On this episode we cover:
- How do Debt Mutual Funds really work?
- The Basics of Bond trading
- Average Maturity of a Debt Fund
- Speculation in the Bond Market
- Why a Debt Mutual Fund is a beautiful product- Ratings of Debt Funds, and how they work
- The two things to look at for Debt MFs
- Pattu's thumb rule for selected a fund for a particular duration
- What the average rating of your Debt portfolio should be
- Sid asks if Debt Mutual Funds are actually 'Fixed income'
- Which Debt Mutual Funds to select for short term goals
- Which Debt Mutual Funds to select for > 10 year goals
- Do Debt instruments beat inflation? (they are ~50% of our portfolio)
- Why bond prices spike when interest rates fall
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