SMART JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDIES VOL. 6 NO. 1 PAPER 5
 
RISK-RETURNS ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC MUTUAL FUNDS
 
N.Lenin Kumar* and V.Rama Devi**
*   Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Science, Swarna Bharathi Institute of Management Science, Pakabanda, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
** Professor, School of Management, KL University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur(Dt.), Andhra Pradesh, India
 
A Mutual Funds is the ideal investment vehicle for today’s complex and modern financial scenario. Mutual Funds, which have been operating for more than five years, were selected for the present research. The sample for the study consists of 261 Mutual Funds classified into private and public funds which are further categorized on the basis of investment styles. The performance of selected funds was evaluated by using Average Rate of Returns of Fund, Standard Deviation and Risk/Returns.
 
KEYWORDS: JInvestment Style, Private Funds, Public Funds JEL CLASSIFICATIONS: G32, D81, F65 FULL TEXT