Colour Codes For Mf Schemes Confusing, Say Analysts
Colour-Coding For Mutual Fund Products, According To Their Risk Profiles, Has Resulted In Confusion Among Fund Houses And Investors, Specially In The Case Of Debt Schemes.

Cash Holdings Rise In Long-Term Funds Amid Rupee Volatility
Following The Volatility In The Rupee’S Value Against The Dollar, Fixed Income Fund Managers Have Increased Their Cash Holding In Long-Term Funds. Negligible In Early April, This Proportion Has Gone Up To About 20 Per Cent, Indicating They’Re Bearish On The Market And Are Holding Back On Purchases.

Sensex Regains 20,000 Level As Fiis Reverse Bearish F&O Bets
Stock Markets Rose For A Third Straight Day On Monday As Investors Cheered Junes Wholesale Inflation Data, Which Was In Line With Expectations. Notably, The Sensex Crossed The Psychologically-Important 20,000-Mark After One-And-A-Half Months. However, The Gains Were Limited With Investors Turning Cautious About The Markets Near-Term Prospects As Foreign Institutional Inflows Have Turned Erratic.

Mutual Fund Accounts Decline By 10 Lakh In Apr-Jun
Mutual Funds Lost 10 Lakh Investors, Measured In Terms Of Individual Accounts Or Folios, In April-June 2013-14 Mainly Due To Profit Booking And Various Merger Schemes In The Industry.

Fund Managers Increase Cash Holding In Long-Term Funds
Following The Volatility In The Rupee Against The Dollar, Fixed Income Fund Managers Have Increased Their Cash Holding In Long-Term Funds. Cash Holding In Long-Term Funds Were Negligible At The Start Of The Fiscal, But Now It Has Gone Up To About 20% Indicating That Fund Managers Are Bearish About The Market And Are Holding Back On Making New Purchases.

Fixed Deposits Earning You Negative Returns
Holders Of Fixed Deposits Have Been Earning A Negative Return In Real Terms For Most Of The Preceding Five Years, Thanks To Inflation Outstripping Interest Rates.

Sensex Likely To Open Higher On Positive Global Cues
The S&P Bse Sensex Is Likely To Open On A Flat-To-Positive Note Taking Cues From Global Peers. The Trade Is Likely To Turn Choppy As The Session Progresses Due To Disappointing Industrial Output And Consumer Inflation Data.

Mutual Funds Flock To Equities Amid Fii Selloff
Mutual Fund Houses Flocked Back To The Equity Markets In June, After Avoiding Them For Nearly Two Years, Investing Rs 937 Crore In Stocks, Their Highest In 21 Months.