What’s a dal chawal mutual fund? Radhika Gupta of Edelweiss Mutual Fund explains

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Comparing balanced advantage and aggressive hybrid mutual funds to dal-chawal, Edelweiss Mutual Fund Radhika Gupta on Thursday suggested investors to not invest in narrow theme based funds that work in one cycle and not in the next...

Active or passive doesnt matter - the point is not a narrow theme based fund that works in one cycle and not in the next...

Broad based funds that are all weather and span a range of sectors...

So a buy and hold approach to a sector fund will rarely beat the market.. 2. In the medium term, sectors do show cycles..

Traditional flexicap and multicap funds do not do aggressive sector rotation..

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