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One would have thought that new investors who came into mutual funds will be running away. But they are getting into riskier category of funds and the scale of flow is quite significant, says Dhirendra Kumar, Founder & CEO, Value Research. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW.It is heartening to see investors sticking with their SIPs irrespective of the news flow. At least they are staying put in liquid funds?Yes, not only liquid funds, equity funds have shown great resilience and mutual fund investors are showing great appetite for assuming risk. If you look at the kind of money flowing into focus funds, the scale of money coming into midcap funds is quite significant. It is also quite sizable. One would have thought that new investors who came into mutual funds will be running away...

Go for an international fund or US-denominated fund and also domestic funds that are heavy on export businesses, Dhirendra Kumar, CEO, Value Research, tells ET Now.Edited excerpts:How can investors benefit from the rupee depreciation? Is it possible via mutual funds? Investors should not try to benefit tactically from rupee depreciation because the big rupee depreciation will happen when you least expect it and the reasons cannot be predicted. The long-term trend is that till we have the interest rate differential, our currency will depreciate over a long period of time. We are a growing economy and we will have inflation and that is why we will have higher interest rates. This is a given. But investors should be positioned to benefit from this long-term trend and there are ways t...

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Mutual fund investors showing great appetite for assuming risk: Dhirendra Kumar

Where to invest and benefit from rupee depreciation: Dhirendra Kumar