On an average, small-cap funds have generated annualised returns of 67.5% in the last two years. Large-cap funds and mid-cap funds have given average annualised returns of 41.3% and 53.4% respectively.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
New fund offers collection in the current calendar year was the highest in a decade, with 13 of the 70 equity schemes cornering 75 per cent of the amount raised.
'Funds based on this theme offer socially conscious investors an option to invest in a portfolio that is aligned to their beliefs.'
Neelesh Surana, who manages Mirae Asset Tax Saver and Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip, remains constructive on Indian equities from a three to five-year time frame.
Equity mutual funds witnessed an outflow of Rs 9,253 crore in January, making it the seventh consecutive monthly withdrawal, primarily due to profit booking and portfolio rebalancing amid markets touching new highs. The pace of outflows from equities has however slowed for the third month and Gautam Kalia, head - Investment Solutions, Sharekhan by BNP Paribas said that it will likely turn positive soon as investors get used to the new normal. In addition, investors pulled out Rs 33,409 crore from debt mutual funds last month after investing Rs 13,863 crore in December, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India showed on Tuesday.
The law minister last month told the assembly that of the lord's total Rs 626.44 crore, Rs 592 crore was kept in Yes Bank. While Rs 545 crore was in the bank as fixed deposits, the remaining Rs 47 crore was in a flexi account.
The discount will be given on the base fare and charges like GST, reservation fee, superfast tariff and others will be levied separately.
'Largely, new demat accounts are now being opened by the younger crowd, particularly GenZ.' 'This is great news since younger investors start their journey with very little capital, so they are risking less.'
Mihir Tanna, Associate Director, S K Patodia & Associates, answers your tax queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
For 2AC and Chair Car, the maximum hike is 50 per cent while for 3AC, it is 40 per cent
Do you have parents who have turned 60? You may want to forward Sarbajeet K Sen's suggestions to them.
Although residential sales faced a major set back in Q2, they made a comeback with help of pent up demand.
After eight months of consecutive outflows, equity mutual funds witnessed a net inflow of Rs 9,115 crore in March amid correction in the stock market. Barring multi-cap and value fund categories, all the equity schemes saw inflow last month, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed on Thursday. However, investors pulled out Rs 52,528 crore from debt mutual funds last month, after investing Rs 1,735 crore in February, owing to advance tax payments and other year ending commitments. Overall, the mutual fund industry witnessed a net outflow of Rs 29,745 crore across all segments during the period under review, compared with a net inflow of Rs 4,090 crore in February.
You can increase or reduce the sum assured of a term cover, depending on changes in your overall liability, advises Bindisha Sarang.
About 85% professionals conveyed that they found their work meaningful and were 'happy' with work they were doing.
The company is also looking at creating an algorithm-based talent marketplace and an internal gig workers' community. Talent Cloud will be powered by Algo Talent Development, enabling associates to move across different technologies and industry domains.
"The PMJDY has been the foundation stone for the Modi government's people-centric economic initiatives. "Whether it is direct benefit transfers, Covid-19 financial assistance, PM-KISAN, increased wages under MGNREGA, life and health insurance cover, the first step was to provide every adult with a bank account, which PMJDY has nearly completed," Nirmala Sitharaman said on the sixth anniversary of the scheme.
'I started reading your MF articles regularly so requesting your guidance as I would like to start investing in MFs'.
Pritesh Dave shares his experience of being a new dad.
Idea Cellular Ltd, a three-way joint venture company between Tata, Birla and AT&T, has launched two new tariff schemes, Chitchat Flexi and Buzz99, for its new and existing customers.
Many are testing hybrid models including getting small batches to work, rotating staff every week, introducing shifts and allowing certain functions to operate from office in small numbers.
You can get a lumpsum sanctioned, but you may draw only part of it and pay interest on the amount used.
While suburban fares remain unchanged, ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares were increased by 1 paise per km of journey. The Railways also announced a two-paise/km hike in fares of mail/express non-AC trains and four- paise/km hike in the fares of AC classes. The fare hike is also applicable to premium trains such as Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto.
An emergency fund, as the name suggests, is one in which you have three months to six months' salary.
Celebrations have begun at United Progressive Alliance candidate Pranab Mukherjee native village Mirati in Birbhum district of West Bengal ahead of the formal declaration of the 2012 presidential poll results.
According to Indian Staffing Federation, an apex body of the flexi staffing industry in India, foreign direct investment in retail can create around 4 million direct jobs and almost 5 to 6 million indirect jobs, including contractual employment within a span of 10 years.
Rahul Khullar's guiding credo was that a civil servant must never lose sight of his client: The little guy. The evil men are those who are decision-makers but abdicate their responsibility of taking decisions, leading people to lose confidence in public institutions.
The PM is keen to fill 40 per cent of joint secretary level openings with outsiders.
This is GM's first flexi engine plant where both petrol and diesel small car engines would be manufactured together, General Motors India, vice president, P Balendran, told reporters in Kochi.
The recent circular follows the 'true-to-label' concept, but large funds in the multi-cap category may be forced to merge in the absence of sufficient small-cap options.
If such a replacement is done, for example, in the 50 Rajdhani trains, officials said, it will create around 14,400 additional berths for AC-III passengers.
A top up insurance would cost far lesser than a fresh insurance policy for a higher sum insured
India, Indonesia, China, Venezuela, Turkey and the Philippines have rejected a proposal by the United States and other farm exporting countries that aims to severely curtail the flexibility to designate certain farm tariff lines as special products in the Doha market access negotiations for farm products.
As part of our Women's Day Special we asked readers to express their views on work-life balance and the challenges faced by women at the workplace. In the first part of this series, Ministhy Dileep, an IAS officer working in the UP cadre feels that the greatest sign of empowerment is the freedom to make one's choice.
To validate the concept of flexi-use of airspace to fight battles and to secure the peninsular skies including the coastal belt, the Indian Air Force is all set to carry out the second edition of its mammoth exercise Dakshin Prahar from February 18.
For instance, India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services -- which is headquartered in south Mumbai where terror struck -- asked its employees to operate out of any of the offices in north Mumbai until further advice. Similarly, Aegis BPO that has a corporate office in Mumbai has asked its employees in Mumbai to operate from home as they all have broadband connections and BlackBerry(s), said Aparup Sengupta, CEO, Aegis BPO.
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