Mutual Fund Screener

Small-cap mutual funds are those that invest at least 65 per cent of the corpus in smaller companies. SEBI has defined small companies as the companies which are ranked above 250 (251st onwards) in terms of market capitalization. Such funds are more volatile in nature as these get impacted severely by market ups and downs. Best small cap funds are the funds with greater returns in the small-cap funds category.

1. These companies have greater alpha generation potential and can be top companies in future years
2. Ability to generate eye-popping returns but extremely risky at the same time
3. Suitable for aggressive investors having the appetite for taking higher risk, tolerance for enduring market volatility and stay invested with a long investment horizon of atleast 7 years
4. Gains on equity funds are subject to taxation @ 15% for holding period less than 1 year and @ 10% for more than a year if gains are more than 1 lakh