Many mutual fund investors are increasingly becoming mindful of the risk associated with their schemes thanks to the current volatility in the stock market. Suddenly, everyone is looking for a `safe’ or `consistent’ performer. Asked to define the safe schemes, the investors would say they want a scheme that wouldn’t suffer much in a falling market and offers good returns in a bull market. Is it possible?
ET.com Mutual Funds tried to find out whether there are equity mutual fund schemes that have outperformed during the buoyant market conditions, and fallen less when the markets were down.