Investors in exchange-traded funds can trade on bourses.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Sandeep Shanbhag offers tips on post Budget taxation rates.
The mid-cap universe - comprising firms that rank 101-250 in terms of m-cap - could see as many as 17 new stocks move out. Similarly, over half a dozen stocks could exit the large-cap universe, which is defined as the top 100 entities in terms of m-cap.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
HDFC and HDFC Bank's merger - touted as India's biggest-ever corporate merger - pumped up shares of the two entities on the bourses. Shares of Housing Finance Development Corporation (HDFC) skyrocketed 9 per cent while those of HDFC Bank zoomed 10 per cent. In comparison, the benchmark S&P BSESensex and the Nifty50 indices settled 2.2 per cent higher on Monday.
'The number of first-time investors into MFs can grow four times more than the current rate if we are able to accept the bank KYCs.'
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Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
Failure to do so leads to incorrect filing and under-reporting of income, with adverse consequences, advises Bindisha Sarang.
With the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) draft reconstruction scheme for the troubled lender suggesting a permanent write-down of these bonds outstanding as of March 5, bondholders who have invested RS 10,800 crores are up in arms, reports Hamsini Karthik.
The primary issue market has hit an all-time high with 63 corporates raising Rs 1,18,704 crore through main-board initial public offerings (IPOs) so far in 2021, which is nearly 4.5 times more than the Rs 26,613 crore raised through 15 issues in 2020 and almost double of the previous best of Rs 68,827 crore in 2017, according to a report. Pranav Haldea, managing director of Prime Database Group, said the IPO frenzy was driven by new-age loss-making technology start-ups along with strong retail participation, and the resultant massive listing gains were the key highlights of the year. Another highlight was only 51 per cent or Rs 103,621 crore of the total Rs 202,009 crore was fresh capital raising and the remaining Rs 98,388 crore were offers for sale.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, RIL, ONGC, Bajaj Auto, Vedanta, Tata Steel, TCS, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, which fell up to 3.29 per cent.
'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.'
Exodus of top managers an unintended side effect of roaring MF industry
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Sebi would develop new products in the commodity derivatives space apart from taking steps to deepen the corporate bond market.
Investors continue to make losses on investments.
'Avoid taking excessive credit risk via mutual funds such as high-yield fixed maturity plans and credit opportunity funds.'
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
'The markets haven't corrected, that doesn't mean that they will only go up and up.'
'There is still scope for selective stockpicking.'
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Though the sum was nowhere close to the big-ticket monthly purchases seen during the 2004-2008 bull run, it is significant, as it confirms the reversal of a selling spree that began in September 2013.
While regulators are trying to do their bit, the onus is on you to prove it.
'I have been advising investors since the last couple of months to at least take their capital out.' 'Most of the people have made 50-60 per cent in the market, if not more, they must at least take their capital out.'
In a nearly 10-year-old case, Sebi on March 24 had banned Reliance Industries and 12 others from equity derivatives trading for one year, while accusing RIL of making 'unlawful gains'.
I would advise at least a 7 year investment time frame for Equity Investing
The ranking is done on following parameters depending on the asset class.
Fund managers have been advising investors not to keep their return expectation higher
'If I close my housing loan, are there any investment avenues (the investment should provide liquidity) to save tax?'
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These stocks are overvalued and, therefore, one should not adopt a buy and hold strategy.
Equity fund managers say large-caps offer higher relative safety, especially in such times.
Mutual fund houses hold Rs 3,400 crore of Yes Bank's 'riskier' bonds. Reliance MF, Franklin Templeton MF and UTI MF account for bulk of these exposures.
New retirement schemes from MFs offer Section 80C benefit but locks in your money for five years
Dalal Street is bullish on invest
Market players said the sell-off was triggered by pessimism that the government may not be able to balance growth with macro-stability.
