Investors can sell their entire equity and move to debt when stocks get expensive
Expressing commitment to augment the country's infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed to significantly enhance capital expenditure to Rs 5.54 lakh crore in the next fiscal, besides creating institutional structures and giving a big thrust to monetizing assets to achieve the goals of the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP). Sitharaman said NIP, that was launched in December 2019 with 6,835 projects, has now been expanded to 7,400 projects and around 217 projects worth Rs 1.10 lakh crore under some key infrastructure ministries have been completed. "For 2021-22, I propose a sharp increase in capital expenditure and thus have provided Rs 5.54 lakh crores which is 34.5% more than the BE of 2020-21," the finance minister said.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
The recent NSEL crisis has prompted even rich and diehard equity investors to shift to safer fixed income products.
Irrational behaviour, born out of incomplete understanding, biases, overconfidence, fear or greed, has led investors to make less than half of what they could have in the capital markets, says Erik Hon.
'Companies with a strong business case and healthy balance-sheet should sail through and emerge more robust in the future.'
Sebi pointed out instances of misleading the investors by reporting incorrect data on investor complaints, instances of inappropriate utilisation of funds meant for investor education, such as spending on programmes meant for financial advisors, charging of expenses to the said funds for stationery items such as notebooks, planners and calendars, and charging of expenses without adequate records.
In October, the contribution through SIPs rose to Rs 79.85 billion, up 42% compared to the same month last year.
Measured by returns in 2013, the top 10 funds had only three from large houses; nimble strategy could be a factor.
Fidelity's head of investment strategy defends his lengthy portfolio and explains his approach.
The heavy industries ministersaid that the proposal for the auto scrappage policy was ready and all stakeholders have provided inputs, therefore its announcement was likely very soon.
'MFs acted as reckless lenders and not as prudent investors.' 'Clearly, how debt funds are being run is a systemic issue,' warns Debashis Basu.
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, SBI and L&T among fund managers' preferred bets.
Foreign portfolio investors, on the other hand, have been net sellers in the markethaving pulled out Rs 8,600 crore
'Quality of management, corporate governance, allocation of capital, full disclosures should form the basis to decide investing in a particular stock.'
The S&P BSE Small-cap index has recovered 26 per cent as compared to a 23 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
Various online platforms let you invest in direct mutual funds.
What does Udhayanidhi's induction as minister mean? For the DMK, it indicates the future course, direction and leadership. It is continuity with change, and change with continuity, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
India's stock exchanges have decided to jointly introduce the T+1 settlement cycle in phases from February 25, beginning with the bottom 100 stocks by market capitalisation. From March 2022, on the last Friday (or the immediate next trading day) of every month, the next 500 stocks from the bottom will be subject to T+1 settlement. The phase-wise implementation is expected to give all market participants, including foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), ample time to shift to the shorter cycle. The settlement cycle represents the time period within which the stock exchanges have to settle security transactions.
'Periods of high volatility are usually bad for mid-caps and this is something that has to be kept in mind.' 'Focus on quality is of paramount importance.'
MFs have garnered record assets in the past one year, led by increased investor participation through SIPs and robust returns in mid-cap schemes.
Gold fund of funds may not offer more than Exchange Traded ones
You cannot sow today and reap tomorrow.
A probe into the fraud had revealed that the main accused, Shiv Raj Puri, then a Citibank relationship manager at its Gurgaon Branch, was offering to its clients fabricated investment schemes with guaranteed high returns and received signatures on blank fund transfer forms.
'Decide on an asset allocation you are comfortable with and stick to it for the long term.'
You can look at equity-oriented balanced funds.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
Experts say investors need not tinker with their debt portfolio as shifting won't be tax-efficient.
Despite returns from gold down over 5% in the past three months, it is a good idea to keep this asset class in your portfolio.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Interest rates on bank FDs have started coming down and rates on other fixed-income products will also decline. Investors should lock in to instruments offering higher returns.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The pandemic caused construction delays at its ongoing projects due to several factors such as lockdowns enforced by government agencies, work-stoppage orders, disruptions in the supply of materials and shortage of labour resulted in failure to meet development milestones.
When looking for alternatives, consider several parameters -- your investment horizon and liquidity requirement, post-tax returns, and risk.
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
Assets under management with the mutual fund industry jumped a whopping 41 per cent in fiscal 2021 to Rs 31.43 lakh crore, despite a minor 1 per cent decline in March, says a report. The 1 per cent decline in assets on monthly basis in March was because of net outflows from open-ended debt funds, even though open-ended equity funds for the first time in June 2020 recorded net inflows, according to the industry data collated by Crisil on Friday. Marc saw net outflows of Rs 29,745 crore, taking down the industry's asset base to Rs 31.43 lakh crore, down from the record high of Rs 31.64 lakh crore in February, registering a whopping 41 per cent growth in the fiscal 2021 over the previous fiscal, said Crisil, adding cumulative inflows equalled Rs 2.09 lakh crore.
Staggered pull-out will help investors if the market continues to rise.
the past few days have been hectic for shooter Shreyasi Singh and cricketer Manoj Tiwary, who have been juggling political duties with focused preparation for their respective competitive outings as well.
'We will see footfall returning to pre-COVID levels by January.'
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