They are suitable for a 3-5 year horizon. Choose equity funds for longer than 5 years
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Fund houses' tie-ups with the postal department for marketing their schemes through post offices are yet to take off in a bigger way.
Women have been leaving the investment decision to husbands.
If you think that revenue officials are going berserk, acting on their own, while the government chants the mantra of 'ease of doing business', you would be wrong. These moves appear to have full official backing, points out Debashis Basu.
The online world is driven by convenience, simplicity and speed.
Of the total, the financial creditors - banks, bond holders and other financial institutions - have claimed Rs 86,892 crore.
Silver, which is currently trading at Rs 68,453 per kilogram, has appreciated 21.7 per cent over the past three months. Investors, however, shouldn't get carried away by its recent performance and put their money in it. Instead, they should evaluate its pros and cons and then take a considered decision based on their risk appetite.
Focus on large-caps and ensure that the portfolio is balanced.
Zee and its lenders had decided to enter into an agreement to not offload the pledged shares amid a sharp slide in the prices of the underlying securities during end-Janury. The terms give the lenders a greater say, upside benefit from the proposed strategic sale, more cover and personal guarantee.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
'A fund investor could pick, say, three of the top active funds in any given category.'
Despite uncertain times and market volatility ahead, investors should continue with their disciplined investing via SIPs.
The Reserve Bank has revoked the deposit-taking status of Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL), the first financial services firm to go for bankruptcy proceedings, and has reclassified it as a non-deposit taking housing finance company, before approving the Piramal group's bid to take over it towards the end of the resolution process. The revelation comes in the June 7 NCLT Mumbai order that has approved the Rs 35,250-crore bid for the once second largest mortage lender by Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, forcing over 65 per cent haircut on the creditors and just Re 1 to its NCD holders to whom it owes more than Rs 45,000-crore. On the 14th page of the 86-page NCLT order by HP Chaturvedi and Ravikumar Duraisamy, it says DHFL no longer is a deposit taking NBFC but a non-deposit taking one.
Investment experts said the key to generating superior returns was "asset allocation" and taking money out of the table from themes that have performed well and into themes that are available at a discount.
Three closed-ended equity schemes have been launched in the past month or so and another is set to open soon for subscription.
In HDFC Life, the company has to pare 1.43 per cent, and in HDFC Ergo, it has to pare only 0.58 per cent.
S Naren, CIO of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, in an interview with Chandan Kishore Kant, says cyclicals will offer good value.
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
You may invest even at current market levels provided you have an investment horizon of five years or more.
Credit profiles have turned healthier from a year ago
'Experts are not ruling out further pain as global factors cannot insulate India from the aftermath.'
Asset managers are betting big on ETFs these days.
Unfavourable secondary market conditions aren't a big concern for IPOs by good quality companies.
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
SBI plunged over 3% after posting a 34.57% fall in net profit to Rs 2,538 crore for the quarter ended September 2016 on rise in provisions for non-performing loans.
A combination of bank guarantees, letters of credit, buyer's credit for computer servers have been provided to the two local operational arms by Kotak Mahindra Bank and Deutsche Bank.
With outlook uncertain for a range of sectors, no one is quite sure of where to invest in stocks
Fund managers weren't too worried in 2014, as it was a year of positive surprises.
'As our per capita income increases and various demographic segments emerge, the need for various kinds of protection and risk covers will become even more explicit.'
Investors also appreciate the role being played by the founders; analysts, too, remain unperturbed.
Subramaniam feels it does make sense to have some overlay in lump sum if one has the cash to do so.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Removal of mark-ups to be paid by Maruti, other changes could raise funding need to Rs 6,000 crore.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
Be a disciplined investor for attractive returns, says fund managers.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
Stockmarket Gurus Raamdeo Agrawal, Manish Gunwani, S Naren and Nilesh Shah discuss their favourite themes for the New Year.
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