While equity savings funds could offer higher returns over three-five years, they would also be more volatile.
10 largecaps stocks which stand to gain from the Budget.
Tactical investors should have an investment horizon of around six months to one year, long-term investors should stick around for 10 years or more.
Your mother gave you those ancestral bangles at the time of your marriage as streedhan. Now you want to sell it. Then be ready to shell out capital gains tax.
rediffGURU Ramalingam Kalirajan answers your personal finance queries.
The move will establish a level-playing field for domestic investments in start-ups compared to foreign-based sources.
Having a single point KYC that is automatically used across all financial and non-financial entities is a single piece of reform that should be an easy win to achieve, points out Harsh Roongta.
P V Subramanyam clears some misconceptions about debt funds.
A salaried individual needs to file returns as a business owner if s/he has a high turnover while trading in stocks or futures & options, reveals Tinesh Bhasin.
Whether you give stocks held for more/less than a year, benefits are nominal; donating cash is better.
Shares of Tata Group companies on Thursday rose up to 10 per cent, with Tata Chemicals and Tata Teleservices among the major gainers. Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata, who played a key role in transforming the group into a global conglomerate, passed away late on Wednesday. He was 86. "Investors can pay tribute to Ratan Tata and the great corporate empire he built by buying stocks like TCS, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consumer and Indian Hotels.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2023-24 in Parliament on February 1. The Budget is a statement of the government's estimated receipts and expenditures for a fiscal year (April 1 to March 31). It's divided into Revenue and Capital Budget. The Revenue Budget includes the government's revenue receipts and expenditures while the Capital Budget includes its capital receipts and payments.
Mihir Tanna, Associate Director, S K Patodia & Associates, answers your tax queries.
The Indian equity markets have significantly increased in importance within the emerging market (EM) basket of stocks in recent years. Since 2018, India's weighting in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EM Index - tracked by passive funds with assets of nearly $500 billion - has doubled, while the number of domestic stocks has grown by almost 70 per cent.
'The government's projections for 2019-2020 will be disappointing big time.'
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) slim majority in Lok Sabha may delay more far-reaching economic and fiscal reforms that could impede progress on fiscal consolidation, Moody's Ratings said on Wednesday. NDA securing a majority in the general elections will give a historic third term for Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India. "We expect policy continuity, especially with regards to budgetary emphasis on infrastructure spending and boosting domestic manufacturing, to support robust economic growth.
Monetary incentives under Skill India to small entrepreneurs, capital infusion into technology fund to help businesses expand operations
Investors need to carefully assess country-specific risks. 'This is especially true of a market that is less transparent than the US.'
Auto, pharma, IT, chemicals among sectors with significant reliance on UK and European nations with Tata Motors, Motherson Sumi, Tata Steel, TCS, Wipro, Infosys and Tech M among key names.
'Stick to the known quality names, avoid short term thinking and don't be in a hurry to book profits on your winners.'
Investors, including large corporations, view them as a potential hedge against uncertainty, and mainstream investment banks too are jumping into the game.
'People trust India and Indians a lot more than they trust China and the Chinese.'
These products are extremely transparent and are the lowest charged products in the insurance space. The policyholder has to only pay the fund management charge. Hence, from the cost side, ULIPs are very competitive.
But as voters gear up for crucial assembly and parliamentary polls on May 13, all eyes are on the high-stakes battle in Pulivendula, an assembly constituency that has been a Reddy family stronghold for over four decades.
'The problem is that the bubble may not only be in valuations, but also in investors' minds.'
Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) raised Rs 8,315 crore from anchor investors on Monday, setting the stage for the country's biggest-ever maiden share sale. The Indian arm of the South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) allotted 42.4 million shares to 225 funds at Rs 1,960 apiece, the higher end of its price band. Among the investors receiving allotments were the Singapore government's sovereign wealth fund (GIC), New World Fund, and Fidelity.
rediffGURU and financial planning expert Colonel Sanjeev Govila (retd) answers your personal finance-related questions.
'Many of these issues will be resolved within 6 months because the US economy has started unravelling.'
Gold monetisation scheme will help unlock value of gold.
Indian equity markets have a limited upside potential in the near-term as they negotiate the ensuing cyclical slowdown, wrote analysts at Nomura in a recent coauthored report led by Saion Mukherjee, their managing director and head of equity research for India. He, however, believes that the foundations are in place for sustainable growth over the medium-to-long term, and hence suggests a 'buy on dips' strategy to equity investors. As an investment strategy, Nomura prefers domestic-oriented sectors and companies over exporters, and prefers stocks that provide valuation comfort. Industrials and banks are their overweight sectors, while IT services and consumer discretionary are their underweight sectors.
MMFs invest in fixed-income instruments maturing in less than one year, minimising interest-rate risk.
Hindalco's first quarter (Q1FY23) results indicate healthy domestic volumes for aluminium and copper, and lower cost of production. Subsidiary Novelis saw weak volume trends but it managed to push operating profit margins on a better mix and pricing hikes. The weak global outlook on aluminium is a cause for ongoing concern.
Sooner the investors shift, the better it is as a majority of equity funds have single-digit returns since January 31.
Jaitley's fifth Budget has provided little relief to the middle class.
Speculation is rife that the Centre can take draconian steps such as mandatory e-passbooks for all real estate holdings and compulsory checking of every single safe deposit vault.
Mahavir Chopra compares mutual funds and Ulips to help investors decide.
Any market correction, analysts say, would be an attractive entry point for risky assets, which should do well over the medium-to-long term.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Searches are being conducted in connection with a case of alleged tax evasion.
A strong start-up ecosystem can propel investment, jobs, and demand creation, and for that, substantial growth capital is required.
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