Mutual Fund Flows – November 2021

December 10, 2021

As per AMFI data released, all five categories of Open ended schemes Income/Debt Oriented Schemes, Growth/Equity Oriented Schemes, Hybrid schemes, Solution oriented schemes, and other Open-ended schemes including Index schemes, ETFs, Fund of Funds schemes have reported positive flows during November 2021.

Despite the overhang of Omicron variant of Covid over the markets, Equity Oriented Schemes witnessed inflows of INR 11.61K Crs in November with maximum inflows in Flexi Cap Funds. SIP inflows touched new highs of INR 11,004 Crs.

Overall Debt Funds had inflows to the tune of INR 14K Crs with Liquid funds logging the maximum inflows to the tune of INR 53.2K Crs compared to outflow of INR 10.2K Crs in October and Overnight funds had the maximum outflow of INR 12.12K Crs compared to inflow of INR 6.3K Crs in October.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our report.

Equity MFs Performance and Activities – October, 2021

November 14, 2021

Equity mutual funds received net inflows of ₹ 5215 crore for the eighth consecutive month in October. Since March, equity funds logged  net inflows amounting to ₹ 73,766 crore. All equity categories except Value Funds and ELSS had net inflows in October.

As per MFs activities in stocks, IRCTC witnessed major sell off from 51 Equity MF Schemes in October month. Out of 51 schemes, 35 schemes fully sold off their IRCTC stake. Some equity schemes completely exited from HDFC life, Petronet LNG, IGL, Cipla, TCS, HUL, AIA Engineering and Tata Power.

It is very interesting to know which schemes received major inflows, which schemes faced redemption pressure, top traded stocks and fresh stock picks by Equity MF schemes during October month.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our report.

Mutual Fund Flows – October 2021

November 12, 2021

Average Assets Under Management (AAUM) of Indian Mutual Fund Industry for the month of October 2021 stood at INR 38.21 Lakh Crs up 2.17% compared to the earlier month.

Equity Oriented Schemes witnessed inflows of INR 5.21k Crs in October. Sectoral/Thematic funds saw the highest inflow of INR 1,734 Crs.

Dynamic/Balance Advantage funds witnessed INR 11.2K Crs inflow whereas Arbitrage Funds saw outflows of INR 2.3K Crs due to low returns.

SIP inflows increased to record high of INR 10,518 Crs in October.

Debt Funds saw inflow of INR 12K Cr compared to INR 63K Cr outflow in September. Overnight funds followed by Floaters saw the biggest inflows in the debt category.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our report.

Muhurat Trading and Dhanteras

November 2, 2021

Dhanteras is the first day of Diwali. This day is considered extremely auspicious for the people who want to buy gold and silver.

As Diwali marks the beginning of the New Year or ‘Samvat’ (according to the Hindu calendar and we are currently in year 2077), it is believed that muhurat trading brings wealth and prosperity throughout the year. The auspicious muhurat trading session is held every year on the occasion of Diwali, for an hour. Muhurat trading session is on November 4, 2021, from 6:15 PM to 7:15 PM.

If you are interested in muhurat trading, our report will give you some facts about market behaviour and overall past returns for this type of trade.

Gold is also a popular investment during this time which we have also detailed in the report.

We wish you a joyful and prosperous Diwali. Happy trading and see you in Samvat 2078!

Bitcoin ETF as a New Investment Asset

October 30, 2021

You might be a crypto fan and confused about ETFs or you might be a finance expert and confused about how bitcoin fits into the world of ETFs… But it has happened. Bitcoin ETF trading began on October 19, 2021 on the New York Stock Exchange.

These are exciting times and a huge milestone for cryptocurrencies. To understand more about what Bitcoin ETFs are and how they relate to standard ETFs, check out our explainer.

Debt Index Funds

October 15, 2021

Do you have Debt Index funds in your portfolio? Are you comparing the debt index funds to choose which one to invest in? It’s interesting to see how different maturities on the yield curve with different combinations of debt products are being chosen by fund managers to help you grab good investment opportunities. Do go through our explainer on debt index funds to get a better picture of this product.

Equity MFs Performance and Activities – Sept, 2021

October 14, 2021
  • Equity mutual funds received net inflows of ₹ 8677 crore in September. Overall most of equity mutual schemes underperformed compared to benchmark indices.
  • Overall considering all equity mutual fund schemes, there was selloff in Bharti Airtel, SBI, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, IRCTC and Hindalco.  There was buying in HDFC Bank, Infosys, Reliance, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Bank, HCL Technologies and ITC.
  • It is very interesting to know which schemes received major inflows, which schemes faced redemption pressure and fresh stock picks during September month.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our report.

MF Flows – September 2021

October 11, 2021
  • Average Assets Under Management (AAUM) of Indian Mutual Fund Industry for the month of September 2021 stood at INR 37.41 lakh crs up 3.64% compared to the earlier month.
  • Equity Oriented Schemes witnessed inflows of INR 8.67k Crs in September. Multicap funds saw the biggest inflow at INR 3,569 crs.
  • Dynamic/Balance Advantage funds witnessed INR 5.2K crs inflow whereas Arbitrage Funds saw outflows of INR 3K Crs due to low returns
  • SIP inflows increased to record high of INR 10,351 Crs in September.
  • Debt Funds saw outflow of INR 64k Cr compared to INR 1k Cr inflow in August which could be largely due to Quarter end requirements. Overnight funds followed by Floaters saw the biggest inflows in the debt category.
  • SBI Mutual Fund continued to enjoy the top slot for the 7th consecutive quarter. However, HDFC leads SBI in terms of total Debt AAUM for the quarter.

For all these snippets and much more please read through our report.

Mutual Fund Flows – August 2021

September 12, 2021

The Average AUM of the Mutual Fund Industry increased by 2.70% in August over July 2021.

Equity oriented schemes saw a net inflow of INR 8,667 crs during the month while Hybrid schemes witnessed a net inflow of INR 18,706 crs.

SBI Balanced  Advantage  Fund  became the highest grossing equity NFOs till date, notching up INR 13,000 crs.

Debt Mutual Fund schemes saw net inflows worth INR 1,074 crs as compared to INR 73,694 crs in July.

Floater Funds attracted the largest chunk of investment followed by Corporate Bond funds. 

Overnight and Low Duration funds saw big withdrawals.

Nifty 50 – Days and Date Analysis

August 11, 2021

Is there a particular day of the week that NIFTY gives better than average returns? Ever wondered what is the best date for your SIP or SWP? Drivers for market’s highs and lows can be many, however some days have proven to be more reliable than others in the past.
The disclaimer remains that past performance is not a guarantee of performance in the future… but here is an analysis of which days of the week has Nifty performed better or which SIP dates have worked well in the past.