Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Mutual Fund Awareness- WORLD INVESTOR WEEK 2024 (Oct 14 - 20, 2024)
A mutual fund pools in money from many investors and invests the money in stocks, bonds, short-term money-market instruments, other securities or assets, or some combination of these investments. All mutual funds are required to be registered with SEBI before they launch any scheme.
Salient features of mutual funds are:
1. Professional management - Money is invested through fund managers with proven expertise in the field of investment.
2. Diversification - Diversification is an investing strategy that can be summed up as investing small amounts of your money in different investment options like different schemes of mutual funds and holding shares of multiple companies.
3. Economy of scale - A mutual fund buys and sells large amount of securities at one go. This makes its transaction cost lower than what an individual would pay for securities transactions.
4. Liquidity - Just like individual shares, mutual fund units can be converted into money through sale in the market or through redemption.
5. Simplicity - Buying a mutual fund unit is simple and the minimum investment amount required is small.
6. Tax Benefits - Different mutual fund categories are subjected to different tax treatments. It is important to understand the tax benefits of a fund before you invest in it.
Mutual funds are segregated in different categories based on the objectives of the mutual fund scheme. The schemes are designed to keep in mind the needs of various types of investors, risk averse investors (basically a conservative Investor who does not want to take high risk), moderate investors (investors who can take some amount of risk) and aggressive investors (investors who are willing to take risk in search of higher returns).
Categorization of Mutual Funds
Mutual funds are broadly categorized into five schemes mentioned as below:
WORLD INVESTOR WEEK - 2024
World Investor Week (WIW) – an International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) initiative, is a global investor awareness campaign. WIW is celebrated every year, across the world, by the securities market regulators. The week witnesses a host of investor awareness activities across the globe and the investors are explained about the importance of investor education and protection.
This year, WIW – 2024 is being celebrated in India from October 14-20, 2024. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the national coordinator for celebrating WIW-2024 in India. Investors are invited to participate in various investor awareness activities like Quiz and other contests, Investor Awareness Programs, etc.
1. Dabba trading is an illegal and unregulated form of trading. In dabba trading, traders place deals in securities without the trades actually being executed on any official SEBI recognized stock exchange. These trades are settled internally by the dabba operator and are outside the purview of stock exchanges and regulatory bodies. Since these trades are not executed on official stock exchange platforms, investors can not avail grievances redressal mechanism of stock exchanges. Therefore, investor should exercise caution and should not indulge any form of dabba trading