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Top Funds
Rank Fund 1 Yr Return %
1 Reliance Regular Savings Equity -13.6
2 IDFC Premier Equity -16.6
3 Sahara Growth -16.7
4 ING Dividend Yield -17.1
5 HDFC Growth -17.8
6 HDFC Top 200 -18.6
7 Birla Sun Life Asset Allocation Aggressive -19.1
8 ICICI Pru Infra Inst I -19.1
9 DSPML Top 100 Equity Reg -19.1
10 IDFC Imperial Equity -19.2
Complete List...
Indices (6 Oct) Latest
(4:49 pm)
Change
(Pts)
Change
(%)
Sensex 11,801.7 – 724.6 – 5.8
BSE 100 6,123.8 – 391.0 – 6.0
BSE 200 1,423.3 – 92.0 – 6.1
BSE 500 4,478.3 – 292.8 – 6.1
BSE Mid Cap 4,344.2 – 333.6 – 7.1
BSE Small Cap 5,086.9 – 378.5 – 6.9
New Funds

Fund, Closing Date, Minimum Investment

UTI Short Term FMP Series 1 X-90D Inst
07-Oct, Rs 1 crore

UTI Short Term FMP Series 1 X-90D
07-Oct, Rs 5,000

Birla Sun Life FTP Series BG Retail
08-Oct, Rs 5,000

Birla Sun Life FTP Series BG Inst
08-Oct, Rs 1 crore

Templeton FHF SeriesX PlanD
08-Oct, Rs 5,000

Principal Emerging Bluechip
10-Oct, Rs 5,000

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The NFO Fan

Investing in proven funds is a better option to NFOs...

Performance Review Equity

Global Villains down Indian Heroes

All equity funds posted negative returns in Sept...

Manager Speak

Slowdown Won't Be Severe

Says Sandip Sabharwal, CIO Equity, JM Mutual Fund...

Fund Tools

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Gain insight on your own investments and decide...

Rating Radar

Rating Radar Gyrations

7 new funds gained the 5-star rating in September...

Fundwire

Fund AUMs Going Down

Fund houses saw their AUMs go down in September...

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The Unrated Top 10

Funds need to fulfill some criteria to be rated by VR...

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Financial Innovations: Not Always Good

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5 Star Rated Equity Funds

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