What is tax loss harvesting? How can you save taxes if you are facing stock market losses?

What is tax loss harvesting? How can you save taxes if you are facing stock market losses?

ITR filing 2025: When it comes to paying taxes on equities, you are only required to pay income tax when you decide to sell your holdings. This means that while you are responsible for paying taxes on your gains, you also have the opportunity to offset any losses incurred.  Tax-loss harvesting is a tax-saving strategy … Read more

Planning to retire early? Why balancing equities is a must for survival

Planning to retire early? Why balancing equities is a must for survival

Retiring early at 45 or 50 may sound ideal, but financial expert Gurmeet Chadha, CIO at Complete Circle, warns that most people underestimate the financial risks. “With life expectancy increasing, u will have to depend on your portfolio for 30 years plus n keep catching up with inflation,” he cautioned in a post on X. … Read more

FPIs net sell domestic equities worth Rs 21,272 crore so far in February

FPIs net sell domestic equities worth Rs 21,272 crore so far in February

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) are net sellers of Indian equities and have sold shares worth Rs 21,272 crore so far in February. So far in 2025, they have offloaded shares worth Rs 99,299 crore. On Friday, the FIIs off-loaded domestic stocks worth Rs 4,294.69 crore triggering a fall in the markets. The frontline index Nifty … Read more

FIIs maintain aggressive selling spree in Indian market, sell equities worth Rs 66,600 cr in Jan so far

FIIs maintain aggressive selling spree in Indian market, sell equities worth Rs 66,600 cr in Jan so far

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have maintained a consistent selling trend in the Indian equity markets throughout January, being net sellers on almost every trading day this month, with total equity sales in the cash market reaching Rs 66,602 crore as of January 24th. The data has been procured from the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). … Read more

FPIs net sell domestic equities worth Rs 26,533 crore in November so far

FPIs net sell domestic equities worth Rs 26,533 crore in November so far

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued their selling spree in November as well, off-loading domestic equities worth Rs 26,533 crore so far in this month. The total sell-off by them now stands at Rs 19,940 crore in 2024 versus Rs 1,00,245 crore at the end of September. In October, FPIs sold shares worth Rs 94,017 crore … Read more

FPIs buy Indian equities worth Rs 57,359 crore in September so far. 2024 tally crosses Rs 1 lakh crore mark

FPIs buy Indian equities worth Rs 57,359 crore in September so far. 2024 tally crosses Rs 1 lakh crore mark

With just a session left for September to end, so far Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have been net buyers of Indian equities at Rs 57,359 crore. The total investments by them now stand at Rs 1,00,245 crore on the year-to-date basis and is highest in nine months. In August, FPIs bought domestic shares worth Rs … Read more

Silver ETFs to play risk-reducing and return-enhancing role

Silver ETFs to play risk-reducing and return-enhancing role

Gold has done well as a core allocation for Indians who love the yellow metal but it’s time now to also add silver with the convenience of a Silver ETF. In 2024 and looking ahead, silver can play a risk-reducing, return-enhancing role in investment portfolios, deserving a portfolio allocation. The Federal Reserve’s July 31 meeting … Read more

FPIs remain net buyers of Indian equities at Rs 7,320 crore in August

FPIs remain net buyers of Indian equities at Rs 7,320 crore in August

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) were net buyers of Indian equities in August, purchasing shares worth Rs 7,320 crore. The total investments by them now stand at Rs 42,886 crore, so far in 2024. In July, FPIs bought domestic shares worth Rs 32,365 crore while in June, they were net buyers at Rs 26,565 crore after … Read more

FIIs sold Indian stocks worth $1.3 billion this week. Will the sell-off deepen?

FIIs sold Indian stocks worth .3 billion this week. Will the sell-off deepen?

Led by a confluence of global factors like sharper-than-expected weakening of the US labor market, unwinding of Yen carry trades and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, FIIs withdrew $1.3 billion from the Indian stock market in the week. However, buying of around $2.2 billion worth of equities by domestic institutional investors last week … Read more

ET Explainer: Why unwinding of Yen carry trades can rattle global financial markets

ET Explainer: Why unwinding of Yen carry trades can rattle global financial markets

The so-called Yen carry trade has been in focus in the past few trading sessions in the wake of the selloff in shares of US technology giants. A look at what is Yen carry trade and what it means for the financial markets worldwide: What is a Carry Trade? A carry trade is a hugely … Read more