Invest in stocks of export-oriented and capital-intensive companies, says Devangshu Datta.
While FMPs no longer offer the same short-term advantage, it is still a good product for the medium term.
The current debt market scenario is balanced from rates perspective.
Positive cues from Asian peers also uplifted the sentiment.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the fiscal deficit slippage this financial year (2017-18) was largely statistical.
Gold deposited by households to gold savings accounts will be used for auctioning, replenishment of RBI's gold reserves.
'Younger investors start their journey with very little capital so they are risking less while they have a lot of time to experiment and learn early on.'
A weak economy coupled with rising Covid-19 cases and inflation that is above RBI's comfort zone, geopolitical developments, and upcoming India Inc's second quarter results for FY21 could impact sentiment, analysts say.
Investors not comfortable investing directly may take the mutual fund route, where they get exposure to a diversified portfolio of bonds.
India Inc has high hopes from the upcoming Budget.
Regulators find it difficult to track down illicit transactions with no limit on the number of subsidiaries.
Infosys was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra and NTPC. On the other hand, Maruti, Sun Pharma, HUL and ITC were among the laggards. Nifty rose 122.15 points to 17,343.55.
A sensible investor who is always invested will get high returns over the long term.
Investment guru and mutual fund expert Ashok Kumar, answers all your MF related queries.
Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reports on the chaos facing taxpayers with the income tax department making changes to ITR 2 and 3 forms just before tax-filing deadline.
The exchange, say sources, began mock trading from early October and around 250 Indian brokers have said they'd take membership of the international exchange.
Investors should consider debt mutual funds, banks fixed deposits or high-rated corporate debt instruments.
Equity benchmarks mustered gains for the first time this week on Thursday as investors piled into the recently-battered metal, bank and IT stocks amid expiry of monthly derivative contracts. Snapping its three-session losing streak, the 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 503.27 points or 0.94 per cent to settle at 54,252.53. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty gained 144.35 points or 0.90 per cent to end at 16,170.15.
Dabba trades also allow investors to avoid SEBI registration requirements or the margin requirements set by exchanges.
The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi, which has been hovering around the danger mark of 205.33 metres for the last few days, dropped below the threshold again on Saturday morning.
The sharp rally in the markets thus far in fiscal 2023-24 (FY24) has left analysts struggling to find investment-worthy themes. The S&P BSE Sensex has surged nearly 7 per cent thus far in FY24 and hit a fresh 52-week high of 63,601.71 levels on June 22, mostly led by foreign institutional (FII) flows. "The Indian market has seen a broad rally in the past few months but headline indices have seen more modest performance. "We are not very clear about the reasons for the rally and the divergent performance and struggle to find ideas in the consumption, investment and outsourcing sectors after the sharp run-up in several of our favored sectors and stocks in the past two months," wrote Sanjeev Prasad, co-head, Kotak Institutional Equities, in a recent co-authored note with Anindya Bhowmik and Sunita Baldawa.
Mihir Tanna, Associate Director, S K Patodia & Associates, answers your tax queries.
Dr Reddy's was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 5 per cent, followed by M&M, Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank and TCS. NSE Nifty sank 306.05 points to finish at 14,675.70.
At the BSE, 1,964 stocks declined and 871 advanced while 99 remained unchanged.
'Sell part of your portfolio where you're making good money, especially in small caps and mid caps.' 'The money which you take home is yours. The money which is there on paper is not yours.
While an impending rate cut is a good reason to enter debt funds, another is the high valuations in equity markets.
If your fund's expense ratio has risen dramatically after Sebi's recent changes, compare it with the category average before switching.
'Though I welcome the reduction of tax rates for corporates, I wonder why the benefits have been restricted to corporates and not to other business entities such as limited liability partnerships and partnership firms. This needs consideration', says Dinesh Kanabar.
Given the dimensions, it is bound to have at least ripple effects across markets. Could ripple turn into cascade? asks Devangshu Datta.
For one thing, US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was perhaps right in postponing the quantitative easing taper even though the markets had complained at that time that they were primed for some reduction in QE3 and the Fed had missed an opportunity to execute their plans without causing too much of a flutter.
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty retreated from over one-week highs to close lower on Wednesday due to profit booking in banking, IT and metal stocks amid weak global trends. After a two-day rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped by 90.99 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 57,806.49 in volatile trade. As many as 19 of its constituents declined while 11 advanced. The broader Nifty slipped by 19.65 points or 0.11 per cent to close at 17,213.60 with 31 of its stocks ending in the red.
The post-crisis debate on capital account management focuses on matching instruments with vulnerabilities.
Principal economic advisor, Ila Patnaik, is coordinating the work on Economic Survey 2013-14.
Modi also lauded party workers in the state, saying each of them is a champion
The adjustment orders for AY2012, are expected between January and March 2016.
'The market recovery is fragile,' warns Raamdeo Agrawal, co-founder and joint managing director, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
India's GDP may turn positive at 1.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020-21, having witnessed contraction in the previous two quarters due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of cases is falling and public spending has started rising, according to a report. The government will release the GDP numbers for the October-December quarter of the current fiscal on Friday. Projecting that the gross domestic product (GDP) may have returned to the black in the last quarter of the calendar year 2020, DBS Bank in the report said the full-year growth in real terms may be at a negative 6.8 per cent.
People can deposit idle gold with authorised agencies and take advantage of the price escalation of gold as well as earn interest on the deposit.
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