Preface The Indian mutual fund industry has definitely come a long way since it‘s inception in 1964. With the entry of private sector Mutual funds in 1993 the industry has witnessed serious competition. Therefore‚ it becomes essential to examine how the mutual funds have performed‚ and whether the trust imposed in them by the Indian investor is not out of place. In India‚ at present‚ there are many mutual funds operating both in public and private sector. These compete with each other for mobilizing
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CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION: Mutual fund is the pool up savings of small investors to raise funds called mutual funds. Mutual funds are invested in diversified portfolio to spread risk. While it opens an investment channel to small investors‚ it reduces risks‚ improves liquidity and results in stable returns and better capital appreciation in the long run. CONCEPT A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money
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Chapter 17 1. Why are mutual funds popular with individual investors? Able to enjoy economies of scale by incurring lower transaction costs and commissions. Provide opportunities for small investors to invest in a liquid and diversified portfolio of financial securities. 2. What is the purpose of index funds? How does this differ from other equity mutual funds? Why are index funds growing in popularity? Index funds are funds in which managers buy securities in proportions similar to those
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES UNDERSTANDING MUTUAL FUND AND HEDGE FUND STYLES USING RETURN BASED STYLE ANALYSIS Arik Ben Dor Ravi Jagannathan Working Paper 9111 http://www.nber.org/papers/w9111 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2002 We would like to thank David A. Hsieh for providing us with the hedge funds returns data and Narayan Naik for the options strategy return data. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not
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STUDY 30 ➢ TARGET POPULATION 30 ➢ RESEARCH DESIGN 30 ➢ DATA COLLECTION 31 ➢ QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN 31 ➢ SAMPLING 33 ➢ PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION 34 • FINDINGS & ANALYSIS 51 • INVESTOR SURVEY ANALYSIS 54 • CONCLUSION 68 • LIMITATIONS 69 • QUESTIONNAIRE 70 • BIBLIOGRAPHY 73 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT On the completion of this project I would like to take this opportunity as a platform to thank all the people who
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of this paper is to analyze the performance of a mutual fund by applying statistical tools and secondary research on the previous ten years’ annual returns of the fund and coming up with a conclusion based on the results of the findings. Analysis of the previous ten years’ annual returns will be used to analyze the risk and return of the mutual fund and propose suitable conclusions pertaining to future investments in the mutual funds. The mutual fund under consideration has not displayed a consistent
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION MEANING | A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital market instruments such as shares‚ debentures and other securities. The income earned through these investments and the capital appreciation realised are shared by its unit holders in proportion to the number of units owned by them. Thus a Mutual Fund is the most suitable investment for the common man
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MUTUAL FUND ON THE BASIS OF ALPHA‚ BETA‚ AND STANDARD DEVIATION” FOR INDIA INFOLINE‚ PUNE BY NIKITA BHARAT CHINCHANE MBA Semester III Project Guide Prof. VAISHAMPAYAN In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Two-Year Full-Time PGPM Programme of the SMVIM (St. Mira Vishwakarma Institute Of Management) Pune AY: 2007-08 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to all those people‚
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EAST COAST YACHTS 1. The calculations for the ratios listed are: Current ratio = $11‚270‚000 / $15‚030‚000 Current ratio = 0.75 times Quick ratio = ($11‚270‚000 – 4‚720‚000) / $15‚030‚000 Quick ratio = 0.44 times Total asset turnover = $128‚700‚000 / $83‚550‚000 Total asset turnover = 1.54 times Inventory turnover = $90‚070‚000 / $4‚720‚000 Inventory turnover = 19.22 times Receivables turnover = $128‚700‚000 / $4‚210‚000 Receivables
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Essay on The Concept of Mutual Fund The Mutual Fund concept is based upon the "rationalistic " choice of investment portfolio. Minimization of risks‚ maximization of yield and liquidity are the objectives of investment. Individual investors have to make strenuous efforts to achieve a rational choice of securities for minimizing risks and maximizing yield. The task becomes difficult for the individual investors who are not so well informed‚ whereas a Mutual Fund possesses the resources and expertise
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