Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) today barred mutual fund houses from charging entry load from investors who buy the schemes directly from the funds, and not through a distributor, agent or a broker.
The new rule is effective January 4, according to a Sebi circular issued today.
At present, the industry average for entry load is 2.25% of the initial investment. Asset Management Companies (AMCs) selling schemes either through the Internet, mutual fund offices or their collection centres can benefit from the new rules.
"Keeping in mind the interests of investors and to facilitate the growth of the mutual fund industry, with effect from January 4, 2008, investors making applications for investments in mutual fund schemes directly without routing through any distributor/agent/broker i.e. through Internet, submitted to AMC or collection centre/investor service centre would not be subject to entry load," said the circular.
The regulator said the waiver will also apply to additional purchases done directly by the investor under the same folio and switch-in to a scheme from other schemes if such a transaction is done directly by the investor.
A CEO of a mutual fund house said this will make life difficult for fund houses most of whom are dependent on distributors to sell their schemes. Though no figures are available, industry officials reckon only 1-2% of their business come through direct sales. This may be 2-3% for HDFC Mutual Fund and others, which have more branch network.
Sebi said the growth of the mutual fund industry in the past years and the technology available for investments has enabled investors to take informed decisions and to invest in mutual funds through Internet and other modes without availing of services of distributors/ agents/ brokers.
"There was an overwhelming response in favour of the proposal by Sebi on waiver of entry load for investors who do not route their mutual fund applications through a broker/ distributor," the regulator said explaining its decision.
The maximum entry load a fund house can charge is 6% while the maximum exit load is 4%. but AMCs cannot charge over 7% from investors when entry and exit loads are totalled.
Understanding Short Term Trading
Before I begin, this blog is not for intraday traders. My definition of short term implies duration of around 2 to 3 months.
Short Term stock picking is no rocket science, but rather a visual interpretation of technical charts. A basic moving average on a time frame chart will show the direction of the securities movement.
Moving averages is a mathematical results calculated by averaging a number of past data points. Moving averages (MA) in it's basic form is calculated by taking the arithmetic mean of a given set of values on a rolling window of timeframe. Once the value of MA has been calculated, they are plotted onto a chart and then connected to create a moving average line. Typical moving averages used for short term trading are 50 MA and 100 MA.
Types of Moving Averages
1) Simple Moving Average (SMA)
SMA is calculated by taking the arithmetic mean of a given set of values on a rolling window of timeframe. The usefulness of the SMA is limited because each point in the data series is weighted the same, regardless of where it occurs in the sequence. Critics argue that the most recent data is more significant than the older data and should have a greater influence on the final result.
2) Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
EMA overcomes the limits of SMA, where more weight is given to the recent prices in an attempt to make it more responsive to new information. When calculating the first point of the EMA, we may notice that there is no value available to use as the previous EMA. This small problem can be solved by starting the calculation with a simple moving average and continuing on with calculating the EMA.
The primary functions of a moving average is to identify trends and reversals, measure the strength of an asset's momentum and determine potential areas where an asset will find support or resistance. Moving averages are lagging indicator, which means they do not predict new trend, but confirm trends once they have been established.
A stock is deemed to be in an uptrend when the price is above a moving average and the average is sloping upward. Conversely, a trader will use a price below a downward sloping average to confirm a downtrend. Many traders will only consider holding a long position in an asset when the price is trading above a moving average.
In general, short-term momentum can be gauged by looking at moving averages that focus on time periods of 50 days or less. Looking at moving averages that are created with a period of 50 to 100 days is generally regarded as a good measure of medium-term momentum. Finally, any moving average that uses 100 days or more in the calculation can be used as a measure of long-term momentum.
Support, resistence and stoploss can be infered by referring the closet MA below or above the market price. The other factor that is used in short term momentum is the trading volume. The moving averages along with the trading volume can provide a better insight to short term movement.
Markets are moved by their largest participants - I believe this is the single most important principle in short-term trading. Accordingly, I track the presence of large traders by determining how much volume is in the market and how that compares to average. Because volume correlates very highly with volatility, the market's relative volume helps you determine the amount of movement likely at any given time frame--and it helps you handicap the odds of trending vs. remaining slow and range bound.
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