When you buy a stock, especially a mid- and small-cap one, have a price target. Once you hit the target, exit the stock, advises Joydeep Ghosh.
MFs have benefited from a shift to financial assets from physical assets like real estate and gold.
About 24 fund houses saw a decline in their debt AUMs in the past one year.
Linking all new floating rate loans to an external benchmark won't impact existing borrowers, so customers who have taken long-term home loans recently should watch things carefully, say Joydeep Ghosh and Sanjay Kumar Singh.
'... Whether an incumbent is voted back or a coalition forms a new government except for a temporary disruption for a few weeks.'
'The years after the financial crisis of 2008 were tough for brokers as volumes dwindled and retail investors stayed away.'
There is polarisation among sectors with IT and healthcare receiving the lion's share of FPI money in the past two quarters.
Keki Mistry, bottom, left, vice-chairman, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), tells Joydeep Ghosh that debt fund investors could become risk-averse, leading to problems for other non-banking financial companies.
'Allocate 30% to 35% of your equity portfolio to mid-cap funds and 10% to 15% to small-cap funds.'
Mahindra MF, which began operations in July 2016, is currently a bit-player and placed 31 among 42 fund houses, with assets under management of about Rs 4000 crore
'For the RBI, it is also strategic to allow the rupee to over-depreciate, then come and buy the rupee, and benefit from its appreciation. Speculators who have driven the rupee too low then make losses,' says Ashima Goyal.
After the IT giant declared a bonus, investors selling shares may have to shell out 4-5 times more tax
Sebi may allow mutual funds to make use of covered calls as part of their equity strategy.
Despite returns from gold down over 5% in the past three months, it is a good idea to keep this asset class in your portfolio.
The recommendation, if implemented, is likely to face opposition from the government's key support base among Hindu traders and businesspersons.
The threshold for identification of BOs of FPIs on controlling ownership interest is 25 per cent in case of companies and 15 per cent in case of partnership firms
Singapore is slated to bring in Singapore Variable Capital Company, a new legal entity which can be used as a vehicle for investment. SVACC is expected to simplify the process of redemption for open-ended funds.
HDFC MF has had a history of stock options and gave additional ESOPs to key staff a few months ago
Singapore is the favoured destination as it has traditionally had a stable fund management regime; also, its tax treaty with India is similar to that of Mauritius
India has historically not had a strong compliance mechanism around insider trading. This is in stark contrast to developed countries.
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