Comparing Equity Mutual Funds

Objective: Comparing the performance of selected equity mutual funds vis--vis the benchmark index. Mutual funds selected for comparison chosen are: SBI Magnum Sector Funds Umbrella - Emerg Buss Fund - Growth Reliance Pharma Fund Growth Sahara Banking and Financial Services Fund - Growth UTI transportation and Logistic Fund Growth Religare mid Cap Fund Growth HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund - Growth Benchmark Index: The performance of the above selected equity mutual funds is compared to BSE (Bombay stock exchange) Project will be covering: What is mutual funds. Types of mutual funds- such as value funds, growth funds, aggressive growth funds equity Income or dividend Yield etc. Why people invest in mutual funds- advantages and disadvantages Different kinds of options available in Equity Based mutual funds- such as SBI magnum sector funds Umbrella, UTI wealth Builder Funds etc. Different government policies related to mutual funds Recent Scenario Long term and short term perspective of this sector Tools used for studying this topic used will be: Hypothesis testing through SPSS which will be including Z test. Data envelop Analysis

The study has been conducted in the following research paper: http://www.slideshare.net/sagarbavishi/performance-evaluation-of-indian-mutual-funds The methodology used in the above paper will be adopted in our project but with different equity Mutual funds.