Mid Cap Small Cap

SBI Small Cap Fund's consistent performance is a result of the fund manager's endeavour to find good businesses run by competent people at reasonable prices

Limit exposure to this volatile category to 10-15% of equity portfolio, enter with 7-10-year horizon

Large-cap companies are known to weather the market storm better, while smaller stocks tend to fall more during volatile market conditions

They will outperform if GDP, earnings growth sustain, but global risks pose threat

"Maximum returns are seen when small-caps of yesteryear become mid-caps of today and large-caps of tomorrow", says Krishna Kumar Karwa

Limit investments in this space to 10-15% of your corpus, though; pay attention to fund size

Massive inflows, especially in red hot markets, forces them to buy at high valuations, compromise on quality

Small-cap index still down 17% YTD, even as Nifty50, mid-cap indices back in green.

Small cap funds have come under the spotlight after it is offering just over 28 per cent returns in the last three years as the returns on these funds are the highest in the equity segment

Mid-and-small-caps indexes have outperformed their large-cap peers in July so far. So what is attracting investors to these two market segments, and will this outperformance last?

The mid-and small-cap indices on the BSE cracked over 3% last week. While the overall nervousness in the market is a reason for the poor show, analysts say the trend may soon reverse on the bourses

Stocks like Godrej Property can surge 15 per cent, where as Navin Fluoro can easily jump another 10 per cent provided it consecutively closes above Rs 4250

Tata Communications has broken the 200-day moving average (DMA) suggesting weakness in the coming days.

Avoid going overweight on these categories as they see sharper declines than large-cap funds during corrections

When selecting an index fund, pay attention to fee and tracking error

Move money out of smallcaps to large caps, even as concerns over lofty valuations and likely correction weigh

The Nifty IT index jumped 3 per cent and ended around record high levels of 32,245.

In a Q&A, Ashish Shanker says market moves will mirror the likely earnings growth of 12-15 per cent for the next few years

The recent correction in the mid-, small-cap stocks provides a good entry point in these counters, technical charts suggest. Buy now for the long term.

The asset manager says spotting the trend during various market cycles is the key for identifying opportunities