Equity markets have been volatile lately due to a host of domestic and international macro and microeconomic factors. If you notice the graph given below, Smallcap index has had a drastic fall but Largecap index and Midcap index have managed to sustain through the headwinds over a year. Graph: Movement of Indices Data as on…
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched a sectoral fund that will invest predominantly in stocks of companies that are a part of commodities and commodity-related sector. Currently, the equity markets are on a roller coaster ride. Despite the slew of announcements by Ms Nirmala Sitharaman to boost the economy and push consumption growth, the markets…
Reviewing the scenario of heightened credit risk in the Indian debt market and its impact on investors, the capital market regulator, SEBI has been continually taking a number of measures. In the past, the regulator… Issued prudential norms governing liquid funds and other debt & money market instruments Prescribed graded exit load for liquid funds…
Choosing a worthy mutual fund rightfully is so essential for investment, particularly when there are multiple unfavourable headwinds at play that all point to troubled times of the economy. Equity markets are undergoing roller coaster swings; and as for the debt markets, the credit crisis cracks are deepening. Apparently taking prudent decisions becomes even more…
The dynamics in equity markets constantly go through series of change and is thus a challenging task to predict its movement and superiority over other asset class. Aggressive hybrid fund offer a solution to this problem as they aim to benefit from the mix of equity and debt. While equities have the potential to offer…
India Inc. was surprised with an early festival bonanza on September 20, 2019, when the finance minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, delivered a major booster dose in the form of reduction in corporate tax rates. With effect from April 1, 2019, the effective corporate tax rate, including surcharge and cess, now stands at 25%, down from…
Investors are being extra cautious in terms of investment, because of sluggish growth, benign inflation and onslaught of successive rate cuts, when the supposedly considered safe debt instrument investments too turned out to be big delusions because of the deepening credit crisis. Investors looking for options that would provide decent returns with low risk preferred…
Last week was a blockbuster Friday for the Indian capital markets — particularly the stock markets. The S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty 50, which seemed unmoved by the earlier announcements made by Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, clocked the highest one-day gains in a decade after Ms Sitharaman slashed corporate tax rates (see table below). Table: Corporate tax rates…
After several weeks ago when I had written explaining How To Transmit Mutual Fund Investments Of Parents, As A Legal Heir, there were enquiries about transmission of units of deceased investor’s investments having a lock-in period. So today I will elucidate more about the process/procedure for transfer of mutual fund units with a lock-in period…
In times of turbulent equity markets, it can prove rewarding if your portfolio is well placed to tide over volatility. Even during such times returns can be optimised by careful stock picking. Invesco India Growth Opportunities Fund is one such fund that aims to perform well across market phases by selecting stocks without any style or…
