ETFs are like stocks as they trade on the stock exchan#8805 but they are shares of a portfolio, not of a company.
Regular investment in gold-linked financial instruments will safeguard against price fluctuation and do away with storage cost.
The best part is that an investor gets price appreciation and earns interest income as well, which is unique only to sovereign gold bond.
Having exposure to international funds and gold is a must for those who have foreign currency-denominated goals.
'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.'
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
'Should we shortchange our investors by exiting early?'
Putting money in key PSUs a better option
This is the second highest divestment proceeds in a financial year.
Here is our take on the market trends to watch out for in 2010.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'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.'
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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).
Given the uncertainties around gold's future course, stagger your purchases and buy on declines, says Sanjay Kumar Singh.
At present there are two types of gold related funds available in country
Total holdings of the top eight gold ETFs have risen by 3.8 million ounces so far this year
One can short-sell an ETF or buy on margin or even purchase one unit, which is not possible with index-funds/conventional MFs.
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.
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.
'A subscriber will know exactly how much of his money is in debt and how much in equity.'
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.
India gains at the expense of Russia and Brazil
Some unions have opposed EPFO investing in share markets.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'It could tempt investors to pick stocks that are not fundamentally sound.'
The previous highest divestment proceeds for the first half of a year was around Rs 21,000 crore in 2016-17.
The decision will benefit over nine crore such account holders having total deposit of around Rs 32,000 crore.
With the listing of Reliance gold ETF on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday, four fund houses (Benchmark, UTI Mutual Fund and Kotak Mutual Fund being the other three) currently offer gold ETFs to Indian investors.
Witnessed net outflows of Rs 8 crore.
Equity flows have been under pressure since the second half of 2018, after the IL&FS crisis sent shockwaves in both equity and debt markets.
Prices are sustainable and not just driven by speculative gains
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
This will encompass the sale of Air India, a number of other privatisation initiatives, mergers, initial public offerings, the Centre's two exchange-traded funds, buybacks and offers-for-sale, and even monetisation of land assets.
For first time in 8 yrs, stake sale proceeds could exceed Budget Estimates. ONGC's acquisition of HPCL alone could get the exchequer more than Rs 30,000 crore.
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