What is a mutual fund?

[abhijit_reddevil]

What is a mutual fund? I need to invest in 1-2 of them but I need to get the basics right.

[anandk]

putting it simply : a lot of people give money to a fund manager. fund manager collects all this money, uses his expertise, invests wisely, earns money, keeps a cut and gives u the profits.

SBI Mutual funds are undisputably giving the BEST returns consistently ! u shud go for its contra fund
and reliance may not be customer-friendly, but it sure is investor-friendly !

[prateek_san]

thanks anand ...that was helpful for me too .....

[deepakg]

Thanks buddy

[g_goyal2000]

Good info. Now I finally know what a mutual fund is.

[Manshahia]

@anand
Can u tell the whole procedure of investment...??
And how do we get the profits??
After how much time?

[abhijit_reddevil]

Thanks Anand for the very good info. BTW, which will be the safest to invest as of now?

[casanova]

Thx anand for info and suggestions on sbi and reliance. Can someone give a nice brief on it and how to go about investing in mutual funds.