There are different
types of equity mutual funds namely large cap funds, mid cap funds, small cap funds, sector - specific funds and theme - based funds.
For equity instruments, short term capital gain is defined as profit from
sale of equity mutual fund that was held for less than 1 year.
Following the -48 percent market decline in 1973 - 1974, investors made withdrawals from their
holdings of equity mutual funds during 24 consecutive quarters, from the second quarter of 1975 through the first quarter in 1981.
Following the 48 % percent market decline in 1973 - 1974, investors made withdrawals from their holdings
of equity mutual funds during 24 consecutive quarters, from the second quarter of 1975 through the first quarter in 1981 (From Jack Bogle's Common Sense on Mutual Funds).
And so, he did extensive research including the research from Dalbar, taking a look at the inflows and
outflows of equity mutual funds of the average individual investor.
I would like to sell $ 10 000 worth
of equity mutual funds in my non-reg account at a loss to offset some gains and repurchase the same funds at the same time (as I believe that they will rebound and potentially do well in the future) in my spouse's TFSA to shelter future capital gains.
To complement our individual stock holdings, we also own a
couple of equity mutual funds as well, namely Vanguard International Growth (VWIGX; expense ratio = 0.47 %) and the T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (PRFDX; expense ratio = 0.68 %).
To put this in perspective, the assets
of Equity Mutual Funds currently stand close to Rs. 4 lac crores, out of which just these 10 schemes manage over Rs. 1 lac crores.
Baird Equity Asset Management also manages a
variety of equity mutual funds, making our specialized expertise and considerable experience available to an even broader array of individual and institutional investors.
Instead suggest you to build your own portfolio ex:
mis of equity mutual funds or shares + PPF / EPF etc., to accumulate your retirement corpus.
ICI states that 90 %
of equity mutual fund assets in private - sector IRAs are in funds that charge less than 100 basis points in operating expenses — and that private - sector IRAs offer more investment choices than the state - run plan contemplates.
A Handful of Superstars As Burton Malkiel noted, 1 we can count on the fingers of one hand the
number of equity mutual funds that have beaten the market by at least 2 percentage points over more than a 40 - year period.
• For equity instruments, long term capital gain (LTCG) is defined as profit from
sale of equity mutual fund that is held for more than 1 year.
In 2016, 24.9 %
of equity mutual fund assets were in index funds, a dramatic rise from 9.9 % in 2001, data from the Investment Company Institute (ICI) shows.
These are the types
of equity mutual funds that invests a major portion of their corpus in companies with large market capitalization, typically more than Rs. 10,000 crore.
According to Morningstar, international small / mid-cap stocks represent only 2 %
of equity mutual fund assets (Chart 3) and 2 % of separate account equity assets (Chart 4), signifying investors are underweight a meaningful portion of the global capital markets.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had in his Budget speech announced the imposition of long term capital gains tax on equity gains of over Rs 1 lakh on transfer of shares or units
of equity mutual funds.