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The RBI’s monetary policy announcement on June 8 might push back a rate cut to later this year. That’ll be good news for fixed deposit investors.

The scheme was launched amid the global financial crisis in May 2008 and as per the fund house, the scheme has delivered a compounded annual growth rate of 13.98 percent since inception.

The New Fund Offer of UTI Mutual Fund’s UTI Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index Fund (UNE50) will close on June 5 and will reopen on June 9, 2023, for continuous subscription. Should this fund make it to your portfolio?

Arbitrage funds are expected to be a beneficiary of the decision of taxing capital gains on investments in debt funds at slab rate without indexation. Recent derivative expiry notes released by mutual fund houses are vocal about optimism around the spot-futures arbitrage strategy.

While investing in mutual funds may sound easy, selecting the right fund can be challenging. Hence you should keep these points in mind while choosing the right fund.

The drastic fall in equity fund inflows in April 2023 doesn’t suggest fading interest in equities, as flows into systematic investment plans and accounts have gone up. But debt funds face serious competition from fixed deposits and small-saving schemes, say distributors.

SEBI is contemplating such a move given that higher-cost active schemes have underperformed, while lower-cost passive schemes have outperformed. But the jury is out on whether this will help.

The main rationale behind the scheme is that different asset classes tend to perform differently depending on economic cycles, global scenarios, and geo-political events.

Though gold has done well in the past and investors are chasing it, you have to be prudent with your allocation to gold.

Why are long-duration funds becoming popular?