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Portfolio Management

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Portfolio management refers to the process of selecting various avenues of investment for a better yield on investment. Individual investors invest in mutual funds with a view to achieving good returns. Hence, the fund manager should act according to market fluctuations while selecting the portfolio of the respective fund/scheme.

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    Arnold L. Redman, N.S. Gullet and Herman Mankyan (2000), The Performance of Global and International Mutual Funds, Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, 13(1), pp 75–85

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Sekhar, G.V.S. (2017). Portfolio Management. In: The Management of Mutual Funds . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34000-5_6

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