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Source: Live Mint Over the past one year, gold has yielded a 37.73% return, while the three-year return stands at 18.72%. Looking at a broader horizon, gold has provided a 14.68% return over five years and 11.12% over ten years. ETFs allow investors to gain exposure to gold price movements without the burden of storage…
Source: Live Mint The market regulator has proposed linking trading accounts with SIM cards and making biometric authentication mandatory to enhance security in online trading and protect investors from unauthorized transactions. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) acknowledged that with the rapid evolution of technology and the increasing use of web-based and mobile…
Source: Live Mint For decades, India’s salaried class viewed themselves as a minority—sandwiched between the elite and what they believe is the world’s largest population of the “politically pampered”. And in most Budgets, they found the discourse to be dominated by farmers, the poor, women and other groups. Which is why the record ₹1 trillion…
Source: Live Mint The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has unveiled a revised regulatory framework aimed at promoting safer participation of retail investors in algorithmic trading. The new guidelines, outlined in Sebi’s circular issued on Tuesday, will require stockbrokers, exchanges, and algorithmic trading providers to implement stricter risk management measures. Brokers will be…
Source: Live Mint Driving agricultural growth and productivity is a key focus for the government, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech. According to her, the journey towards Viksit Bharat will be powered by four pillars: agriculture, MSMEs, investment, and exports. The minister announced a National Mission on High Yielding Seeds to enhance…
Source: Live Mint Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) gave a thumbs-down to the budget at Saturday’s special session, selling a provisional ₹1327.09 crore worth of shares, even as domestic institutional investors net purchased equities worth ₹824.38 crore. The Nifty ended down 0.11% at 23482.15 while the Sensex ended up a mere 0.01% higher at 77505.96. The…
Source: Live Mint Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have withdrawn ₹64,156 crore from the Indian equities market so far in January 2025, in an unabated exodus amid Rupee depreciation, rise in United States bond yields and expectations of an overall tepid earnings season, according to a PTI report. The selling shows a reversal in investor sentiments…
Source: Live Mint The inclusion of Indian government bonds in Bloomberg’s emerging market index on 31 January is a great first step to allow investors to start getting an experience of the market, a senior official said. Nick Gendron, global head of fixed income product at Bloomberg Index Services Ltd, said in an emailed interview…
Source: Live Mint Imagine you’re shopping for shoes on Amazon. You start with thousands of options but gradually narrow your search using filters like category, colour, size and material until you find the perfect pair. This process mirrors the concept of factor investing: using specific criteria, or factors, to filter and select investments. What are…
Source: Live Mint Equities continued to dominate investors’ minds in 2024. This is despite an eventful year with high volatility due to multiple global events, including a new war, weaker-than-expected economic growth, disappointing earnings, and subsequent FPI outflows. Going forward, factors like corporate earnings slowdown, sticky inflation, geopolitical tensions, higher US bond yields, strong dollar…
