There is little time left for investors to finalise their tax-saving investments. As far as the risk-taking investor is concerned, its about time he tied up his investments in tax-saving funds.
Tax-saving funds have a mandatory 3-year lock-in, so even if stock markets are expensive currently, they are certainly attractive over the 3-5 year investment time frame.
Stick to the basics and you will have a better chance of achieving your financial goals
With less than 6 months remaining, investors must plan actively for the Rs 100,000 bounty gifted to them rather than get swayed by trends and themes.
This is the right time to get out of schemes, which have not lived up to your expectations.
Nothing can seem to come in the stocks markets' way. It has ignored the $60 per barrel crude oil shock so far and last week it dismissed the London blasts with a 67-point surge the very next day.
Our advice to investors as markets inch upwards is that investments in equities should be made cautiously and with a defined, 3-5 year time frame.
The finance minister gave a reason to cheer to mutual fund investors last week. After the announcement of the Budget, the stock markets rose sharply.
Good times for mutual fund investors are continuing.
Investors must invest in a manner appropriate to their age, income stream, return expectations and risk appetite.
If you firmly believe that all things must come to an end, then the decline in equity markets this week should come as no surprise.
Investors should restructure their portfolios and dispose of investments that are not in tune with their risk-appetite.
With all the euphoria in the equity markets, there seems to be a mad rush to invest in diversified equity funds.
The market was all set for another positive opening today and one of the major triggers was the successful Maruti IPO that gave PSU stocks the desired push.
The sentiment remained cautiously optimistic on the premise that a quick and successful war could herald the end of a protracted period of economic and financial uncertainty.
Diversified equity funds put in a smart performance despite a downward trend in equity markets over the week.
Remember you can invest in a new fund offer tomorrow, but your tax-planning clock has already started ticking.
Mutual fund investors had much reason to cheer as equity markets posted one of the strongest weekly gains in the recent past. \n\n
Investors must resist the temptation to get invested with a view to rake in quick profits and should instead utilise the opportunity to book a part of their profits and restructure their portfolios.
The Nifty Options would add to SGX's suite of Asian equity derivatives, which include SGX S&P CNX Nifty futures, the dominant Indian product for international participants.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
If you want to invest in mutual funds, but don't want your investment to dip below market returns, then you must know the difference between 'active' and 'passive' investing.
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