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4 Metrics to choose the best index funds and ETFs

By Aarati Krishnan / Mutual funds & ETFs, Categories, Premium, Strategies / May 4, 2023

“Which equity fund should I buy?” When asked an open-end question like this, most financial experts recommend an index fund. Choosing an index fund is supposed to be far easier than choosing an active fund from the hundreds of schemes. But the number and variety of index funds in India has mushroomed too. There are about 94 open-end equity index funds, while over 120 equity Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are listed on the exchanges. So, if you’re thinking of buying an index fund, how do you choose the right one? Here are four metrics to choose the best index funds and ETFs.

Adani stocks and index funds: cause for concern?

By Aarati Krishnan / Commentary, Categories, Mutual funds & ETFs, Stocks / February 23, 2023

After the Hindenburg bombshell tanked Adani stocks, the faith that some investors placed in index investing seems to have been shaken. With the Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 featuring seven Adani group stocks between them, PrimeInvestor received many queries soon after the news broke.

Use this passive fund for your large-and-midcap exposure

By Bhavana Acharya / Recommendations, Categories, Mutual funds & ETFs, Premium, Research Reports, Strategies / November 20, 2022

A few weeks ago, we had written in detail the categories in which we think passive funds have become a necessity to keep your portfolio returns stable; even if you hold active funds. We made this call as performance of active funds were becoming relatively more inconsistent, in a few key categories.

Prime Recommendation: Mid-cap returns with would-be bluechips

By Bhavana Acharya / Mutual funds & ETFs, Premium, Recommendations / May 6, 2021

There’s another index that gives mid and small-cap funds a good run for their money while housing far bigger names. This is a high return index if highly volatile one, and can be used in long-term portfolios to give returns a boost.

Prime Recommendation: An index to challenge midcap funds

By Bhavana Acharya / Recommendations, Mutual funds & ETFs, Premium / June 23, 2020

For investors preferring to go the passive route, options were limited until recently. With the passive landscape changing now, it’s becoming increasingly possible to build a diversified portfolio using just passive strategies. And by this, we mean allocations to large-caps, multi-cap and even mid-cap and small-caps. If you are a passive-only investor, you could simply …

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Should you invest in the Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund?

By Aarati Krishnan / Mutual funds & ETFs / April 15, 2020

Warren Buffett never fails to recommend it and 90% of US fund managers struggle to beat it. If you’re wondering what this miracle investment is, it’s the US S&P 500 index. Indian investors will soon have the opportunity to buy this US benchmark locally with Motilal Oswal AMC launching an open-end index fund replicating it.

Prime Recommendation: An equity index that challenges active funds across categories

By Bhavana Acharya / Mutual funds & ETFs / February 14, 2020

Index funds are meant to track markets passively and not built to necessarily beat active funds. But if you had an Indian index that is able to beat comparable active funds with consistency, generates strong return, adds diversification to your portfolio and even substitute some categories of active funds, would you not consider it?

Is it time to move from active funds to index funds?

By Vidya Bala / Mutual funds & ETFs, Commentary / November 27, 2019

Is it time to move from active funds to index funds?

The answer is no. There will definitely be more space for index investing in your portfolio but that doesn’t mean you can ignore active funds. We’ll show you some numbers on Indian active funds’ ability to beat the indices currently.

What are the risks in index funds?

By Aarati Krishnan / Mutual funds & ETFs, Strategies / November 21, 2019

As some categories of active funds in India such as large-cap funds, have struggled to beat the sprinting Nifty50 and Sensex30 in the last couple of years, there’s a surge of interest in index investing.

But are there risks in index investing that investors are ignoring? Read on to find out.

index funds

4 Metrics to choose the best index funds and ETFs

Adani stocks and index funds: cause for concern?

Use this passive fund for your large-and-midcap exposure

Prime Recommendation: Mid-cap returns with would-be bluechips

Prime Recommendation: An index to challenge midcap funds

Should you invest in the Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund?

Prime Recommendation: An equity index that challenges active funds across categories

Is it time to move from active funds to index funds?

What are the risks in index funds?

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