Global events such as rising treasury yields, rising crude oil prices etc. are adding pressure to the indices. On the domestic front, rising inflation, a hung assembly in Karnataka, etc. are spooking investors

The S&P BSE Sensex & CNX Nifty 50 closed the week down 1.9% each. In comparison, the S&P BSE MidCap Index closed with a loss of 2.7%. The S&P BSE SmallCap Index declined by 2.8% over the week.

Given this performance of the stock market, most equity mutual fund schemes closed in the red. Naturally, funds with an exposure to high quality or consumption stocks were among the top-performing mutual funds for the week. Those mutual funds that invested aggressively in mid-cap stocks would have lagged behind.

In terms of valuations, the price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of the S&P BSE Sensex is just under 24 times. The P/E of the S&P BSE MidCap is now at 32x and that of the S&P BSE SmallCap index has fallen to around 77 times on positive earnings.

Despite the easing valuations, the indices continue to trade over twice their long-term average P/E. Hence, could come under pressure with the adverse news.

On shifting the focus on sectoral performances, shares of FMCG, IT, and Consumption sectors ranked at the top of the list. The Nifty FMCG, Nifty IT, and Nifty Consumption indices, returned 1.32%, -0.14%, and -0.41% respectively. Mutual funds investing in these sectors would have been able to deliver good returns to investors.

Among the sectoral indices that plunged the most were the Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Infra, and Nifty Energy index. Shares of these sectors fell 6.51%, 3.74%, and 3.74% respectively. Mutual funds investing heavily in these sectors would have trailed behind the others.

Among equity-diversified mutual funds, UTI Bluechip Flexicap Fund, Reliance Focused Large Cap Fund, Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund, Axis Bluechip Fund, and IDFC Focused Equity Fund topped the list with returns of 1.46%, 1.05%, 0.39%, 0.38%, and 0.38% respectively.

Top Mutual Funds of The Week

Scheme Name	1 Week (%)	3 Months  (%)	6 Months  (%)	1 Year (%)
UTI Bluechip Flexicap Fund	1.46	6.12	10.51	23.69
Reliance Focused Large Cap Fund	1.05	-5.47	0.88	8.51
Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund	0.39	1.50	4.41	18.09
Axis Bluechip Fund	0.38	6.63	7.41	21.33
IDFC Focused Equity Fund	0.38	2.09	2.58	21.53
Axis Multicap Fund	0.28	8.08	7.00	-
UTI Multi Cap Fund	0.06	-0.32	0.60	14.01
JM Multi Strategy Fund	0.05	0.58	0.05	7.91
Axis Focused 25 Fund	-0.07	7.25	8.06	20.38
UTI Equity Fund	-0.09	7.14	9.09	18.10
SBI Focused Equity Fund	-0.26	2.94	6.88	23.78
JM Core 11 Fund	-0.29	1.93	-0.58	13.66
Reliance Quant Fund	-0.38	-0.22	2.25	10.60
Canara Rob Consumer Trends Fund	-0.48	5.10	5.63	16.45
UTI India LifeStyle Fund	-0.63	5.02	5.31	14.12
Essel Large & Midcap Fund	-0.68	0.73	-0.07	6.31
IDBI Diversified Equity Fund	-0.69	2.70	5.44	12.32
JM Equity Fund	-0.77	-0.10	1.01	7.19
Templeton India Equity Income Fund	-0.84	1.08	3.39	15.02
Kotak Classic Equity Scheme	-0.86	3.82	5.01	19.54

Data as on May 18, 2018. Returns are absolute
(Source: ACE MF, PersonalFN Research)
 

*Please note, this table only represents the best performing funds based solely on past returns and is NOT a recommendation. Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks. Read all scheme related documents carefully. Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. The percentage returns shown are only for indicative purposes.

Category-wise Top Performing Equity Mutual Funds of the week

On having a look at the category wise performance Reliance Focused Large Cap Fund, Axis Bluechip Fund, IDFC Focused Equity Fund, Axis Focused 25 Fund, and JM Core 11 Fund were the top large cap funds with a return of 1.05%, 0.38%, 0.38%, -0.07%, and -0.29%.

Motilal Oswal Midcap 30 Fund, Axis Midcap Fund, Canara Rob Emerg Equities Fund, L&T Midcap Fund, and Baroda Pioneer Mid-cap Fund were the top mid cap funds & top small cap funds with a return of -0.87%, -1.11%, -1.15%, -1.23%, and -1.29% respectively.

Among multicap funds, UTI Bluechip Flexicap Fund, Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund, Axis Multicap Fund, UTI Multi Cap Fund, and JM Multi Strategy Fund were the top multicap funds with returns 1.46%, 0.39%, 0.28%, 0.06%, and 0.05% respectively.

Top Performing ELSSs of the week

In the ELSS category, L&T Tax Saver Fund, Essel Long Term Advantage Fund, JM Tax Gain Fund, Axis Long Term Equity Fund, and Aditya Birla SL Tax Savings Fund were the top ELSS funds, generating a return of 0.39%, 0.33%, -0.90%, -1.03%, and -1.12% respectively.

Top Performing Balanced Funds of the week

Balanced funds were able to deliver restrict losses better with the debt component, but were not able to stay out of the red. The top balanced funds for the ICICI Pru Balanced Advantage Fund, JM Balanced Fund, BOI AXA Mid & Small Cap Equity & Debt Fund, Edelweiss Balanced Advantage Fund, and Aditya Birla SL Balanced Advantage Fund.  These schemes delivered a return of -0.66%, -0.66%, -0.69%, -0.70%, and -0.77% respectively.

How to invest in the best mutual fund schemes?

PersonalFN suggests that you must take a closer look at the performance of your mutual funds. Staying invested in funds with a proven track-record of consistent performance may pay off in the long run.

While we acknowledge that, even the best systems and processes cannot predict the top mutual funds of the future, as an investor, you need to pick the right and suitable funds to meet your financial goals.

Hence, a process that combines both quantitative and qualitative factors has a good chance of picking funds that can deliver decent market-beating returns. The quantitative factors will cover the fund’s performance across multiple periods and market cycles, as well as the fund’s ability to manage risk among other factors.

The qualitative factors will take into account the fund manager’s experience, the performance of the fund house across multiple schemes, as well as the quality of assets in the portfolio, to name a few. Thus, when analysing a fund across both quantitative and qualitative parameters, you will be able to pick a fund that has a promising future.

PersonalFN adopts such a process to shortlist the potentially best mutual funds for its subscribers.

Thus, in the interest of your long-term financial wellbeing, it is best that you wisely structure and review your mutual fund portfolio. If you are unsure where to invest fresh investible surplus currently, to strike the correct risk-return tradeoff we recommend adopt a ‘core and satellite approach’ to investing. 

In times of volatility, a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) would undoubtedly be a prudent route as compared to investing your corpus as a lumpsum. When investing in equity, it is important to keep a long-term investment horizon of five to seven years or more, even if you are investing via a SIP.

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