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Are you investing in equity mutual funds or planning to invest?

GREAT!

While you might have done your research and reading about investing in mutual fund, but I am sure you still do not
have 100% clear idea about what does it mean to invest in a mutual fund. In this article my attempt is to make you
understand what exactly you should be expecting out of your investments in equity mutual funds.

A lot of investors are approached by advisors and agents who sell equity mutual funds to them in the name of high
returns. But investors are not informed about the risks associated with it. Because of this most of the investors
redeem their investments if markets fall or if the returns are not that great after a year or so and hence lose out on
getting the bene ts of mutual funds over a long term.

This happens because in investors mind a mutual fund is all about getting high returns.

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So its very important to clear all the wrong notions about equity mutual funds and set a clear understanding about
them in your mind so that you get the best out of your mutual funds investments.
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3 important points to know before you invest in equity mutual funds

So in this article, I am listing various important points you should know if you are investing in an equity mutual funds
or planning to do same.

#1 You are investing in a diversi ed businesses

Investing in an equity mutual fund is not like putting money in a xed deposit or real estate. When you invest in an

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equity mutual fund, it invests your money in a portfolio of companies.

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experienced and well quali ed fund manager.

For example, Birla Sun life Frontline Equity had 80 stocks in its portfolio as on 30th Dec 2016, as per money control
website. Which means that if you are investing in this mutual funds, you are actually investing in 80 companies.
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You returns or loss depends on 80 different companys performance over time. Think about it.

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Now when you know that you are actually invested in a 80 different companies, its important to know that returns
from your mutual funds actually comes from the returns from these companies stocks performance over time, its
the average of these companies.

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You are investing for long term
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business when you are investing in a equity mutual funds, that too in multiple companies, the great returns will come
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Some companies will not do great, some of them will do average and some of them will grow exceptionally. And
when you do the average, you will get very good returns.

The best part is that the chances of great returns are much higher because you are diversi ed across various
sectors, companies, management and size.

76 times returns in 20 yrs period

Lets talk about a Franklin India Bluechip Fund which started in 1993. Its been 23 yrs now since inception.

Over the rst 20 yrs (from 1993 to 2014) the fund has given 76 times return. It turns out to be 24% CAGR return
and by any standard its mind boggling returns, especially because its for 20 yrs compounded.

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10 lacs invested became 7.6 crores.

If this same 10 lacs was invested in a Fixed Deposits, then in 20 yrs it would have grown to 67 lacs.

So its 67 lacs vs 760 lacs.

Sadly, investors dont wait in mutual funds

Sadly, this 76 times returns do not re ect in most of the investors portfolio because investors dont think long term
and think short term. If for some years, the fund does not perform well, they want to move to something else which
gives them awesome return.

Businesses go through various cycles (success and failure, good and bad). So you need to wait for a very long term to
see some amazing returns.

If you are right now invested in a equity mutual funds, its very important to understand that you will not get great
returns over short term (2-5 yrs) . Trust your mutual funds and keep investing and over time you will reap the
bene ts.

There are various mutual funds which are 10+ yrs old and most of them have created big wealth for their dedicated
and committed investors.

#3 You are going to face volatility

Mutual Funds investments are subject to market risk, please read the offer document carefully before investing

You will hear this line often in the mutual funds advertisements on TV. A lot of rst time investors who do not
understand equity investments think that Market Risk here means that their money is at risk and they can lose all

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their money by investing in stock market or mutual funds.

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might be true with one particular low quality stock. But with mutual funds, its far from truth. Dozens of quality
stocks portfolio which is monitored regularly can bring in some ups and downs in short term, but your money will not
be lost at all.
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All you can expect is VOLATILITY with your mutual funds investments. Your investments value can go up one day

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I hope you got the point.

But you need to understand a very important thing. Volatility is an inherent part of mutual funds investments as its
invests in stocks, but its more of a short term phenomena. You need to sit tight and look at the long term trend and
how it moves.

Example of HDFC Top 200 fund

HDFC top 200 is one of the most well known equity mutual fund which has created great wealth for its investors. Its
NAV rose from Rs 10 to Rs 372 in 20 yrs.

Its a great return over long term, but the journey was not simple. Its NAV went up rst, then came down and then
again up and down. See the ups and downs in the below chart for 20 yrs

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Did you notice how tough it would be for someone to not exit and stay invested?
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If deep down the fund value is growing. This can be measured by check how the moving average is trending. If you do
the average of 2 months NAV and then 3 months and 5 months and keep increasing it, you will see the trend is up
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Lets see how the moving average trend looks like for this same fund over 20 yrs period

Dont look at the fund performance and NAV movement every day or month

The volatility in the stock market will keep hitting your emotions and tell you Hey, its better to sell your funds
and be safe. The biggest problem with mutual funds is that its NAV is available on the daily basis.

What would happen if you were allowed to see your mutual funds NAV and its performance only after a period of 5
yrs? What if an investor who had invested in HDFC top 200 long back in 1996 was able to nd out how its fund had

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performed every 5 yrs?

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This tell us that if we stay with our funds (provided they are chosen properly and reviewed from time to time) can
help us grow massive amount of wealth.

So stop looking at your mutual funds performance in short term like 3 months or even a year! .

3 more critical information you should know

Mutual Funds investments are highly liquid If you redeem your mutual funds, you can get back your money
in 3-4 business days in case of equity mutual funds. In case of liquid funds its just 1 day, so for short term
requirements you can keep some money in liquid funds, but most of your long term goals related investments
should be in equity mutual funds

Post tax returns on mutual funds are better As of now the long term capital gains in equity is tax free, which
means that after 1 yr of investments, any pro ts are not taxable. So this is another advantage of investing in
equity funds

You can change your investments any time Other than tax saving mutual funds, almost all the mutual funds
can be switched to other mutual funds if you want. So if your fund does not perform well, you can switch it
anytime to other fund

I hope you got some great insights about your equity mutual funds investments and how you should behave as a
mutual funds investors. Its very different from investing in Fixed Deposits or PPF or any other kind of investors and
your expectations should be very different.
Let me know if you have any more points to discuss or ask in comments section.

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