You could invest if you have missed the earlier rally, you could churn your portfolio to move towards better quality stocks or funds and you could even clear your loans by some profit booking
With the markets at an unprecedented height, it may be a good time to restructure your bag of stocks.
While fund of funds promise best results, higher cost and tax treatment could bring down the returns.
High net-worth individuals, or the rich investors with investment portfolios of Rs 25 lakh and above, who totted up huge losses in this year's price corrections in February and August, are booking profits following the nearly 4,000-point surge in the Sensex since late August.
State Bank of India (Maharashtra and Goa), Bank of Baroda, IDBI and Allahabad Bank have cut rates in the range of 25-50 basis points. Lenders would like to see the RBI come up with some measures so that sentiments improve further.
A day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced the rate cut, FIIs bought shares worth over Rs 2,400 crore (Rs 24 billion), lifting the index up by 650 points, one of its biggest intra-day gains.
The choice for the home buyer is clear - either get adequate life cover or a mortgage insurance product.
The commercial real estate sector has been booming in the last few years, driven by the high demand from corporates, especially IT and ITeS companies.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs), which were the major sellers last month, are on a buying spree.
You can cut interest costs significantly by taking a loan against property.
Of the 450 stocks, 243 stocks -- mostly small- and mid-caps -- touched their 52-week highs on Tuesday. Both the Sensex and Nifty ended the day with declines of 0.34 and 0.24 per cent respectively.
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