To select the right platform, get the opinions of a few existing users or browse online for feedback. Select a platform that offers a seamless experience. Check that the platform you are going with is a regulated entity, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
US and European institutional investors bought a majority of shares in the over Rs 4,800 crore (Rs 48 billion) QIP offering by telecom operator Reliance Communications.
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have further lost favour among Indian investors.
The average rate of rupee depreciation vis--vis the dollar over the last 20 years is around 3.50 per cent per annum
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.
Of the 280-odd equity schemes that have been in existence for five years or more, 190 funds or about 70 per cent of those funds have outperformed their respective benchmark indices.
'Indian non-bank lenders stand exposed to a deteriorating credit quality environment.' 'Such a deterioration could put at risk the value of NCDs purchased by the mutual funds and expose investors in bond and liquid funds to a risk of capital loss.'
Fund houses have conducted investor camps and awareness programmes in more than 400 cities. Also, the popular 'Mutual fund sahi hai' campaign has helped bring in a lot of new investors into the MF fold from underpenetrated regions.
With real estate -- NRIs's favourite investment vehicle in the past -- unlikely to do well in the near future, there is a strong case for NRIs to shift to equity and debt mutual funds, says Prateek Mehta.
The MF Industry had a cash-rich 2014 as it crossed the Rs 3 trillion mark.
Over the past 25 years the MF industry has come a long way. Geographic reach has increased, many more customers have been added, more channels have been opened up and the product basket is full.
Why do we need a cure here for peculiarly Western diseases when we don't have those diseases, and which the West itself is not trying to cure, asks Debashis Basu.
Today, it holds $131 billion in assets under management.
After touching a high of Rs 32,01/10g in October 2013, gold prices fell to a low of Rs 26,900/10g in June
Stock markets in structural bull run but there can be bouts of volatility says Ravi Gopalakrishnan, head, equities, Canara Robeco Mutual Fund
A market where prices are not likely to go up is excellent for the long-term investor.
To be sure, this is not some stunning new revelation that our equity markets are beholden to foreign flows.
A Balasubramanian tells Business Standard that the sector will see one of its best phases in the coming five years.
You cannot sow today and reap tomorrow.
It will be difficult for the Indian equity to outperform overall growth to the extent bullish observers expect.
Single window clearances for realty must.
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