Episode 73: How to benefit from hybrid funds

The charm of mutual funds lies in their simplicity. Hybrid funds take this virtue a step further by ridding investors of even the asset-allocation and asset-rebalancing decisions. But now with seven different types of hybrid funds to choose from, investors can stumble on the very first step – picking the right category of hybrid funds. So should you go for a conservative hybrid fund or a balanced advantage fund? How about an arbitrage fund?