Mutual Fund

What is small cap fund?

By Rajendra

Sep 8,, 2022

Small Cap Stock definition (as per SEBI)

Small-cap companies are those that rank after the top 250.

Prior to becoming big, every large-cap firm was small.

From modest start, a group of companies have grown into leading companies with strong financial results and proven track records.

When small-cap firms' values are changed to represent their growth, investing in them at the start of their growth cycle enables investors to earn higher returns.

Investing in small-cap stocks directly, investors may consider investing in small-cap funds to receive a similar level of investment risk while having their money actively managed.

Investors may seek to make investments in various businesses during their initial growth phase & possibly in the emerging business game - changer.

Small-cap companies have unprecedented growth and wealth-creation potential.

As small-cap companies may not have a long history of financial performance to prove to them, there might be some success tales and few failure ones in the growth phases.

So, investors must choose the best companies and right valuations.

Investors can invest more easily in a diverse portfolio of small-cap companies due to small-cap funds.

Small-cap companies typically take longer to grow into their true value.

So, while small-cap funds may have short-term volatility, they have the potential for larger returns in the long run.

Only investors with high risk tolerance and a long investment horizon should think about investing in such funds.

Because of the higher implied volatility of such schemes, investors should invest in these funds to seek out better returns, despite the larger risk.

After evaluating one's risk appetite and portfolio risk profile, one should make an informed decision about investing in such funds.