Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
No fund houses could muster the courage to launch equity funds during the period and the sector lost a lot of its equity assets.
Invest 5 to 10 per cent in a banking sector fund. Ensure that mutual fund's portfolio includes all three players -- private sector banks, public sector banks and NBFCs.
A formal sector worker can contribute towards pension scheme till the age of 58.
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With uncertainty looming large over Indian markets, retail investors can increase their exposure to US funds.
For rest of the year, the issue is largely going to be the balance between growth rates and macro stability versus interest rates, says Sankaran Naren.
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.
If you are diagnosed with a critical disease, then its treatment would be very expensive and may require intensive care and hospitalisation which your comprehensive insurance plan may not cover. In such type of cases you have to pay the cost of the whole treatment.
Buying an insurance policy? Claim Settlement Ratio helps you find out the chance that your claim will be settled and how soon it will be setled.
Market breadth is positive with 942 advances and 196 declines.
Experts believe volatility is here to stay for some time, at least till China stabilises and clarity regarding the US Fed's interest rate move emerges.
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
Focus on large-caps and ensure that the portfolio is balanced.
PFRDA will invite bids to appoint pension fund managers.
India remains an attractive destination and the recent sell-off has made valuations attractive in the large-cap space.
Asset managers are betting big on ETFs these days.
'The IPO window has been more or less open since the new government in 2014.'
The online world is driven by convenience, simplicity and speed.
'Experts are not ruling out further pain as global factors cannot insulate India from the aftermath.'
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
Most large fund houses, such as HDFC MF, ICICI Prudential AMC, Reliance MF, Reliance MF, Birla SunLife MF and SBI MF, have the backing of large banks or financial institutions, giving them reach and understanding, they say.
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.
With outlook uncertain for a range of sectors, no one is quite sure of where to invest in stocks
They are suitable for a 3-5 year horizon. Choose equity funds for longer than 5 years
Wiping off nearly Rs 4 lakh crore of investors' wealth during the day, benchmark Sensex crashed on Friday.
Bupa and Axa have already declared their intention to raise stakes.
Move could be aimed at integrating operations with Indian subsidiary.
Event-based volatility could rise in the near future, increasing arbitrage opportunities.
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
S Naren, CIO of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, in an interview with Chandan Kishore Kant, says cyclicals will offer good value.
In last few years, a number of global players have exited the Indian mutual fund business.
Stockmarket Gurus Raamdeo Agrawal, Manish Gunwani, S Naren and Nilesh Shah discuss their favourite themes for the New Year.
Cairn, which is sitting on a cash pile of about $3 billion, in a statement said its board has approved buying 17.09 crore shares or 8.9 per cent of the total shareholding, from open market at no more than Rs 335 apiece.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
The 30-share Sensex ended 271 points higher to end at 28,930 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 76 points to close at 8,776.
The 30-share Sensex surged 299 points to close at 28,736 and the 50-share Nifty gained 90 points to end at 8,723.
'She was either overconfident that nothing will happen to her or she underestimated the gravity of the allegations.'
'Mr Modi has inherited a system that taxes businessmen and fritters the money away over ministries.'
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.
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