Mutual funds First time buyer need help.

#1
I just want to know about these 5 plans which one I should go for and if they are also good or not. Which one is good for short term and which one for long term. Which one can give me a good monthly income and I can just spare only 2-3000 only every month and not more then that.

1. Franklin India Blue Chip fund.
2. HDFC Premiere Equity fund.
3. HDFC balance fund.
4. Reliance Regular Savings fund.
5. Reliance Monthly Income Plan.

Please let me know your opinions guys asap.
 
#3
Hi Chandan,

For the large cap fund, you can look at ICICI Pru Top 100 fund instead of Franklin India Bluechip.

Following reasons (based on style analysis of funds using http://www.thefundoo.com/Fundoscope.aspx)

1. Franklin India has generated most of the out-performance from dividend returns and not from sector allocation or stock selection skills. ICICI Pru Top 100 has generated higher returns/alpha and majority of it from the Stock Picking skills/actions (1 yr return and analysis you can further deep dive)

Details at following links:
http://www.thefundoo.com/Fundoscope_app.aspx?Fund=56&Name=Franklin-India-Bluechip
http://www.thefundoo.com/Fundoscope_app.aspx?Fund=93&Name=ICICI-Prudential-Top-100-Fund

2. There are other aspects like the % wt. invested in Index which is 53% for Franklin Bluechip and 85% for ICICI PRU. I would give higher credit to a fund manager who outperforms by being within his benchmark index.
Also read this for Franklin : http://bseindia.morningstar.co.in/m...ia-bluechip-fund-growth/analyst-research.aspx

3. The alpha generated by Franklin from the index is negative, however the same is high positive for ICICI Pru Top 100

Since I would highly recommend to base investment decisions on the basis of skill and style rather than just NAV based statistics, ICICI Pru Top 100 would be my pick.

You can do more such analysis using the above mentioned website tool which is coming up with quite a number of schemes already live.

You can refer to the following link where, in an answer, I have explained in some detail, why we must look at this way of analysis mutual funds;

http://www.jagoinvestor.com/forum/current-2012-best-equity-mutual-fund-to-invest-in/5411/

Feel free to ask for more questions.

Best Regards,
Sharad
sharad how can I talk to u online bro. I need some more help.
 

aryan.

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#5
I just want to know about these 5 plans which one I should go for and if they are also good or not. Which one is good for short term and which one for long term. Which one can give me a good monthly income and I can just spare only 2-3000 only every month and not more then that.

1. Franklin India Blue Chip fund.
2. HDFC Premiere Equity fund.
3. HDFC balance fund.
4. Reliance Regular Savings fund.
5. Reliance Monthly Income Plan.

Please let me know your opinions guys asap.
Also check out Nifty Bees ETF which gives returns similar to Nifty with very low costs.
 

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