Pandemic-Led Performance Of Mutual Funds

The following report, with graphical presentations, displays the one-year performance of mutual funds since the pandemic shook the world

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As in normal life, even in finance the facts are sometime more fictitious than fiction itself. In the first quarter of last year we saw a halt in trading of the India equity market twice due to fall in indices by more than 10 per cent on the back of lockdown necessitated by the spread of the corona virus. Imagine if an analyst had predicted at that time: “Cheers everyone, this is not a time to worry. Within a year the equity indices will be double from here. The broader market that had been struggling for the last couple of years will become more exciting and will more than double and ₹102 lakh crore of wealth will be generated within a span of one year.”