Naïve investors may not be even sure about their starting point.

It’s secondary whether you invest in lump sum or through a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP); what’s more important is to know the nitty-gritty of the mutual fund and shortlist your options carefully.

Investigative approach is important to make right decisions and progress in life.

Would it have been possible for man to make any progress in sciences without having an investigative approach?

Remember this

Having doubts, raising questions, and seeking information is extremely crucial.

But that’s not enough.

What’s the use of this entire exercise if you can’t draw meaningful conclusions?

Reading about success stories of legendary investors is good.

But it’s even more critical is to understand the central message of the story and draw tangible benefits.

For example, legendary investor Warren Buffet says, “Our favourite holding period is forever."  Hence, if you are reading about the success stories of Warren Buffet and agree with his views, it’s still a futile exercise unless you actually invest in mutual fund schemes that hold stocks for a long term.

What you achieved by being investigative?

Are you making more money by being investigative?

Well, Warren Buffet is an exceptional person and I can’t be like him. I just read about him to understand does he say anything that I can quickly pick and make HUGE money on his advice.

While this approach is highly debatable, let’s accept this argument for the sake of it.

If exceptional people make exceptionally massive wealth with their knowledge and skills, can’t you try to make at least sizable wealth?

PersonalFN has done it for its investors!

Why can’t you do it to yourself?

I have time constraints; I can’t do everything on my own.

If this was your excuse for being unable to benefit from your learning, you at least need to find a better reason.

Because PersonalFN is offering you a unique opportunity not only to educate yourself on mutual funds, but also to make a fortune on them.

PersonalFN has extensive experience of 15 years in the mutual fund research

It has a subscribers’ base of over 1.65 lakh.

In its envious execution record, the company has not only facilitated more than 2 lakh transaction, but has also helped over 10 thousand investors mobilise more than Rs 140 crore in mutual funds.

Do you know what has made it possible?

Using its decades of experience, PersonalFN created a winning formula for identifying rewarding mutual funds.

#Learning 1

Worthwhile mutual funds consistently outperform and also expose investors to lower risk.

#Action 1

PersonalFN conducts a comparative analysis of mutual fund schemes using quantitative parameters such as 1-Year Rolling Returns, 3-Year Rolling CAGR, 5-Year Y-o-Y Rolling Average Returns. It also takes into account various ratios such as Sharpe Ratio and Sortino Ratio to gauge the risk-reward potential of a mutual fund scheme. It is based on these parameters that PersonalFN assigns scores.

Moreover, to measure the consistency in returns, PersonalFN evaluates the performance of mutual fund schemes across market cycles—bull phases and bear phases. Underperformance earns them a low score and vice-a-versa. This gives us a fair idea about how a mutual fund scheme can be an all-weather scheme.

These are quantitative parameters.

#Learning 2

Winning mutual funds follow a disciplined approach to portfolio management and avoid extremes.

# Action 2

PersonalFN gives higher scores to mutual fund schemes that adequately diversify and churn less. In case of debt funds and balanced funds, those compromising on the credit quality—on the ability of the borrower to repay—get low scores.

#Learning 3

Mutual Funds that perform consistently and generate a lot of wealth consistently come from fund houses that don’t play the dirty game of AUM and continue to manage only a handful of schemes effectively, hold the potential to do well in the long run.

#Action 3

On the scoring model of PersonalFN, mutual fund houses with a high number of similar schemes, those launching New Fund Offers (NFOs) consistently without any significant difference,  earn low scores. Moreover, higher the scheme-to-fund manager ratio lower the scores a fund house earns and vice-a-versa.

#Learning 4

Rewarding mutual funds often come from mutual fund houses following effective investment processes and employing experienced fund managers. Importantly, successful fund houses have most of the schemes under their management performing.

#Action 4

PersonalFN assigns scores based on the efficiency of the mutual fund house in performing consistently. And also take into consideration the overall experience of the fund managers.

So, what’s your learning from this piece?

You should invest in mutual fund schemes coming from experienced fund houses that have a proven track-record of consistent performance. Fund houses and schemes that generate returns for you, without compromising on the risk profile, shall be given a higher weight. Similarly, you need to check the scheme-specific attributes as well.

What should be your action plan?

Do some research on your own and find out which fund houses and schemes qualify the criteria discussed above.

Alternatively,

Subscribe to personalFN’s unbiased mutual fund research services. PersonalFN not only covers information on mutual fund schemes to create awareness, but also offers mutual fund research services with the aim of helping its readers to make money as well.

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PersonalFN's Mutual Fund Research service 'FundSelect' Vs. S&P BSE 200

Data as on March 28, 2018
(Source: ACE MF, PersonalFN Research)

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