期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：6
页码：13642
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Mutual fund investment has lot of changes in the recent past, and investors mentality and theirexpectation are changing in the present scenario. Investors preference towards return, risk varies often. Theinvestor should compare the risks and returns before investing in a particular fund. For this, he should get the advicefrom experts and consultants and distributors of mutual fund schemes. The investors can invest in the mutual fundand can be to get more benefits.Periodically checking up on how the mutual fund is doing is important, and there are lots of measures thatthe investor can use to perform the checking. A funds track record may be the single most important factor that aninvestor checks before opting for a mutual fund product. Hence evaluating funds is important before investing. Butit is becoming increasingly important for investors to take note of other parameters too, while deciding betweenmutual funds. Of course, investors need to weigh the savings on expenses against the performance record beforechoosing a fund.Over the past decades mutual funds have grown intensely in popularity and have experienced aconsiderable growth rate. Mutual funds are popular because they make it easy for small investors to invest theirmoney in a diversified pool of securities. As the mutual fund industry has evolved over the years, there have arisenmany questions about the nature of operations and characteristics of these funds. Thus the fund evaluation processhelps the investors to know more about the funds and its performance.
