What is the home page for?
The home page is a front door, not a dashboard: most of what it shows is a short sample of something with a full page of its own. Knowing which block is a sample, and how old its data is, saves you reading too much into it. This tour uses the page as it stood on 16 October 2026, with fund data to the 15 October NAV.
The search box: describe what you want
Under the heading "Screen Indian mutual funds by the numbers that matter" is a search box with the placeholder "Describe the funds you want…" and a "Find funds" button. Three chips under it show the kind of request it takes: "Safe large cap funds with low fees", "Consistent small cap funds over 5 years" and "Cheap index funds from HDFC".
It turns your sentence into a screener query and opens the result. Plain-English search needs a free account: signed out, the box asks you to sign in, and notes that the screener's query bar takes written queries without one.
The three buttons and the counters
Below the search box are three buttons: "Screen 14,155 funds", which opens the filter-and-sort screener; "Open the Terminal", which opens the Terminal; and "90 calculators".
Under them is a strip of three counters. On 16 October 2026 they read 14,155 "Schemes tracked", every scheme in the site's fund list; 13,760 "With full metrics", those with computed returns and risk figures; and 90 "Calculators". The gap between the first two, 395 schemes, is schemes with no computed metrics on file. ETFs are left out of both counts because they trade at a market price rather than at NAV.
The feature strip and "Explore WealthTicker"
Three short cards name what the site does: "Transparent metrics", "Side-by-side compare" and "Backtest, don't guess". Below them, "Explore WealthTicker" is a grid of eight tiles: Screener, Compare funds, Calculators, Portfolio, Most-held stocks, Nifty P/E, Gold & silver and Learn. If you came for one tool, this grid is the fastest way to it.
"Top equity funds · 3Y CAGR": read it carefully
This block ranks Direct Growth equity funds by 3-year CAGR and shows the top six as cards, each with a 1-year NAV sparkline and a "View all" link to the Terminal. On wide screens the same ranking, top five, also sits beside the heading as a preview.
Worked example: what the top six actually were
On 15 October 2026 the six cards read:
| # | Fund | Sub-category | 3Y CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund | Sectoral/ Thematic | 55.74% |
| 2 | HDFC Defence Fund | Sectoral/ Thematic | 35.51% |
| 3 | HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund | Sectoral/ Thematic | 28.25% |
| 4 | Bandhan Small Cap Fund | Small Cap Fund | 22.65% |
| 5 | Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund | Sectoral/ Thematic | 22.40% |
| 6 | HDFC Transportation and Logistics Fund | Sectoral/ Thematic | 22.38% |
Five of the six are sectoral or thematic funds, and two of those invest abroad. That is what a ranking with no category filter produces: the narrowest funds have the widest spread of outcomes, so the top of an all-equity list is usually one country, one sector or one theme that had a good three years. It is not a list of diversified funds, and the number-one fund is a single-country bet on Taiwan.
To rank funds against their own peers instead, use a category in the screener, as in shortlisting a fund with the screener. The sectoral and thematic funds guide covers why these funds lead in some years and trail in others.
New fund offers
The last block shows up to three open NFOs from AMFI's feed, with a "View all" link to the full list on Insights. It only appears while offers are open. On 16 October there were 12, and the first three shown were Axis Nifty EV & New Age Automotive Index Fund, Carnelian Small Cap Fund and SBI BSE India Defence ETF.
How fresh is each block?
| Block | Source | How fresh |
|---|---|---|
| Counters | The site's fund database | Read on each visit |
| Top equity funds | NAVs from AMFI | NAVs land within minutes of AMFI publishing them; the list is cached for up to an hour |
| New fund offers | AMFI's NFO feed | The feed is read twice a day |
| Market Pulse (in the Terminal) | Index quotes | Polled every minute in market hours, every five minutes after |
The Market Pulse ticker is not on the home page. It runs across the top of the Terminal and shows the Nifty 50, Sensex, Nifty Bank, Nifty IT, Nifty Midcap and USD/INR, each with its day's change. The Terminal needs a free account. Outside market hours, 9:00 to 15:45 IST on weekdays, the quotes are the last close and the ticker slows its polling to match.
What the home page does not tell you
It does not rank funds within their categories, show risk next to the returns, or say anything about cost. Every one of those lives a click away: the compare page for two funds side by side, as in comparing two funds: what to read first, and the methodology page for how each figure is computed. A fund appearing on the home page is not a recommendation.
Frequently asked questions
How often are fund returns on WealthTicker updated?
NAVs are picked up within minutes of AMFI publishing them each evening, and returns are recomputed from them. On 16 October 2026 the latest NAV was for 15 October. The home page's top-funds list is cached for up to an hour and is cleared when new data lands.
Why are sector funds at the top of the home page fund list?
The list ranks every Direct Growth equity fund by 3-year CAGR, with no category filter, and narrow funds produce the most extreme returns. On 15 October 2026 five of the six were sectoral or thematic funds, led by Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund at 55.74% a year.
Where is the Market Pulse ticker on WealthTicker?
It runs across the top of the Terminal at /pro, which needs a free account. It shows the Nifty 50, Sensex, Nifty Bank, Nifty IT, Nifty Midcap and USD/INR, refreshing every minute during market hours and every five minutes after.
This is commentary on published data, not investment advice. WealthTicker is not a SEBI-registered adviser or distributor. Figures are WealthTicker’s own calculations from public data — AMFI’s fund NAVs and disclosures, NSE’s index and FII/DII files, and the fund houses’ monthly portfolios (how we calculate). They are as of the dates stated and can be revised by their source.
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