Mutual Fund FAQs

What are mutual funds and how do they work?
Mutual funds are a category of investment that collect a pool of money from multiple investors and manage it professionally. You can invest in equities, b...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:13 PM
What are ELSS Plans?
ELSS or (Equity Linked Saving Schemes) are a category of mutual funds that invest the corpus primarily in equity and equity related instruments. The inves...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:13 PM
What are Debt Funds?
Debt Funds are a class of mutual funds that invest in fixed income securities like government bonds, corporate bonds, treasury bills, commercial paper and...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:13 PM
What are Liquid Funds?
Liquid Funds are a type of debt fund that invest in short term securities like money market instruments, commercial paper, government securities, treasury...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:13 PM
What are Equity Funds?
Equity funds are a category of mutual funds that invest primarily in shares of companies. There are different types of equity funds e.g. Index funds that ...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What are growth funds?
Growth funds invest in stocks of companies with high growth potential instead of stocks with high dividend yields. The objective of a growth fund is to ac...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What are dividend funds?
Dividend Yield funds invest in stocks of companies with a track record of high dividend yield. These are stable businesses with high earnings so that they...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What is expense ratio?
Expense Ratio is a measure of total cost you pay to a mutual fund for managing your funds. It includes all expenses like marketing and distribution expens...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:14 PM
What is Exit Load?
Exit load is a charge levied by a fund house when an investor redeems/sells units fully or partially within a specified time. Exit load is not part of ...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:15 PM
What is lock-in period?
Lock in period is the time period from the date of investment during which you cannot redeem and exit the investment. Some mutual funds have a lock-in per...
Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 at 12:15 PM