Largecap mutual fund schemes hogged the limelight in 2017. Most mutual fund pundits were predicting a strong performance by largecap schemes since the last few years. Largecap schemes did not disappoint investors in 2017. The largecap category returned 26.76 per cent in one year.
However, many investors continue to be fascinated by mid and smallcap schemes because of the eye-popping returns offered by them in the last couple of years. The midcap category returned 35.35 per cent in the last one year and the smallcap category returned 45.73 per cent in the same time frame.