Mutual fund is a financial instrument that invested in securities like stocks of listed companies, government bonds, corporate bonds, and money market instruments.

What is a Dividend Reinvestment Plan? A dividend reinvestment plan allows you to reinvest the money you earn through dividends in the mutual fund itself. Through this plan you will receive additional units as dividends, and over time, you can...

What is the difference between annual rate and annual yield? Annual yield is the earnings from an investment over a specified period of time. The yield includes investor's earnings, such as dividends and interest received for holding an investment. In...

SIP (systematic investment plan) is a process of investing a fixed periodic amount in the various mutual fund schemes.

What are Monthly Income Mutual Funds? Monthly Income Mutual Funds or Monthly Income Plans (MIPs) are debt-oriented hybrid mutual funds that invest a small portion in equity instruments. The equity portion is considerably low to give an advantage of stability...

What are SIP Withdrawal Charges in Mutual Funds? Mutual fund withdrawal charges or exit loads are levied by the fund house to discourage investors from redeeming their investments too quickly. Scripbox does not have any withdrawal charges. However, at the...

An upfront commission is paid to the broker or mutual fund distributor on the same month as the purchase of the mutual fund investments. A trail commission is paid every year until the investment is withdrawn. What is Trail Commission?...

What is Sortino Ratio in Mutual Funds?  The Sortino ratio in mutual funds is a statistical tool that is useful to measure the performance of the fund with respect to the downward deviation. In other words, this ratio is used...