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Analysts attribute this withdrawal trend to the nervousness ahead of US presidential elections and the fact that the markets raced ahead even as the economic recovery remained fragile back home

The best possible way of creating a risk-free investment in a weak economy is to consider lower-risk portfolios only.

The findings are part of a survey by portal cafemutual.com that covered 1,256 financial intermediaries, including MFDs and registered investment advisers, across 24 cities

Naren said it is time to bet on sectors that have been depressed for over a decade and not on those that have already been rallying since the 2008 financial crisis.

For a better selection of companies or portfolios, one has to now look at 2023 and 2024 and have a long term focus on investment, says Nimesh Chandan.

Munot said the market witnessed its ‘Minsky Moment’ earlier this year with the onset of Covid and with Templeton shutting down some of its funds.

Our community while dipping their toes into stocks, is more likely to invest in mutual funds considering the risk that is mitigated by the experience of the fund manager.

Corporate bond yields have outperformed those of government securities by a decent margin over the past five months after the introduction of TLTRO (targeted long-term repo operation) by RBI.

One has to remember that the investor is becoming smarter with so much of information and advice to choose from.

Experts suggest the premium hike of up to 5 per cent is because of various changes the regulator has brought in to standardise health products and make them more customer centric

Cost control by corporates has been spectacular and larger companies have continued to gain market share, said Akash Singhania, Senior Fund Manager, Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund.

Barring immediate correction following the US poll, there would be a strong bounce back in inflows to India in relation to other emerging economies, says Sunil Subramaniam.

In a recent survey conducted by Cafemutual, 28% mutual fund distributors said most of their clients did not make changes to their investment portfolio to maintain asset allocation.

The total cash flows received by the six shut schemes have gone up to Rs 8,741 crore since closing down of the schemes in April, the fund house said in a statement.

Debt mutual funds were considered a completely safe investment option almost two years ago. Risk-averse investors, who were looking to generate marginally better returns than savings bank accounts or fixed deposits, preferred to invest in debt mutual funds.