'Gold could return 10% to 12% in the next two-three years.'
A first in 7 years, the combined institutional investor flow stands at Rs 69,000 crore in 2016-17
Bubbles can inflate indefinitely and also burst, with deep corrections, warns Devangshu Datta.
Investment advisor Sheetal Jhaveri busts popular money myths to make you a confident investor
Due to tax associations with the fiscal-ending, April is a month of SIP renewal. So, the April numbers will be important and may perhaps, mark a change in retail attitude.
Experts believe that one should not allocate more than 5-10 per cent of one's equity portfolio to international funds.
As long as the money has been 'paid or deposited in the previous year', an assessee should be eligible for tax relief, says Harsh Roongta.
John Bogle figured that cheap mutual funds, which just mirrored indices with little tracking error, would be a useful vehicle for wealth creation, recalls Devangshu Datta.
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.
Here are six New Year Resolutions which will definitely help in achieving your financial goals in the long run.
The amount saved in a PPF account is actually saving for a rainy day.
God forbid, if bad days fall upon someone and debts pile up. A fascinating excerpt from Anil Lamba's Financial Affairs Of The Common Man: Master The Art Of Personal Finance Management.
As if wanting to be an antidote to the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian stock market adorned carnival robes in 2021 with a tsunami of liquidity unleashed by global central banks coupled with supportive domestic policies and the world's largest vaccination drive sparking off a world-beating rally on Dalal Street, despite bouts of uneasiness over fizzy valuations. While the wider economy shuttled between recovery and relapse, dictated by multiple mutations of the virus, equity market benchmarks appeared headed in just one direction -- skywards. The dizzying upward journey has added a whopping Rs 72 lakh crore during 2021 to investors' wealth, measured as the cumulative value of all listed shares in the country, taking it to nearly Rs 260 lakh crore.
Industry players say they have learnt from the bitter experience of 2008 and have far better checks and balances in place to avoid an encore.
You may invest even at current market levels provided you have an investment horizon of five years or more.
Mutual fund investments come in various shapes and forms -- ranging from the passive index funds to the actively managed funds. Two of the most popular mutual fund types are balanced funds and dynamic funds. Let us take a deeper look at what each one is and how they are different.
Over 700,000 new investor accounts have been opened so far in FY15.
'Children should include their parents in the group health insurance cover provided by the employer at the earliest.' 'However, the elderly should not depend on it alone and should also buy a personal health cover,' suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Avoid fresh investments, as there might be more opportunities in the coming months, market experts tell Joydeep Ghosh
In January 2008, the Sensex hit then all-time high of 21,207 (closing high of 21,004 was achieved in November 2010).
The time is ripe for a merger of eight fund houses indirectly owned and controlled by the central government, says N Sundaresha Subramanian.
In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh crore to Rs 152 lakh crore, or an increase of 42.8 per cent, compared to the closing value on December 30, 2016, says Pavan Burugula.
It is often said, learn from your mistakes. We can twist that saying a little; learn from your mistakes and people who make mistakes. You do not have to make the mistakes to learn from them, says Priyanka Chakrabarty.
Salil Dhawan explains how as you progress in your career you can also grow your money at a phenomenal pace if you start investing early.
Mahavir Chopra compares mutual funds and Ulips to help investors decide.
'The people let off by the NBFCs have little bargaining power and willingly settle for a 20% to 25% cut in their existing salaries when hunting for new jobs.'
German carmaker Volkswagen plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore in India over the next 6 years on various activities, including local production of engines, as it aims to consolidate position in the country.
'Markets are likely to remain choppy for the next 6 months.'
It could be a tough week In the run-up to such an event, the market is always nervous.
'At any given point in time, we expect only 25 per cent of our workforce will need to be in office.' 'And any given person will only be required to spend only 25 per cent of their time in office.'
Long-term investors should not reduce or stop their equity mutual funds through SIPs.
Managing your own money is empowering. And if you haven't started yet, now is the perfect time!
'The government's projections for 2019-2020 will be disappointing big time.'
Former Arsenal manager and world governing body FIFA's current chief of global football development, Arsene Wenger will play a role in Indian football's grassroots programmes and talent development.
Novices should enter markets via SIPs of equity mutual funds.
If new goals have emerged, this is the time to make fresh investments.
You can still save money, says Samkit Maniar
Current stock market volatility is making investors wary. There is no clear direction as to how markets will pan out over the next couple of months. In such times, a staggered approach to investing can be a good option.
Sooner the investors shift, the better it is as a majority of equity funds have single-digit returns since January 31.
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