 8658.66 -406.73 14-02-2019 2853.53 1428.69 1424.84 10344.73 10089.26 255.47 13-02-2019 3113.30 1681.44 1431.86 9409.15 6241.64 3167.51 12-02-2019 2479.12 1503.32 975.80 11216.54 9712.07 1504.47 Click here to view all WMF >>

Top Mutual Funds of the week (5-Star Rating) Scheme Name Nav Returns Ratings AUM(Cr.) Style Box Expense Ratio Equility Debt Invesco India Gold Fund-Growth 10.3660 2.31 12.65 - - 0.50 Invesco India Gold Fund Direct-Growth 10.5334 2.31 12.65 - - 0.25 L&T Infrastructure Fund-Growth 14.4400 1.62 1900.32 - 2.20 L&T Infrastructure Fund Direct-Growth 15.1400 1.61 1900.32 - 1.01 Franklin Build India Direct Fund-Growth 40.3236 1.50 1113.71 - 0.96 Click here to view all TMFW (5 Star) >>

Top Mutual Funds (All Ratings) Scheme Name Nav Returns Ratings AUM(Cr.) Style Box Expense Ratio Equility Debt HDFC Taxsaver Direct Plan-Growth 499.7700 1.82 6694.83 - 1.40 HDFC Taxsaver-Growth 480.8850 1.81 6694.83 - 2.05 ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund (Tax Saving) Direct Plan - Growth 367.4800 1.61 5383.52 - 1.33 ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund (Tax Saving)- Growth 345.6200 1.60 5383.52 - 1.94 UTI Long Term Advantage Fund Series III Direct-Growth 13.3822 1.25 329.92 - 2.41 Click here to view all TMF ( All Ratings) >>

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