{"id":2011652,"date":"2014-12-30T17:31:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T12:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/?p=2011652"},"modified":"2014-12-30T17:31:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T12:01:32","slug":"choices-large-cap-investing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/2014\/12\/30\/choices-large-cap-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"Choices: Large-cap Investing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While looking at investing in large-cap stocks, investors have quite a few options available to them. <\/p>\n<h3>Mutual Funds<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/2014\/12\/30\/comparison-top-100-funds\/\" title=\"comparison of 'top 100' funds\" target=\"_blank\">Previously<\/a>, we discussed &#8216;Top 100&#8217; funds &#8212; funds that invest in the largest market-cap stocks. This is one way to go about adding large-cap exposure to your portfolio. However, the expense ratios of more than 2% will eat into your returns. Remember, returns are not predictable, but fees are forever.<\/p>\n<h3>Passive ETFs<\/h3>\n<p>You can buy an equal proportion of the NIFTYBEES and the JUNIORBEES ETFs. Since these are exchange traded, you don&#8217;t have to go through the hassle of &#8220;surrendering&#8221; your mutual fund &#8220;units&#8221; and keeping track of exit-loads etc. Besides, NIFTYBEES&#8217; expense ratio is 0.5% and JUNIORBEES&#8217; 1%. Overall, you pay 0.75% to Goldman Sachs to manage the ETFs. <\/p>\n<p>Not a bad deal, considering that you end up tracking the CNX 100 index which represents the top 100 stocks by market cap.<\/p>\n<h3>Active ETFs<\/h3>\n<p>We have a Theme that takes a tactical route when it comes to tracking the CNX 100 index. Its called the <a href=\"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/#\/theme\/equity\/85b516f0-3dc7-41d5-b68c-cb61b9f250c5\" title=\"protect your portfolio from drawdowns\" target=\"_blank\">CNX 100 50-Day Tactical Theme<\/a>. The basic idea is to switch between (NIFTYBEES + JUNIORBEES) and LIQUIDBEES depending on whether the CNX 100 index is trading above or below its 50-day moving average. Details of the strategy can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/2014\/08\/04\/cnx-100-50-day-tactical-theme\/\" title=\"50-day moving average on-off\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The drawback is that in flat markets, you end up getting whipsawed a lot. But if you have the discipline to stick with it for over 5-years, it has the ability to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns. <\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Each of the approaches described above have their advantages and disadvantages. With mutual funds, you have a brand-name manager who is working for you. With the passive route, you save on fees. The tactical route will probably lessen drawdowns during a market crash and preserve capital. <\/p>\n<p>What you end up investing in finally boils down to whatever sails your boat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While looking at investing in large-cap stocks, investors have quite a few options available to them. Mutual Funds Previously, we discussed &#8216;Top 100&#8217; funds &#8212; funds that invest in the largest market-cap stocks. This is one way to go about adding large-cap exposure to your portfolio. However, the expense ratios of more than 2% will &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3471,9],"tags":[17,2541],"class_list":["post-2011652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investing-insight","category-your-money","tag-mutual-funds","tag-theme","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}