After equity funds, passive investment is gaining traction in the debt market, allowing investors to accumulate wealth gradually with a lower risk tolerance than actively managed funds. Under passive investing, one of the form of investing in debt segment is debt exchange traded funds (ETF) that allows investors to take an exposure in fixed income…
Small cap companies hold the potential to become mid cap or even large cap companies of tomorrow. With such high growth potential small cap index has the potential to outperform the large cap counterparts over the long-term period. But since the small cap segment consist of emerging companies, it can be prone to high volatility…
The COVID-19 pandemic led to disastrous impact on most economic activities. But the economy is now on its way to recovery even though we are not yet past the pandemic. According to a report by UN Conference on Trade and Development, the Indian economy is now showing decisive signs of a sharp recovery and is…
The second wave of COVID-19 is gripping India, sparking fears about renewed restrictions to curb the spread of outbreak. In addition, India is still lagging behind many other nations in the inoculation drive given its size and density of population. This may hamper the economic recovery process and consequently, the equity markets have turned volatile.…
The road to wealth creation with your investment portfolio entails volatility during various market phases, so it’s critical to keep a proper asset allocation in place. While equities are beneficial for long-term wealth creation, they carry a high level of risk. Debt investments in the portfolio on the other hand complement your equity investment by…
All Robinhood investors who opened demat accounts for the first time amid the COVID-19 pandemic affected year to make quick returns by investing in equities had early success in trading. But now they may be in for a rough ride. The risk of losing capital is high at this juncture unless a holistic risk assessment…
With growing awareness around climate change, industrial destruction of the environment, and attention on sustainable living, governments have been urging organisations to adopt several operating practices to reduce their carbon footprint. These corporations are now implementing eco-solutions based on such environmental concerns along with a focus on sustainable growth of the company. Certain industries have…
Flexi-cap funds is the new category introduced by SEBI, which allows the fund to follow dynamic investment approach and offers it the flexibility to invest across market cap segment, as per the conviction of the fund manager. If you are looking to invest in a fund that has complete freedom to decide on the market…
Over the past couple of years, we have witnessed mutual fund houses launch a growing number of schemes in the passive investment style category such as Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Index Funds, and Fund of Funds (FoFs). The number of schemes in the passive funds category has risen from 193 in March 2020 to 224…
2020 taught all of us effective lessons and many investors who witnessed the huge volatility in the last year are now focusing on the diversification of their portfolio in the possibility of better risk-adjusted returns. Equity investors who have exposure solely of Indian equities in their portfolio are considering international equity funds to diversify the…
