Balanced portfolio strategy is key while making equity investments. Mid & smallcap stocks offer opportunities

Balanced portfolio strategy is key while making equity investments. Mid & smallcap stocks offer opportunities

After a period of underperformance in the January-March quarter where Nifty50 lost nearly 4.5% or 830 points, the Indian markets turned around the corner in April with the 50-stock ending up with 3.6%. As investors look for opportunities in the equity markets, keeping a balanced portfolio is what the experts advise. A balanced portfolio strategy … Read more

How family offices and UHNIs are evolving their investment strategies in India

How family offices and UHNIs are evolving their investment strategies in India

India’s investment landscape has witnessed a significant transformation over the last decade. This encompasses changes in risk tolerance, asset choices, and allocation strategies of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNIs) and family offices. Several factors have contributed to this evolution, including a relatively stable economic climate in India, government initiatives promoting international investments, and changes in … Read more

ETMarkets Trade Talk | Greed vs fear lesson from Mumbai’s top options trader Jitendra Jain

ETMarkets Trade Talk | Greed vs fear lesson from Mumbai’s top options trader Jitendra Jain

Why do you invest in the stock market? To make profits, isn’t it? Four years ago, when Jitendra Jain started options trading, he too was driven by the greed factor that makes Dalal Street overcrowded with scores of young ‘Khatron ke Khiladi’ for whom making quick money is no less than a game. But things … Read more

Four attractive investment options in a high interest rate scenario

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As far as surplus liquidity is concerned, the normalisation process has accelerated in the US with the Federal Reserve initiating the tapering of bond purchases by $15 billion. This amount has been subsequently enhanced to $30 billion due to high inflation. In India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intensified the process of liquidity normalisation … Read more

Try these thought experiments to test your financial fitness

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By Amit Grover How Einstein solved difficult problems? He used thought experiments. It’s a tool that uses impossible situations, creates hypnotical scenarios, and tries to think and find solutions. A lot of great thinkers use this method. The purpose of thought experiments is to think wild, push us outside our comfort zone and force us … Read more