Both Debt and Equity Mutual Funds are thriving in the Indian Financial Market. But which one should you as an investor choose between the two?
When are Debt Funds suitable?
- When you want to park some surplus cash for using it within 3 years
- For creating your Emergency Fund
- From an asset allocation perspective (when your risk appetite requires you to invest in low volatility instruments)
- You want to invest funds for a long period of time but the safety of capital is most important (Example: Funds of your retired parents who may need it any time)
- You have a lot of FDs on which you are paying significant taxes
When are Equity Funds suitable?
- When you want to create a fund for a goal which is more than 5 years away
- When you have surplus funds which you do not need to deploy in the next 5 years
- When your preference is to generate inflation-beating returns and you think you have the ability to survive the volatility
In short, every investor should have some debt and equity components as part of the overall portfolio. For a lot of people, the debt exposure is taken care of through PF, PPF, FDs, NSCs and other such low return instruments. But for those who are investing for the first time and do not have a certain percentage of their wealth in the debt instruments, they can look to start investing in both debt and equity funds.
How does CAGRfunds help?
At CAGRfunds, we seek to make investing simple for you. So we do not clutter your mind with complicated technical financial terms. We just ask you your objectives of investments and suggest the suitable solutions to you. We believe in developing long-term relationships with our investors and hence our focus is solely on helping you meet your financial goals. For more information, feel free to contact us on +91 97693 56440 or drop us an email on contact@cagrfunds.com