We are less than 6 months away from the end of financial year 2021-22. This means it is high time that you start focusing on your tax saving plans if you haven’t done so already. Depending upon your financial goals, risk appetite and investment time horizon, you can invest in various tax saving instruments such…
Real Estate continues to remain an asset class where retail investors are under-allocated. A real estate dedicated fund allows you to take meaningful exposure in this asset class. A traditional portfolio of equity and bonds can be complemented by adding real estate, as it can help you in diversifying the portfolio further. Global Real Estate…
The Indian Mutual Fund industry consists of around 44 fund houses with each of them offering a galore of equity-oriented funds. As an investor, you only need around 5-7 equity mutual fund schemes across various sub-categories depending on the financial goals you wish to address as well as your risk profile and investment horizon. Therefore,…
Taiwan is among the world leaders in science and technology with logistical and systemic advantages. No wonder it has second-highest weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and ranked 8th in IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, 2021. Taiwan’s economy and markets are largely based on Semiconductors and Electronics industries, which in turn have a very…
New trends and new business models tend to offer attractive investment opportunities in the banking and financial services sector. One can participate in a multi-year secular growth opportunity as India’s penetration across corporate and retail loans, insurance, investments and mutual funds is still low as compared to many emerging economies. Traditional banking players are currently…
If you are looking to invest beyond large-cap stocks through a single mutual fund, you have many options such as, Flexi-cap Funds, Multi-cap Funds, Large & Midcap Funds, etc. These funds enable you to reduce exposure to a single market cap and benefit from diversification of the portfolio. Of these, a Large & Midcap Fund…
Flexi-cap Funds is an equity mutual fund category that has the flexibility to invest across market cap segments viz large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap without any upper or lower limit. This multi-cap strategy provides fund managers with more leeway in building the portfolio. The Flexi-cap Funds category has gained lot of attraction among investors in the last few months as it…
Index Funds are a simple solution for investors; it offers well-diversified portfolio, reduces your time and efforts to track and review the benchmark index, adds good performers and eliminates bad performers on every rebalance. Investors looking beyond the large-cap stocks universe, seeking an exposure to large and mid-cap stock indices, without worrying about issues such…
The Tech companies across the globe are expected to invest more in upcoming technologies and innovation like IOT, AI, etc. For investors, Soft Tech may provide them investment opportunities due to attractive valuations and they can generate decent returns from the growth potential of these tech-centric companies. Chinese technology revolution is expected to be driven…
Greed and fear are the two psychological factors that drive the capital markets and affect individual and institutional investors alike. Even professional money managers such as mutual funds sometimes find it difficult to resist the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) trait. The emergence of next-generation technologies and digital adoption of businesses are the two most…
