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SWP - Way Going Forward

posted on 06 August 2014 by Sunil Jhaveri

Much has been debated upon, spoken about on some of the tax law changes announced in the recent Budget, which has far reaching impact on Debt Scheme Mutual Fund investors. Initial reaction, as usual is negative & full of skepticism. However, according to me, these doubts & confusions are unfounded & these changes are actually good for the Mutual Fund Industry. Let us take one by one, some of the schemes & impact of these changes on them

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Which asset class is true MIP?

posted on 25 November 2013 by Sunil Jhaveri

Investors looking at monthly cash flows gravitate towards asset classes like Monthly Income schemes to manage their cash flow issues due to wrong nomenclature attached to this asset class. Little do they realise the folly of this selection as underlying asset class they are depending to generate this cash flow is equity (at least 15-25% of the portfolio) & rest is debt. In these volatile markets; both debt & equity, have generated negative returns & if one asset class is doing well (like say equity in current market situation); debt markets; both at long end and short end have been posting negative returns. Also, in crisis times like 2008-2009 wherein equities posted more than 50%  plus negative returns; most of the MIPs skipped declaring dividends for the entire one year. In such times, one can imagine the plight of investors depending on this asset class to generate regular/monthly cash flows to meet their ever growing expenses. Not only do they not get their regular income; they a