OF MUTUAL FUNDS AND STUDY OF INVESTORS PERCEPTION ABOUT INVESTMENT IN MUTUAL FUNDS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW SUBMITTED BY : Namindra Awasthi MBA FC III SEM CONTENTS PART-1 PAGE NO 1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3 2. PREFACE 4 3. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 5 4. INTRODUCTION 6 5. INDUSTRY PROFILE 7 6. ABOUT MUTUAL FUND
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of mutual fund Mutual Fund Characteristic Potential Depletion of Principal Mutual funds always involve a certain amount of risk; neither the principal value nor the rate of return is guaranteed in any way. Both the FINRA (previously known as NASD) and SEC rules require that clients receive a disclosure that investment in a mutual fund may fluctuate in value‚ and that there is a risk of potential depletion of the principal sum invested. Minimum Initial and Subsequent Investment Mutual funds
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The Advantages: Diversification: A single mutual fund can hold securities from hundreds or even thousands of issuers. This diversification considerably reduces the risk of a serious monetary loss due to problems in a particular company or industry. Affordability: You can begin buying units or shares with a relatively small amount of money (e.g.‚ $500 for the initial purchase). Some mutual funds also permits you to buy more units on a regular basis with even smaller installments (e.g.‚ $50 per month)
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| Mutual Fund | | VFINX | FMAGX | Total Assets Under Management | 115.8B | 14.8B | Management Fee | 0.14% | 0.35% | Load Fee | No Load | No Load | Exit Fee | 0% | 0% | Transactions Fee | $75 | 0% | 12b-1 Fee | 0% | 0% | Vanguard 500 Index Investment Fund (VFINX) is a large-blend mutual fund that uses an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the S&P 500’s index. The fund employs a passive management investment approach. It is a low cost
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conclusions‚ you would have to study a much larger sample to compare causes of cancer and that in fact cola drinks is the cause of cancer. This will be a Hasty Generalization.- Hasty generalization e. If mutual-fund guru Peter Lynch recommends this investment‚ I think we ought to buy it. Even if mutual-fund guru Peter Lynch recommends this investment‚ it is not wise to buy it unless you have done your own research. – Argument of authority f. We should not go into the flash-memory market; we have always
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Systematic Risk ( Beta) Therefore for well diversified portfolio‚ Sharpe Ratio will be equal to the Treynor ratio. Fama: It measures the return given by the fund and the required returns to commensurate the risk associated with it. The difference between the returns is called ‘Net Selectivity’ and is a measure of the performance of the fund and the
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Question 4 Discuss about the integration of market worldwide and its impact on international portfolio diversification. Question 5 Giri Lyer is a European analyst and strategist for Tristar Funds‚ a New York-based mutual fund company. Giri is currently evaluating the recent performance of shares in Pacific Wietz‚ a publicly traded specialty chemical company in Germany listed on the Frankfurt DAX. He gathers the following quotes: |
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INVESTOR’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS UTI MUTUAL FUNDS (With Special Reference to UTI MUTUAL FUNDS Ltd.‚ COONOOR) A MAJOR PROJECT REPORT INVESTOR’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS UTI MUTUAL FUNDS (With Special Reference to UTI MUTUAL FUNDS Ltd.‚ COONOOR) SYNOPSIS MUTUAL FUNDS ARE SEEMINGLY THE EASIEST AND THE LEAST STRESSFUL WAY TO INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. QUIET A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY HAS BEEN INVESTED IN MUTUAL FUNDS DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS. ANY INVESTOR
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1. During the past five years‚ you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of return. Year Stock T Stock B 1 0.19 0.08 2 0.08 0.03 3 -0.12 -0.09 4 -0.03 0.02 5 0.15 0.04 a) Compute the arithmetic mean annual rate of return for each stock. Which stock is most desirable by this measure? (5 marks) b) Compute the standard deviation of the annual rate of return for each stock. By this measure‚ which is the preferable stock? (7 marks) c) Compute
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Futures and Options Futures and options represent two of the most common form of “Derivatives”. Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from an ‘underlying’. The underlying can be a stock issued by a company‚ a currency‚ Gold etc.‚ The derivative instrument can be traded independently of the underlying asset. The value of the derivative instrument changes according to the changes in the value of the underlying. Derivatives are of two types – exchange traded and Over the Counter
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