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Investment word of the day: ETFs — what are exchange-traded funds and how do they work? | Mint

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Investment word of the day: An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a combination of securities that provides diversification benefits of mutual funds with the ease of trading equities. It works similarly to an index mutual fund; the only key difference is it can be bought and sold on a stock exchange just like individual stocks. Unlike … Read more

Can multi-asset funds balance risk and returns?

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Past performance Over the past one-year period, amid weakness in stock markets, multi-asset funds as a category have delivered average returns of 9.2%. Within the category, certain multi-asset funds have delivered higher returns. The stock market benchmark Nifty 50 has fetched a little over 2.6% in the same period. On a five-year rolling basis, multi-asset … Read more