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MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Income Oriented Mutual Fund: These funds offer a fixed income to investors and it has lower risk as compared to growth funds. Under this scheme, the Asset Management Company invests funds income oriented schemes like Bonds, Debentures, Government Bonds & securities and commercial papers.

Features:

(i) These schemes are generally have lesser risk as compared to Growth schemes.

(ii) These schemes give fixed income. 

Growth oriented Mutual Fund: These funds offer capital appreciation over a period. Under this scheme, the Asset Management Company invests funds in the equity shares which have significant growth potential. Despite good return under this mutual fund scheme, there is no assurance or guarantee of return. In other words, it is a scheme which has high risk and high return.

Features:

(i) High risk and High Return.

(ii) No Guarantee or assurance for return.

(iii) The objective of this fund to get High capital appreciation. 

Hybrid Mutual Funds/Balanced Mutual Funds: These funds have features of income oriented funds and growth oriented funds. 

Example: HDFC Prudence, an equity oriented hybrid fund under this scheme, the Asset Management Company invests the entries funds in types of securities:

(i) Equity shares, and

(ii) Bonds & Fixed income oriented instruments. 

High Growth Schemes: These funds primarily invest in high risk and high return volatile securities in the market and induce the investors with a high degree of capital appreciation. 

Capital Protection Oriented Scheme: It is a scheme which protects the capital invested in the mutual fund through suitable orientation of portfolio structure.

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