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Article Name :
MUTUAL FUNDS VS FIXED DEPOSITS: COMPARE WHICH IS BETTER
Author Name :
AMARJEET
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-143
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Abstract :
Mutual fund industry has experienced a drastic growth in the past two decades. Increase in the number of schemes with increased mobilization of funds in the past few years notes the importance of Indian mutual funds industry. To fulfill the expectations of millions of retail investors, the mutual funds are required to function as successful institutional investors. Proper assessment of various fund performance and their comparison with other funds helps retail investors for making investment decisions. The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the performance of mutual fund and compare these returns with domestic term deposit rates. Considering the interest of retail investors simple statistical techniques like averages and rate of returns are used.
Keywords :
  • mutual funds
  • fixed deposits
  • rate of return
  • liquidity
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