To select the right platform, get the opinions of a few existing users or browse online for feedback. Select a platform that offers a seamless experience. Check that the platform you are going with is a regulated entity, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Regular investment in gold-linked financial instruments will safeguard against price fluctuation and do away with storage cost.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Any shift in investor sentiment may result in speculators fleeing the gold market, driving its price down sharply, quickly. One significant risk for gold is a near-term reversal in the dollar, which recently fell to a two-year low.
ICICI MF recently filed for an ETF that will track the Nifty Alpha Low-Volatility 30 Index. It is part of the suite of smart-beta indices with the NSE, with the portfolio designed using a combination of two factors.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'Funds based on this theme offer socially conscious investors an option to invest in a portfolio that is aligned to their beliefs.'
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The best part is that an investor gets price appreciation and earns interest income as well, which is unique only to sovereign gold bond.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'Thankfully, most investors in India have now seen through this false narrative and are once again deploying their hard-earned money.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
Putting money in key PSUs a better option
Here is our take on the market trends to watch out for in 2010.
The Finance Act, 2020, has inserted a sub-section, mandating a seller to deduct tax equal to 0.1 per cent of sale proceeds if the value of goods sold exceeds Rs 50 lakh in a financial year.
This is the second highest divestment proceeds in a financial year.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'Young working adults between 25 and 34, who are in Indian Tier II and III cities, are leading the charge in terms of crypto adoption.'
Having exposure to international funds and gold is a must for those who have foreign currency-denominated goals.
Invest 5 to 10 per cent in a banking sector fund. Ensure that mutual fund's portfolio includes all three players -- private sector banks, public sector banks and NBFCs.
Benchmark AMC's scheme is called silver BeES and each unit issued under the scheme will be equal to price of 100 grams of silver. The entry load for the fund will be 2.25 per cent during the new fund offering (NFO).
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
'Should we shortchange our investors by exiting early?'
At present there are two types of gold related funds available in country
One can short-sell an ETF or buy on margin or even purchase one unit, which is not possible with index-funds/conventional MFs.
Total holdings of the top eight gold ETFs have risen by 3.8 million ounces so far this year
If you want to invest in mutual funds, but don't want your investment to dip below market returns, then you must know the difference between 'active' and 'passive' investing.
Given the uncertainties around gold's future course, stagger your purchases and buy on declines, says Sanjay Kumar Singh.
'A subscriber will know exactly how much of his money is in debt and how much in equity.'
India gains at the expense of Russia and Brazil
The government on Wednesday said it will raise Rs 72,500 crore through disinvestment of PSUs, including listing of three railway PSUs IRCTC, IRFC and IRCON, and proposed merger and consolidation to create globally competitive public sector units.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Some unions have opposed EPFO investing in share markets.
'Sebi has to make sure that investor interests are protected and at the same time, there isn't over-regulation so that companies don't get discouraged to list here.'
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The clarification by the National Securities Depository (NSDL) - which is tasked with monitoring foreign portfolio investor (FPI) investment in domestic stocks - that the accounts of top investors in Adani group stocks remain 'active' has helped prevent a $500-million selloff of shares. Analysts said a freeze of the FPI accounts, as reported by some media outlets, could have prompted global index providers to cut weighting of four Adani group companies from their global indices. Brian Freitas, an analyst at independent research provider Smartkarma, said if the FPI accounts were indeed frozen, FTSE and MSCI would have reduced weighting of Adani group companies at the next rebalance, since it would have meant that the large part of the free float was not tradeable.
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