I want to invest in mutual funds. Should I track the markets carefully if I am into it ? or Shall I invest in?

popular funds like reliance and state bank ?

If u want early money try shares, if u wanna b less risky..... try mutual fund

If you are going to invest in mutual funds I would suggest using No Load Mutual funds at companies such as Vanguard, Fidelity, and Janus. They give good returns, with little effort on your part, and don't charge money up front to invest in them.

If you want to and have time, feel free to research your own stocks and study the market. There are many great books out there to help you learn, such as those by Benjamin Graham (taught Warren Buffet), or The Little Book That Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt.

Just be sure to research where you put your money. You want to invest it, not speculate with it.

If you are a "younger" investor (under 30), you'd probably be best off just buying ETFs, which trade like stocks but act like mutual funds. Costs are low because you aren't paying someone to "think" for you.

Shares of SPY just track the S&P500, IWB tracks the Wilshire, DIA tracks the Dow. You can buy partial shares of these and many more through an on-line discount broker.

yeap u've to study it carefully b4 u dump in ur money.usually between 3-5 years u can see the difference of the fund movements.no doubt it moves very slow but safe to invest n the returns r good.

You should be tracking, bcoz it's your money. but you may play safe with good past records and market previews from reknowned market analysts.

You should invest in 2 diff. MF and 2 diff. MF schemes for better share from market.

Do your homework...get an investment strategy in place that works for you long term and stick with it. Yes you should watch, but don't over think short term returns. Too many people "watch" their investments and they end up buying and selling at exactly the wrong time because they are trying to chase returns. For proof of what I'm talking about look at the history of inflows into that NASDAQ. They reached their peak shortly before the market crash and reached their max outflows right at the bottom of the market between 2000-2003. People that try to chase returns usually end up not getting any. So again, come up with an investment strategy that meats your goals long term and stick with it.

Assuming you are a young person starting out.

Open a Roth IRA today. Invest in an index fund today.

Do not "watch the market" or stress over choosing the right fund . . . that will come naturally a few years from now when you have built up a balance worth managing.

This is not hard. Got to your local bank today. Open the IRA today. You can always move it somewhere else later.

Start NOW!

first decide your need and time horizon. short term you need to watch markets carefully (short term suggestion: canadian energy trusts, which pay of 10 % in income alone)
for long term stay diversified, because it is hard to predict what will do great in 5 yrs or so.

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invest 50% in leading mutual funds and 30%in blue chip stocks and the rest as cash reserve. you dont need to track the markets everyday if you invest totally in mutual funds.