SIP | SIP Investment: ETMarkets Mid-year Survey: Bear run flushing weak hands out of D-St; SIP investors hold fort for now

SIP | SIP Investment: ETMarkets Mid-year Survey: Bear run flushing weak hands out of D-St; SIP investors hold fort for now

NEW DELHI: Recently, many investors who took a dip into the stock market, all alone, faced the brunt of probably their first correction in the market. Analysts in an ETMarkets Mid-year Survey said while some of these investors would surely have been shaken and may refrain from investing more into equities for now, retail flows … Read more

Inflation worries will continue to haunt investors next week, say analysts

Inflation worries will continue to haunt investors next week, say analysts

NEW DELHI: Even as the market was expecting US inflation to be on the higher side, its flight during January surprised many, not just on Wall Street but on Dalal Street as well, leading to a fall in markets. Foreign investors who have been bearish on Indian equities for a while, withdrawing money in heaps, … Read more

The era of smart savers: How fintech industry is revolutionising finance in India

The era of smart savers: How fintech industry is revolutionising finance in India

Fintech and youth seem to be a match made in heaven, as youngsters increasingly get serious about money, a trend promoted by digital platforms By Reya Mehrotra When Mumbai-based Shahira Khan first started saving in 2012, she would give Rs 1,000 to her mother every month from her salary, which would be kept in a … Read more

For the first time ever, annual SIP inflows cross the Rs 1 lakh-crore mark

For the first time ever, annual SIP inflows cross the Rs 1 lakh-crore mark

ET Intelligence Group: The cumulative inflows from systematic investment plans (SIPs) have crossed ₹1 lakh crore in a year for the first time, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) show. Buoyed by the continued support from retail investors, the domestic flows have partially offset the selling pressure from foreign portfolio investors … Read more

New SIP accounts hit another high in September, help keep the rally going

New SIP accounts hit another high in September, help keep the rally going

ET Intelligence Group: Registration of new systematic investment plans (SIPs) continues to grow at a robust pace, and this is helping local funds expand their dominance, which in turn is powering the stock market rally. New SIP account registrations increased to a record 2.68 million in September 2021, according to data from the Association of … Read more

Afraid of Sensex’s dizzying height? Take a deep breath

Afraid of Sensex’s dizzying height? Take a deep breath

(This story originally appeared in on Sep 25, 2021) MUMBAI: There’s no reason for investors in the stock market to feel fearful when the benchmarks are at record peaks, provided they’ve invested after due diligence relating to their risk-taking ability and have several years on their hands before they would need the money. New investors, … Read more

Mutual fund SIP account additions hit a record in August

Mutual fund SIP account additions hit a record in August

Investors continued to increase exposure through the systematic investment planning (SIP) route in August amid the sustained momentum in the stock market. New SIP account registration hit a record 24.9 lakh in the month, showed the data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). The number of registrations in August was nearly 2.5 … Read more

SIP | multi cap mutual funds: Should you stop your SIP in multi cap mutual funds?

SIP | multi cap mutual funds: Should you stop your SIP in multi cap mutual funds?

Mutual fund investors are calling up their advisors to check whether they should stop their regular investments in multi cap mutual funds until there is some clarity on how the fund houses are planning to deal with the issue of new Sebi norms on multi cap mutual funds. Some mutual fund advisors are indeed asking … Read more