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Debt funds are supposed to be the quiet part of your portfolio — the ones that don’t give you surprises. So when a reader wrote to me last week saying: “On August 6, the Sensex fell 0.21 per cent and the Nifty 0.31 per cent. My ABSL Medium Term and Short Term Fund also fell — 0.23 per cent and 0.16 per cent. I thought debt funds don’t move with the stock market. Is the platform (Groww) or the fund house doing something in the background? I’m asking because I trust you with my mutual funds.” …I understood the worry. If the ‘steady’ part of your portfolio stumbles, it’s natural to wonder if something’s wrong. Here’s what actually happened This had nothing to do with the stock marke
This article was originally published on August 11, 2025.
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