Five-year mutual fund returns fall below PPF’s, but all is not lost

The economic slowdown, which has been gathering pace since the start of 2018, has now come to bite mutual fund returns. Key equity mutual fund categories have delivered lower returns than the Public Provident Fund (PPF), a risk- and tax-free debt instrument, in the last five years, even as more and more people are now investing in mutual funds, enthused by the government’s promise of bold economic reforms.

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Bonds Poised To Fall On Surge In Oil Prices

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Bonds Poised To Fall On Surge In Oil Prices – Indian bonds are poised to fall as a surge in global crude oil prices spurs concern that inflation will accelerate………. Crude Oil prices jumped on Tuesday as the U.S. pressed allies to end all imports of Iranian oil by a November deadline and said it didn’t want to offer any extensions. The 10-year bond yield climbed for a third day yesterday, rising 1 basis point to 7.83 percent……….

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Mutual Fund Investments in Debt Securities Lowest in 5 Years

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Mutual Fund Investments in Debt Securities Lowest in 5 Years – Mutual funds pulled out ₹ 14,085.55 crore from debt securities in May, regulatory data showed, shifting to equities amid rising bond yields and higher fixed deposit rates. According Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), this is the lowest mutual fund investment in debt markets since July 2013. In comparison, debt securities saw mutual fund inflows of ₹ 20,164.82 crore in April and ₹ 9,514.37 crore in May 2017.

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Goldman Sachs Sees Equity Volatility Spillover

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Goldman Sachs Sees Equity Volatility Spillover — Strategists led by John Marshall observed that “a large number” of S&P 500 hedges expired over the past three weeks, leaving the average investor more exposed to stock swings. Meanwhile, the Cboe Volatility Index almost doubled in the first quarter as concerns over global trade tensions and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy stirred up market turbulence. The options gauge, known as VIX, jumped 20 percent to 23.89 as of 12:11 p.m. in New York.

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