The popularity of ELSS shows the combination of tax benefit and decent performance works well. When we discuss categories of mutual funds, we discuss parameters of performance, quantum of funds…
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Generating Tax Efficiencies In Your MF Investments
SYNOPSISExecute your investments within your risk appetite, and try to generate higher returns. Investment decisions should be based on its fundamental aspects and suitability. Having said that, for an investment…
Your Money – Equity VS Bonds: Solving The Puzzle
Fund managers use bond to earnings yield ratio for determining equity & bond allocation in a portfolio. The allocation to various asset classes like equity, debt, etc., should be done…
As RBI Hikes Rates, Expect Higher Interest On Loans And Deposits
Today’s policy rate action was per expectations. Going by statements in the press conference, future rate action will depend on how the inflation pans out. It is likely there would…
Corporate Bond Market: What It Is, And How It Is shaping Up
Though there are various options to buy them, the issue with the corporate bond market is that there is not much liquidity. A regulatory framework, proposed by SEBI, enumerates many…
How To Worry Better About Your Investments
There are aspects not within your control and there are events that do not change the fundamental quality of the investment. In one of our earlier columns we had discussed…
How Sovereign Gold Bonds Are Taxed: A Complete Guide
Although Sovereign Gold Bonds are tax-free if you hold them till maturity, they are taxable if you sell them before they mature. This, even if you sell after lock-in. Sovereign…
Credit Risk MFs: Is The Worst Over?
The storm of defaults in debt funds that happened—since the collapse of IL&FS in September 2018 till the Yes Bank additional tier 1 perpetual bonds write-off in March 2020—was the…
Your Money – SIP And STP: Which One Is For You?
If the equity market is volatile, you may prefer STP to benefit from a better entry level through discipline even if you have the lumpsum money. There has been lots…
Why Investors Need Inflation-Indexed Bonds
But the design should be user-friendly. They ought to be liquid, with interim cash flows, and the tenure should not be long. One of the major issues plaguing investors and…
How Do Passively-Managed Debt Funds Help You?
When we hear the term passive fund management, we instantly recall passively-managed equity funds that follow an index. Well, have you heard about passively-managed debt funds? Not really, isn’t it?…
Know Your Bond Transactions And The Tax Implications
You can take exposure to bonds in various ways. You can purchase them in the primary public issues, in the secondary market from the bond dealing houses or from the…