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Source: Live Mint From January to March every year, towards the end of the financial year, chartered accountants and tax consultants are bombarded with the same question – where should one invest to reduce tax liability? Often, the advice is to invest in tax-saving mutual funds, life insurance and health cover. People, specifically the salaried…
Source: Live Mint His allocation to global equities has doubled over the last five years—to 40% from 20%, Mukherjea shared in an interaction with Mint for the Guru Portfolio series. He also explained why he fears that, without careful financial planning, Indian middle-class households may get caught up in a debt trap. In this series,…
Source: Live Mint As the world economy enters a phase of volatility, Indian investors are increasingly questioning the wisdom of keeping their portfolios confined to domestic markets. The Mumbai edition of Mint Horizons, hosted on April 11 at the MCA, Bandra Kurla Complex, brought together some of the most prominent voices in finance and investing…
Source: Live Mint Despite volatility in the market, the value of assets held by individual investors in mutual funds jumped 21.02 percent in the past one year from ₹33.31 lakh crore in March 2024 to ₹40.31 lakh crore in March 2025, the industry trends data released by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) shows….
Source: Live Mint Over the past 12 months, Parekh has been allocating to hybrid funds (which invest in a combination of low-correlated assets) such as equity savings funds and multi-asset funds, as market valuations have been expensive. His portfolio’s allocation to hybrid funds has risen from 26% last year to 34%, Parekh shared in an…
Source: Live Mint Top News 1) The Reserve Bank of India’s ₹40,000 crore open market operation (OMO) auction on Thursday witnessed robust participation, with total bids reaching ₹81,015 crore. Banks and primary dealers actively sought longer-tenure bonds, which were offered at favorable prices. The 7.23% GS 2039 bond, auctioned at 105.7 compared to its market…
Source: Live Mint Charlie Munger, the late vice-chairman of the multinational conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway and a close friend of Warren Buffett left behind a legacy of immensely profound investment wisdom. His ideals, philosophies and vision compiled in the book ‘Poor Charlie’s Almananck’ continue to guide professionals and aspirational investors throughout the globe. This book was…
Source: Live Mint Many Indians find themselves struggling to devise an investment plan and save money efficiently. This is happening in an era of global inflation, economic tariffs and disputes between nations all over the world. This is an era where financial stability is of paramount importance. Now, even after a cultural emphasis on saving…
Source: Live Mint Prior to investing in a mutual fund scheme, investors tend to examine its past returns and compare the same with those in the same category. This gives a fair idea of how that scheme has delivered vis-a-vis other schemes in the same category. Here we give the past returns of flexi cap mutual funds….
Source: Live Mint Conservative investors tend to invest in fixed deposits (FDs) of banks for the security and assurance they offer. Here we examine the returns given by different post office schemes and compare them with those on fixed deposits of different banks. Typically, most banks offer annual interest in the range of 6.6-6.7 percent…
