With inflation still elevated and the banking sector facing a question mark, the world is looking at this week’s meeting of the Federal Reserve. But that doesn’t mean you should…
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How Many More Interest Rate Hikes Can We Expect From The Reserve Bank?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has hiked the repo rate, the rate used to signal interest rates in the economy, by 2.5% in a pretty short span of time,…
Professional Investment Advice: Who Can Give It?
Taking investment advice from people who are unregulated or are not professionally qualified has its own pitfalls. When you see the question in the headline, who can give professional advice,…
The Case For Long-Maturity Funds
With the interest rate hike cycle by RBI at its fag end, discussions in the market on the case for investing in long-maturity funds are picking up, but it’s advisable…
Your Money: Dividend Yield Stocks – A Less-Risky Bet
Your Money: Dividend yield stocks – A less-risky bet. The conventional appr-oach to equity investing is that companies that are doing well, are the better ones, worthy of investing. There…
Why Are More Investors Investing In Passive Funds?
Mid- and small-cap funds present a different picture and, hence, investors still prefer actively-managed funds. Ever since the emergence of passively managed equity funds, the build-up in assets under management…
RBI Raises Repo Rate As Expected, But Does Not Hint At End To Hikes
The possible reason the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee has kept the door open for future rate hikes is that while inflation has eased, it is still higher than the RBI’s…
Fiscal Deficit Target Boosts Bonds
If you have invested in debt mutual funds or planning to buy one, this would be the appropriate time, as yields will likely stabilise with the pace of interest rate…
Of Inflation, Interest Rates And Real Returns
Rising interest rates and easing inflation have made things better than earlier; irrespective of the variables like returns on investments, the basics of your investment portfolio remain the same investment…
Your Money: Ways To De-Risk Your Portfolio
Diversify your investments across and within asset classes, spread your risk across funds. The usual approach to diversifying your investment portfolio is allocation to multiple asset classes — equity, debt,…
The Dichotomy Between Taxation Of Bond And Bond Mutual Funds
SYNOPSISHolding period for LTCG eligibility is one year for bonds and three years for bond funds. We have discussed previously, the rules of taxation for bond and bond mutual funds….
Your Money: Union Budget Is Not A Portfolio Shuffling Game
Watch out for any tax changes that may affect your net returns. There are certain things that are portrayed as, and perceived as, different from what it stands for. The…