{"id":1783,"date":"2022-06-03T06:17:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T06:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investopert.com\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2022-06-03T06:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T06:33:37","slug":"5-things-to-check-before-investing-in-an-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investopert.com\/?p=1783","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO INVEST IN CHOPPY MARKETS? PART 1 -MUTUAL FUND INVESTMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1783\" class=\"elementor elementor-1783\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17f61cf9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17f61cf9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-231814c5\" data-id=\"231814c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d93e49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d93e49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">How to invest in choppy markets - Part 1<br>Mutual Fund Investments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46ca74a0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46ca74a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a25da6e\" data-id=\"6a25da6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c2f8b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c2f8b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf2082c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf2082c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Choppy markets are tricky to understand &amp; handle. Since we cannot&nbsp;predict which direction the markets are headed, we sometimes end up making bad\/impulsive&nbsp;investing decisions. Read this article to know more on how you can convert volatility into an opportunity. In this article we talk about how to handle your mutual fund investments during choppy markets.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">One thing to understand during such phase is that a&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">fundamentally strong investment will bounce back in the future &amp; should be&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\">held on to during these times. A careful study of your investing picks, be it&nbsp;stocks or mutual funds can actually turn volatility into an opportunity.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\">Now&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\">the question arises how to identify such investments. Lets talk about mutual&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\">funds first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Mutual funds with strong past track records<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Mutual fund schemes with strong &amp; consistent past track&nbsp;record, robust portfolio picks, large AUM base can be a good buys during such&nbsp;phase.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Look out for funds that&nbsp; predominantly invest in large cap companies as&nbsp;these are fundamentally strong companies experiencing some bearish trends and&nbsp;may be available at attractive prices. It would a smart move to buy them during&nbsp;such phases.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 14.6667px; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 14.6667px; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Continue your SIPs<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Stay invested in your existing SIPs. During volatile markets,&nbsp;investors in SIP generally tend to gain as they continue to accumulate units at&nbsp;lower prices, resulting in better ROI. Picking Flexi\/Multi cap funds which&nbsp;invest in a mix of large, mids &amp; small cap funds can also be lucrative&nbsp;during this phase.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: bold;\">Study before starting any new investments&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Don\u2019t forget to study some basics of the scheme&nbsp;before investing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">1.&nbsp; Study the schemes historical performance<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">2.&nbsp; Statistical details like standard deviation \u2013 which indicates how volatile&nbsp;the scheme performance has been<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">3. ALPHA \u2013 indicating how the scheme has&nbsp;performed vis a vis the benchmark<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">4. SHARPE ratio \u2013 indicating how much risk the&nbsp;fund manager assumed to earn its returns.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Remember that these ratios cannot be viewed&nbsp;independently &amp; have to be compared with benchmark ratios or peer fund&nbsp;ratios for the correct conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, 'sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\">Stay tuned as we bring part 2 of this series which discusses equity investments during choppy times. 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Since we cannot&nbsp;predict which direction the markets are headed, we sometimes end up making bad\/impulsive&nbsp;investing decisions. Read this article to know more on how you can convert volatility into an opportunity. In this article we talk about how to handle your mutual fund investments during choppy markets.&nbsp;One thing to understand during such phase is that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/investopert.com\/?p=1783\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HOW TO INVEST IN CHOPPY MARKETS? 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