Large Cap Funds
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Invests at least 80% of its total assets in stocks of large-cap companies (top 100). These schemes are considered more stable than mid-cap or small-cap funds.
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Mid Cap Funds
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Invests around 65% of total assets in equity stocks of mid-cap companies (companies ranked 101-250 by market capitalization).
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These schemes tend to provide better returns than large cap schemes but are more volatile than them.
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Small Cap Funds
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Invests about 65% of their total assets in equity shares of small-cap companies (companies ranked 251st and below by market capitalization). This is a huge list and more than 95% of all companies in India fall under this category.
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These schemes tend to provide better returns than large-cap and mid-cap schemes, but are more volatile.
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Multi Cap Funds
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Invests around 65% of its total assets in varying proportions in stocks of large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap companies. In these schemes, the fund manager restructures the portfolio to match the market and economic conditions and the investment objective of the scheme.
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Equity investments are meant for a longer time horizon; thus, Equity funds rank high on the risk-return matrix.
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