HOLDING ANALYSIS OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Abstract

Mutual fund is a monetary intercessor that pools the money of investors for investment within the heterogeneous portfolio of securities. The corpus is organized into different pools known as schemes with common investment objectives. Each pool is managed by a professional fund manager who determines the investments that are most likely to achieve the stated objective. After 2002 there has been high growth of mutual fund industry in India. But, the investors still are unknown to this avenue of investment and there are a plethora of questions and doubts circling their mind regarding investment in the securities market. This study would be representing the relation between the asset under management and the holdings of different mutual funds and study the investment pattern of people trying to form an ideal portfolio. This research would help to find that how Fund Managers change the holdings in different shares or bonds to minimize the risk and maximize the returns as the fund size increases.