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Global financial markets have been volatile over the past 6 months due to high inflation. Bond yields have been rising for the nearly 18 months and the 10 year Government Bond yield is at a 3 year high now (as on 6^th June 2022). Bond prices have an inverse relationship with interest rate / yield changes i.e. prices go down...

Equity market has been volatile for the last 15 months. Though the market recovered from March 2025 lows, market continued to be volatile due to uncertainty about tariffs, geo-political tensions, escalating global trade conflicts, depreciating INR and continuing FII sell offs. Market recovered strongly after US and India reached...

Services Sector is one of the most attractive sectors for equity investors in India. Service sector growth in India is led by rising purchasing power, fast growth in social mobility and increasing urbanization needs. Over and above this, outsourcing by foreign companies in the business services, BPO and IT services segment have given Services sector in...

Infrastructure is one of the most crucial sectors in the progress of a country. Given India’s aspiration to become a developed economy by 2047, infrastructure development is crucial in achieving that vision. The Government recognizes the infrastructural needs and has developed various and policies...

Flexicap funds are diversified equity mutual fund schemes which invest across market cap segments i.e. large cap, midcaps and small caps. SEBI does not have segment wise limits for flexicap funds. The fund manager can have any allocation to large, mid and small caps, according to his / her market outlook...

In the first part of this series, Technology is reshaping our world: Financial advisors should embrace technology: Part 1, we discussed how technology is re-shaping the financial services landscape and in the second part we discussed How can...

Nippon India MF has launched Nippon India BSE Sensex Next 30 ETF and Nippon India BSE Sensex Next 30 ETF Index Fund. These are passive funds which will track the BSE Sensex Next 30 index. BSE Sensex Next 30 index comprises of 31st to 60th stocks by market capitalization listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange...

360 ONE Focused Equity Fund, erstwhile IIFL Focused Equity Fund, is one of the best performing focused funds. In the last 1 year, 360 One Focused Equity Fund ranks among the top 3 funds (Mutual Fund Trailing Returns - Equity Focused).

With less than 60 days remaining in this financial year, investors should ensure that they complete their tax planning for the year as soon as possible unless they have already completed. As a tax payer you can claim deduction of up to Rs 1.5 Lakhs from your gross taxable income in this assessment year (AY 2020-21) by investing in...

Retail investors in India have traditionally favoured Bank Fixed Deposits and Government Small Savings Schemes for their fixed income investments. However, fixed deposit interest rates have generally been declining over the last 10 years (see the chart below). Nominal interest rates are directly related to the inflation and GDP...