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Source: Live Mint Fund managers, advisors and market watchers are always talking about asset allocation. Asset allocation means diversifying your investments across different assets like equity, gold, real estate and fixed return securities among others. Asset prices go through cycles and having a diversified exposure allows you to safeguard overall portfolio returns when any one…
Source: Live Mint Before investing in a fixed deposit (FD), it is recommended to compare the interest rates offered by different banks. Typically, banks offer a higher rate of interest to the term deposit of a long tenure. Conversely, short tenure term deposits offer a relatively lower interest rate. Here, we list out the interest…
Source: Live Mint If you stay invested in a mutual fund for a long period of time, the returns tend to grow multifold for what is known as ‘compounding’. The gains earned in the first few years are added to the corpus, thus making it grow considerably over a period of time. Here, we share…
Source: Live Mint With Donald Trump all set to take over as the 47th US President, the markets in America reacted quite positively to the news. S&P 500 and Dow Futures hit a record high on Wednesday after the news of Trump’s victory became clear. In fact, Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 also…
Source: Live Mint Meanwhile, Varmaji, plagued by FOMO (fear of missing out) and spurred on by his wife’s remarks about his “conservative” approach, dives into the stock market at its peak—and is left holding not just the baby, but the bathwater and the tub too. Now he’s forced into the role of a ‘long-term investor’—the…
Source: Live Mint Top News India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in October 2024 demonstrated substantial growth, achieving an 8.9% year-on-year increase to reach ₹1.87 lakh crore. This strong performance is indicative of the economic momentum sustained by domestic consumption and imports, contributing to an overall 9.4% growth in GST collections for the year,…
Source: Live Mint A credit card is a financial instrument that helps you streamline your financial health by consolidating expenses and debt and clearing them before a fixed date without having to pay any interest on it. It can help you manage your expenses in an organised manner. You can seek rewards, cash backs, get…
Source: Live Mint For most credit card users, one of the most common use cases is to buy merchandise now and pay for it at a later date, say a month later. Shopping online or offline with the aid of a credit card without having to worry over the price tag is what defines the…
Source: Live Mint Recently, the capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India, proposed changes to make it easier for individuals to become registered investment advisors (RIA) for individuals looking to get advice on their personal finances. SEBI has done this, presumably, with the objective of encouraging more professionals to seek out the RIA…
Source: Live Mint Top News According to recent data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), monthly contributions to mutual fund Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) have surpassed ₹24,000 crore for the first time. This milestone highlights the growing popularity of SIPs among Indian investors, who are increasingly relying on this disciplined, periodic investment…
