Understanding Debt Funds: Types & Benefits Explained 💰

Debt Funds or Fixed income funds is a popular money market instrument. Watch this video to get the answers to questions like: what are debt funds, what are the types of debt funds, what are short term debt funds, what are liquid funds etc. <br />Before moving to the types of debt funds, let us find out what they are. <br />Watch a short video on Debt Funds to understand them better: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5NW6yg0jM <br />Debt Funds have the following advantages: <br />• More Stability <br />• Less volatile <br />There are different types of debt funds to choose from. These are categorized on a number of parameters: <br />1. Investment horizon: Liquid funds and money market funds are suitable for those who have surplus money and seek an investment horizon ranging from a few days to a few months. Short term debt funds are suitable for those who have investment horizon of 6 months to a year. Lon term debt funds are suitable for investors with horizon of at least an year <br />2. Debt securities: Based on the kind of debt securities funds invest in, they are categorized as floating rate funds, Government security funds and corporate bond funds <br />There are many more like dynamic bond funds, fixed maturity plans, credit opportunity funds and fixed income funds. <br />We hope you enjoyed watching this video! Watch more, and we’ll help you learn about different investing concepts. You can also write to us with your feedback (editor@templeton.com) <br />Explore more about debt funds: <br />https://www.franklintempletonindia.com/templatedata/gw-content/article/data/content-international/en-in-retail/investor/beginners-guide-chapter20-_io04og32 <br /> <br />View more such videos in the playlist Franklin Templeton Academy: <br />https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpDLpRd877mRvP2fuzG7Bby1cwuLQ6i3W <br /> <br />Invest in Mutual Funds with Franklin Templeton. <br />Official Website:https://www.franklintempletonindia.com/ <br />Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranklinTempletonIndia/ <br />LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3676/ <br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ftiindia/?hl=en <br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/ftiindia?lang=en