Eavesdropping on your mind-voice during a market decline Whenever equity markets decline, there is usually some bad news attached to it. Intuitively, the first instinct is to extrapolate the bad…Continue Reading
What happened? In the last few days, global equity markets have fallen sharply on concerns of coronavirus, a respiratory illness first identified in Wuhan, China, and spreading globally. The market…Continue Reading
Not so great recent performance… Intuitively most of us like to buy a fund with a strong recent performance or high star rating (which is significantly influenced by strong recent…Continue Reading
Usually, this genre of headlines gets extremely popular during the final phase of a bull market before it eventually fizzles out. And in later years, this normally becomes part of…Continue Reading
The January 2020 edition of FundsIndia’s Monthly Market Insight discusses the highlights of Union Budget 2020-2021 and the way it has turned out. CPI inflation rose to 7.4% in Dec-19 compared to 5.5%…Continue Reading
MF Monthly Dividend Plans are sometimes sold to investors on the pitch that they will offer almost 1% ‘return’ in the form of dividend payouts every month. That is, a…Continue Reading
The 2020-21 Budget has done away with the dividend distribution tax (DDT) that funds have to deduct before distributing dividends to investors. Instead, from 1 April 2020 dividends will be…Continue Reading
Given the context of an economic slowdown, expectations were high for strong growth measures to revive the economy. The budget was predominantly ‘incremental’ in nature sticking to a fiscally conservative…Continue Reading
Over the last two years, giving the go-by to the gloomy macroeconomic situation, large caps have continued to trend upwards. With investors flocking towards safety, inflows into the market have…Continue Reading
Why Invest? Proven Investment Strategy – Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund adheres to the value style of investing and selects stocks across market cap (large, mid and small-sized companies).…Continue Reading