Flexi-cap Funds

In the past three years, the fund took exposure across market capitalisations, with predominant allocation to large-cap stocks (averaging 79.88 per cent)

Your portfolio shouldn't contain stocks picked at exorbitant valuations or those that have corporate governance issues

Multi-cap funds, with their higher exposure to mid- and small-caps, can outperform but with higher volatility

While large-cap funds experienced a net inflow of Rs 13,569 crore for the entire 2021-22, inflow for mid-cap funds stood at Rs 16,308 crore and the same for small-cap funds was at Rs 10,145 crore

Indian equity markets have been very volatile largely due to the sustained selling from the foreign portfolio investors

Globally, rising inflationary concerns and geopolitical tensions have led to risk aversion among investors

A safer approach is to invest in both value and growth style funds as performance alternates

The flexi cap category, introduced a year ago, saw net inflows of Rs 18,258 crore in Q2

Equity mutual funds attracted a little over Rs 8,666 crore in August, making it the sixth consecutive monthly net inflow, on staggering investment in flexi-cap category.

Category now second biggest after large-cap funds

Fund managers justify change in strategy due to altered growth prospects and higher valuations