Best Equity Mutual Funds

[mrindia]

Originally Posted by slah04

I have invested in HDFC Equity (G) having a current NAV of 157.98 in the SIP format. Was my investment sensible in this bearish market ? Please let me know any other good mutual funds such that I can have a diversified portfolio

Hello!
HDFC Equity Gr is a good fund choice. You have chosen SIP route. So dont you worry about investment during 'bearish phase'. The SIP mode will itself iron out the fluctuations.
Good luck!
mr india

[justsayraj]

HDFC Growth (G) or HDFC Equity (G)

Which one of these two is a good pick?

I have invested 15k in equity fund and 30 k in growth fund. Both seem to be more or less same with little differences in percentaage of exposure to medium and small cap.

Is it good choice to continue investing in both funds or pick one of these ?

[Vicky78]

Apart from the well established long term equity funds like Magnum Contra , Reliance Growth etc, the following not so popular funds are worth a look.

Oppurtunities Funds
1. DWS Investment Opportunity
2. DBS Chola Opportunities
3. Reliance Regular Savings Equity

Large Cap Funds
1. DWS Alpha Equity
2. DSP ML Top 100
3. Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity

Value Fund (More like Blend)
1. Tata Equity PE

Infrastructure Fund
1. ICICI Prudential Infrastructure

Plain vanilla Equity Funds
1. HDFC Growth Fund
2. Reliance NRI Equity

Small Cap/MidCap Fund
1. Standard Charted Premier Equity Fund

[gabbar.singh]

Originally Posted by Vicky78

Plain vanilla Equity Funds

What does that mean?

[Rigid]

^ Diversified Equity Funds, I suppose

[Vicky78]

Funds that invest across market caps

[gabbar.singh]

Why is nobody recommending Index Funds on this board?

[vasa1]

Originally Posted by gabbar.singh

What does that mean?

"Vanilla" in English slang refers to ordinary or plain. In the case of mutual funds, it means that the Fund Manager will not/should not have a particular bias toward growth v/s value, small v/s large cap, or any sectoral preference.

A vanilla fund therefore means that the fund is not tying itself down to any particular feature.

To my mind, such a fund will have the right to invest in any stock which the Fund Manager (assisted by research ) finds profitable.

[kneekill]

i guys i am new to this forum and investing and i have few questions..
i am planning to invest for a very long period of time ( more than 5 years ) in monthly basis.


While selecting a mutual fund to invest..should i mention the period of time that i am going to invest i.e 5 years...? What if i want to continue after 5 years..can i extend the that particular fund..?

Say i want to invest 3000 per month in mutual fund on monthly basis..can i invest in that fund with a starting money of 50,000 and pay 3000 to that fund monthly..

is there a way i could invest in diversified mutual funds of different companies directly through a DMAT provider so that could maintain a portfolio of all the funds i am investing in without approaching each of those providers individually..??

lastly ,if i select equity shares of few companies my self and invest in them same way (monthly 3000) like in mutual funds.. after given period of time (5 years) which would you thinks will give you better returns.

I am very new to this whole concept of investing and markets.please reply even if these questions are silly. i am just trying to learn.


THANKS

[justsayraj]

Originally Posted by kneekill

While selecting a mutual fund to invest..should i mention the period of time that i am going to invest i.e 5 years...? What if i want to continue after 5 years..can i extend the that particular fund..?

You can renew your SIP even after initial subscription period, say initially you have subscribed SIP for an year, you can renew your subscription after year. You can invest as long as you want.

Originally Posted by kneekill

Say i want to invest 3000 per month in mutual fund on monthly basis..can i invest in that fund with a starting money of 50,000 and pay 3000 to that fund monthly..

You can do that, assuming you are talking about lumpsum investment.

Originally Posted by kneekill

is there a way i could invest in diversified mutual funds of different companies directly through a DMAT provider so that could maintain a portfolio of all the funds i am investing in without approaching each of those providers individually..??

You do not need DMAT provider for investing into mutual funds.
You can invest in diversified mutual funds through brokers(or banks who act as broker), but you may lose on entry load which is usually 2.5%. If you invest directly with AMC, entry load is 0%.

Originally Posted by kneekill

lastly ,if i select equity shares of few companies my self and invest in them same way (monthly 3000) like in mutual funds.. after given period of time (5 years) which would you thinks will give you better returns.

If you have time to investigate, and if you know about equity market you may be better of directly investing in shares. It is lot safer bet to invest in mutual funds than direct dealing of shares, as there is some one with lots of experience with more specialist knowledge working for you and managing mutual fund. If you are looking for long term, pick some mutual funds and start investing. If you are looking for short term gains and have enough knowledge about equity market, go for shares investment.