Stick to export-focussed plays, large-caps, say analysts
If you are planning for a long-term goal like your child's education in a foreign university, invest about 20% of your portfolio in foreign assets that can provide a hedge against the rupee's depreciation.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 366 points at 27,275 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 132 points at 8,235.
'The news about the new virus strain in the UK provided them with an opportunity to take money off the table.'
Mihir Tanna, Associate Director, S K Patodia & Associates, answers your tax queries.
The reason is believed to be a 19% increase in interest cost.
Parents should secure thier special child's future.
The revival in Mumbai's property market could help the group.
Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.
'Spends are likely to increase from the current levels because recovery is yet to fully be over.'
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
But experts say downside limited, pockets of opportunities for investors
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
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Bigger and broader indices do relatively poorly as investors get selective; experts see opportunity if scrips chosen with care.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your mutual fund queries.
This feat was achieved 25 years after the mutual funds industry was opened to private players. The industry now aims to achieve the next Rs 25 trillion in 5 years.
But trading through the route still a minuscule portion of total turnover
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Government divestment reached record figures after the financial crisis, at the same time as promoters were required to bring down their stake in companies to 75 per cent or less.
Secondary market might be a better bet for investors
If the rupee falls further, it would negatively impact the dollar-based returns of foreign investors, and could influence foreign flows into India.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
It won't be an easy ride for the markets, reckon experts, considering the multiple state elections in 2018 and general elections next year.
The total investment at risk is $930 billion and oil companies will need to cut their expenses by 30 per cent to make their projects viable provided oil remains around $70 a barrel.
MFs have garnered record assets in the past one year, led by increased investor participation through SIPs and robust returns in mid-cap schemes.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
According to analysts, IT firms like Infosys, TCS and HCL Technologies are likely to benefit the most on account of larger US exposures and dollar billing.
About 55 per cent of the public offers that hit the market since 2008 are still trading below their issue price.
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With uncertainty looming large over Indian markets, retail investors can increase their exposure to US funds.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The bigger worry is that the miss for FY19 is likely to be significant even after assuming macro factors such as crude oil prices, rupee, input costs, and interest rates, do not worsen from the current levels, reports Vishal Chhabria.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Cumulative sales of India's top passenger vehicle makers -- Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda Cars, and Toyota Kirloskar -- increased to 206,418 units in February over 200,322 units in the same month last year, an increase of 3 per cent.
One of the reasons is that the retail prices are not bench-marked to crude but their respective international benchmark prices.
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.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Sector analysts opined that the northern, central and eastern markets were particularly hit
FIIs are looking at the long-term story and initiatives of Indian pharma companies to transform themselves into global entities.
