A bleak picture of the economy is seen from the rolled-out numbers as the eminent and persistent slowdown continues. Now what has been seen is that the markets, since the measures were announced, have performed well on account of several large caps posting good results, despite the muted consumption. Midcaps have corrected too; but small…
Ever since the debt fund fiascos, investors have become cautious about where they put their hard-earned money. As many liquid funds posted steep losses as they were having exposure to the default companies. It made the investors aware that debt fund investment isn’t completely risk-free. While liquid funds were widely perceived to be a safe and better…
On January 3, 2020, Friday, Iran’s Major General, Qasem Soleimani’s killing [commanding officer of the elite unit of Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp] by a US drone airstrike at the Baghdad International Airport, stunned and shook the world. Under Soleimani’s leadership, Iran had bolstered Hezbollah in Lebanon and other pro-Iranian militant groups, expanded…
Ever since the debt fund fiascos, investors have become cautious of where they put their hard-earned money. With the current economic state and lower risk investments options (Debt funds) eroding wealth, choosing the right fund has become the penultimate step to growing wealth. Hence Axis Mutual Fund rings in the New Year 2020 with the launch of…
The way the financial investment domain is adapting to the latest technological advancements and relying on automation to use robo-advisory platforms and online apps or tools to serve investors better shows that it is evolving. Using artificial intelligence to select equity stocks is under consideration along with the implementation of Quantitative models because of the…
In India, traditionally and culturally, gold has always been looked at as a mark of eternal wealth and carries high emotional value as it is passed down family generations and strengthens bonds; making India the second-largest consumer of gold. In fact, Gold is one of the oldest, most essential asset that is treated differently because…
Prelude: If you recall I wrote this article earlier, Are You Storing Financial And Other Documents Wisely?, explaining the importance of keeping financial documents safe and handy for family members. But is it only for family members that one should keep documents organised and safe? Well honestly speaking, it’s a part of it. All the mundane documentation…
While both equity and debt markets have gone through extreme turbulence, many fund houses have sought balanced advantage funds as a resolution to combat the volatility and capitalise on the gains. Equities have finally rallied up on account of the recent corporate tax rate cut, which boosted the Inc.’s earnings of several heavyweights of bellwether…
This year in the maiden budget speech, finance minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, laid a path for the future course with the endeavour to make India a US$ 5 trillion economy by 2024-25. And in the projected plan, she mentioned about the PSU sector: “The minimum public shareholding in listed companies will be increased from 25%…
In a move to garner more funds for the Public Sector Units (PSUs), the Union Cabinet government gave its go-ahead to launch India’s first corporate bond Exchange Traded fund (ETF)-Bharat Bond ETF. Edelweiss Asset Management won the bid and received the mandate to launch it. Bharat Bond ETF will facilitate generating funds for Central Public…
