# Advise on debt fund investments

**URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/advise-on-debt-fund-investments/102059
**Category:** Personal finance
**Created:** [February 10, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/advise-on-debt-fund-investments/102059 "2021-02-10T21:00:26Z")
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### Author: ![Bhuvan](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/bhuvan/32/843_2.png) [@Bhuvan](https://tradingqna.com/u/Bhuvan)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/advise-on-debt-fund-investments/102059/2 "2021-02-11T08:49:43Z")

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> [@Neostar](#):
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> Can we or should we time the Debt funds like we do for equities ?

You should listen to this

> [@An asset allocation framework for debt mutual funds with Suyash Choudhary. Head - Fixed Income at IDFC mutual fund](https://tradingqna.com/t/an-asset-allocation-framework-for-debt-mutual-funds-with-suyash-choudhary-head-fixed-income-at-idfc-mutual-fund/100068):
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> When investors are building their portfolios and figuring their asset allocation, they spend a disproportionate amount of time choosing the right equity funds. And they often take debt allocation for granted. Since the IL&FS crisis, we have seen a series of issues in several big debt funds and investors have lost a lot of money. This only goes to show that getting the debt asset allocation is equally important. We had a lot of conversations on the importance of debt in a portfolio on Zerodha Ed…

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