The move comes within months of a crisis at JPMorgan Asset Management Company.
rediffGURU and financial planning expert Colonel Sanjeev Govila will answer your personal finance-related questions.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
How do you pick a mutual fund scheme that suits your needs?
Importantly, is there hope going forward?
When looking at fund returns, avoid looking at just the past 12 months' performance, says Sanjay Kumar Singh
Mutual funds, as experts and custodians of another set of retail investors' savings, play a speculative game they are neither supposed to nor equipped to do, cautions Debashis Basu.
Zomato shares may see limited upside in the near-term amid news-flow around government-backed ONDC expanding its footprint in the delivery market, believe analysts. Zomato shares have dropped 4 per cent in three days on the BSE. By comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex has added 0.2 per cent.
Experts hail Budget 2015 as a progressive, growth oriented one.
Gold schemes are offering attractive returns to investors.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, will answer your queries.
Smart investors fine tune their investments as per the Budget announcements to make the best possible use of tax deductions and other sops.
While analysts assessed One97 Communications (Paytm) Q1FY24 results as in-line with guidance, the market was disappointed and the stock fell by around 5 per cent. Paytm reported a net loss of Rs 360 crore, but revenue grew 39 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 2,340 crore. It was supported by strong growth in gross merchandising value (GMV), higher disbursements and the addition of subscription devices.
Tata Power declared encouraging results for the April-June quarter (Q1) of the 2023-23 financial year (FY24). The firm's revenue rose 5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 15,210 crore. It was driven by higher sales to distribution companies (discoms) and capacity addition in renewables. Company's adjusted profit after tax (PAT) rose 3 per cent to Rs 906 crore with reported PAT at Rs 1,100 crore on a one-time gain of Rs 235 crore.
Indices across Indian equity markets have edged towards new record highs before undergoing a small correction in the past few sessions. The National Stock Exchange Nifty has gained 20 per cent in the past year; mid-caps (up 33 per cent), small-caps (up 31 per cent), and micro-caps (up 44 per cent) have done better. Several factors have precipitated this rally.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
There is no clearly defined right or wrong answer since both target different needs of a portfolio.
The SIP route suits the salaried class, by matching their income flows with investment frequency.
Be willing to learn from mistakes.
'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.'
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.
'The idea is to invest where there is opportunity.'
10 non-bank and non-finance stocks from the BSE500 Index universe that offer an optimal blend of low valuation, reasonably robust revenue and earnings growth in recent quarters, a strong balance sheet, and most importantly, positive cash flow from their operations.
The Indian diaspora remain bullish despite single-digit equity market returns since May 2014, says Pavan Burugula.
While there's tax arbitrage advantage in ULIPs now, experts say investors should prefer mutual funds for long-term savings.
Funds made investments worth Rs 64,602 crore (Rs 646.02 billion) in the debt market during June, higher than Rs 26,840 crore (Rs 268.4 billion) in May, as per the latest data available with market regulator Sebi.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Having exposure to international funds and gold is a must for those who have foreign currency-denominated goals.
Balanced funds are suitable for investors who have low-risk appetite or are new to equities.Those with more than seven-year investment horizon should look at funds that have higher equity exposure.
Encouraging results for the fourth quarter of the 2022-23 financial year (Q4FY23) have led to a big surge in the share price of DLF. The realty major closed FY23 with Rs 15,000 crore (up 107 per cent year-on-year or YoY) of pre-sales, leading to cash generation of Rs 2,500 crore (up 14 per cent YoY) and reduced net debt by Rs 1,960 crore YoY. The launch of The Arbour project in Q4FY23 alone drove sales of Rs 8,000 crore in the quarter.
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.
Most of the long-only funds are closed-ended. This means that investors have to lock in their money for a fixed period before they can take it back.
State Bank of India's earnings growth may turn lacklustre in the near-term, warn analysts. This, they said, could be due to margin compression and likely lower fee income over the next one year. "While the cost of deposits is repricing sharply across the system, there will be relatively lower yield expansion going ahead as most of the back-book has been repriced and there is a high competitive pressure on yields.
Despite strong AUM growth, MFs lag behind other popular investment avenues. MFs received only 6 per cent of total household savings in 2021-2022.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Understand the magic that SIP brings to the table for you as an investor, says Satyen Kothari. You can start by investing as little as Rs 500 per month.
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