FundsIndia Strategies: Should You Go for Infrastructure Funds?
April 15, 2014For those of you used to seeing your infrastructure funds languish in the last 5 years, the sudden uptick in the last 6 months may have come as a surprise.…Continue Reading
What to do if your FMP just matured
April 8, 2014It is that time of the year when investments such as Fixed Maturity Plans, mostly invested by you for double indexation tax benefits, mature and swell your bank balance. Are…Continue Reading
Index Funds: A Good Option in India? – An Investor Enquiry
March 10, 2014FundsIndia.com‘s financial advisory service is much sought after across investors in India and abroad for three important reasons – unbiased solutions to investor queries, a personalized approach with every individual…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: What FMPs To Go For
February 25, 2014It’s that time of the year when the word ‘double indexation tax benefit’ is often heard in the investment world. And the term double indexation is often used in the…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: Debt Funds to Gain from High Interest Rates
January 29, 2014After a knee jerk reaction to the repo rate hike of 25 basis points by the RBI, equity, debt and currency markets pulled themselves up on Tuesday. The latest rate…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: Should you invest based on one-year performance?
December 24, 2013What the one-year fund returns chart won’t tell you It’s that time of the year when you will have the media telling you how your investments panned out in 2013.…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: Elections and Your Investments
December 10, 2013Should you wait for the elections to invest in the markets? The just-concluded state elections have vindicated the market’s stance on the anti-incumbency factor. Even as experts draw multiple scenarios…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Strategies: What’s Next in the Debt Space?
October 15, 2013Looking Beyond Interest Rate Movements Investors willing to take relatively higher risks within the debt category can consider exposure to ‘credit opportunities’ funds; or funds that seek to gain from…Continue Reading
Nifty Short-term Update
October 2, 2013We have not updated the Nifty outlook recently as the index has been moving as anticipated. We expected a reversal (probably 100-odd points early) and the Nifty obliged with a…Continue Reading
The ‘Rajan effect’ and what it means to you
September 20, 2013No beating about the bush; it’s cut to the chase, suggests the new RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s style of policy review. The RBI Governor has reinforced that the Central Bank’s…Continue Reading