20 July 2011
Debt Oriented Mutual Funds are those Mutual funds which Invest primarily in Debt products like Debentures , Certificates of deposits from Corporates , Govt Bonds etc , They put a small portion in Equity also (10-40% max) . These funds generally return in range of 10-20% in long term and the downside is limited in these Mutual funds as Debt Component is High . Please note that even these Funds can give Negative Returns but that happens in Extreme fall downs or very bad times . You should not assume these will always give positive returns . Also You should also concentrate on Long term returns , Dont judge a Mutual fund by Its Short term Returns