Index funds are becoming a preferred option for many investors on account of their low-cost structure, and patchy track record of active funds to consistently generate alpha. While index funds mimic ...

Two friends met over coffee and were discussing passive investment products such as index funds and ETFs. Arpit: Hey! Markets have corrected in recent times which gives me an opportunity to buy at ...

Most of us believe that index funds will consistently deliver returns similar to the market, regardless of whether we invest in SIPs or a lump sum. Now imagine this: one person invests Rs 5 lakh as a ...

Diversification is an essential element in the investment journey. The underlying idea is to spread the amount invested in different asset classes to reduce the risk while getting maximum returns.

A passive fund or an exchange traded fund (ETF) attempts to perfectly mimic an index. However, their returns don’t perfectly trail the respective index. Tracking ...

The appeal of passive investments—putting money in funds where the manager does not make any active calls—is that they will deliver market-related returns (won’t underperform the benchmark index) and ...

The 1 kg of stewing beef I bought ended up tasting like pork. When confronted, the butcher retorted “Well buddy, it’s meat isn’t it?” Most consumers would be incensed at this response, but for some ...

When it comes to integrating ESG factors into investment strategies, market participants may be interested in deviations from the benchmark. Improving the ESG profile ...