Investing in stocks or a basket of stocks, known as index funds, mainly depends on the investor’s motive of investment such as its targeted goal, risk appetite, and expected returns. In a trending market upwards, investing in stocks or index funds would yield strong returns however in a declining or sideways trend individual choice matters. … Read more
It is time to load your portfolio with defence stocks because it could be a multiyear theme, according to independent market advisor Sandip Sabharwal of asksandipsabharwal.com. Companies in the defence sector could deliver strong earnings growth in the coming years, but Sabharwal advises investors to stay with private sector companies and stay away from PSU … Read more
Everyone wants to make money in the stock markets but not everyone does. And only a few make enormous amounts of profits. While luck can play a role in success in equity investing what is important to understand is that successful investing is a combination of art & science. And both these perspectives get covered … Read more
The Indian fund industry in recent years has launched quite a few Smart Beta offerings either in the form of ETF or Index funds based on indices developed by NSE. Such offering has been either in the format of a single factors like low volatility or a combination of factors like alpha and low volatility. … Read more
NEW DELHI: Amid volatile movement in the market, especially given a number of headwinds including inflation and rising interest rates, traders are keen on limiting losses. Moreover, the earnings season that is gathering pace may increase volatility. However, there are some analysts who believe the downside will be limited in the market even if we … Read more
Domestic equities have recovered c.12-13% from the March ’22 low, supported by receding global geopolitical issues, the cooling off of crude oil prices from highs and softening of FPI outflows corroborated by inflows from Domestic Institutions. The focus is likely to shift to the upcoming Q4 FY22 earnings season and how domestic demand trends shape … Read more
There are two types of risks in debt funds: volatility risk (also known as interest rate risk or duration risk) and credit risk. There are certain types of funds that minimise either of these two risks. Government security funds (a.k.a. gilt funds) do not have credit risk, but carry volatility risk as the portfolio maturity … Read more