Are there safe debt funds that may pay you more than FDs?
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Bank fixed deposits have been the favourite of most conservative investors. However, with bank FD rates falling to multi-year low, investors have started feeling anxious and looking for alternatives. Can debt funds become a good alternatives for FDs?
Bank fixed deposits have been the favourite of most conservative investors. However, with bank FD rates falling to multi-year low, investors have started feeling anxious and looking for alternatives. Of course, these investors are looking for alternatives which offer stability and better returns. Debt mutual funds have always been seen as a good alternative but with the recent happenings in the debt space many investors have started getting
Visible returns attract debt mutual fund investors to roll down strategies
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Investors in various debt mutual fund categories have taken a hit on account of the rise in the bond yields in the past few weeks. Long-term debt schemes, dynamic bond funds and Banking and PSU Debt schemes have shed 0.5%-2.4% in the past month or so.
Investors in various debt mutual fund categories have taken a hit on account of rise in bond yields in the past few weeks. Long-term debt schemes, dynamic bond funds and Banking and PSU Debt schemes have shed 0.5%-2.4% in the past month or so. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions; when yields rise, prices fall and vice versa.
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a permanent institutional framework to purchase investment-grade bonds in stressed times to deepen the corporate bond market.
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a permanent institutional framework to purchase investment-grade bonds in stressed times to deepen the corporate bond market. This institution will purchase investment grade securities which are stressed and enhance the secondary market liquidity of corporate bonds. Debt mutual fund managers believe that this move is positive for funds like banking & PSU debt funds and credit risk funds. “The move will enhance liquidity in corporate bonds both in good quality and in stressed assets. And bring down the yield in illiquid bonds,” says Murthy Nagarajan, Head-Fixed Income, Tata Mutual Fund.
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Experts believe that, given the uncertainty around rates and liquidity, the outlook for banking & PSU funds continues to be positive.
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Mutual fund experts believe that given the uncertainty around rates and liquidity, the outlook for banking & PSU fund schemes continues to be positive. Banking & PSU funds have offered 10.79% returns in the last one year. Here is a monthly update our list of recommended banking & PSU funds for 2021. Banking & PSU mutual funds have the mandate to invest at least 80% of their corpus in debt instruments of banks, public sector undertakings, public financial institutions. Because of the investment universe and the government ownership of most of the entities, investment experts consider these schemes as safer investments.