Mutual Funds.

#1
Hi to everyone. I am a new to this forum. I have invested Rs 5000/- in Sundaram BNP Paribas Tax Saver. How is the mutual fund performing. Is it wise enough to invest in this NFO.

Kindly clarify:
 
#2
I am new to this too so take my advice with a grain of salt :)

Is this Growth or Dividend?

As a general rule you shouldn't invest in new fund offers if you are new to MF. there will be equivalent funds that have been around for a while on which you can do research.

Anyway, this fund seems to have been around for a while and so not a NFO and it seems to be doing good as well.

I generally research using personalfn.com, moneycontrol.com, valueresearch.com and mutualfundsindia.com. These are good sites to investigate and research.

enjoy,
tm
 
#3
Rather than investing into NFO, you could have opted to invest your money into existing MF that offer tax saving benefits. The best among the long list would have been "Birla Sunlife Tax saver 96" and "SBI Magnum Tax gain" and Principal Tax saver". These funds apart from being Top rated funds are very well managed fund houses.
The fund is same whether you opt for Growth or Dividend Payout or Dividend Reinvestment. It is only the accounting, which differs based on the option that you choose. Hence, the basic returns will be same in all the 3 cases.

Regards,
AV
 
#4
To find out if your mutual fund is performing well or not, find out the NAV (Net Asset Value) of the fund on the date you bought and compare it with today's NAV .. There has been a good correction in markets last week so it might look a bit drawn now ..

You can use Valueresearchonline or Moneycotrol 's portfolio tools (very easy to use) for doing all the analysis. I'll recommend Moneycontrol as you can keep track of all your stocks and mutual funds investments in it and it will tell you your net worth ..

Happy investing ..
 

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