LEVERAGE INTRODUCTION – Let’s figure out what is the best leverage level for a beginner. Many newbies are attracted to the leverage-based earning strategy as they want to make more money in a short period of time. However, remember that leverage is associated with certain risks. You need to...
Mutual fund schemes are categorised as belonging to a particular SEBI specified category (e.g. Short term, medium term, large cap etc) and following a pre-specified investment strategy such as investing in financial instruments of a specific duration. People investing in these schemes also plan their investments and taxation on...
The redemption pressure on local funds eased in March. The domestic mutual funds turned net buyers during the month with investment worth Rs 2,476 crore after remaining net sellers in the previous nine months, according to the data from SEBI. This includes exposure to equity funds, index funds, exchange...
This via the Wall Street Journal on “China Creates its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy” China’s PBOC will issue the new electronic money It is expected to give China’s government vast new tools to monitor both its economy and its people. By design, the digital yuan...
A flurry of fund of funds (FoF) have been launched in the recent past and the investor has many to choose from. However, here is what every investor should keep in mind. Since FoFs invest in other mutual fund schemes, there arises a duplication of costs. Investors have to...
(This story originally appeared in on Apr 05, 2021) New Delhi: Before deciding to tax interest earned by private sector employees contributing over Rs 2.5 lakh towards provident fund from April 2021, the government had decided to bring employers’ contribution of over Rs 7.5 lakh towards retirement savings into...
By Finbarr Flynn and Issei HazamaWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. kicked off marketing of a multi-tranche yen bond deal on Monday, several months after announcing investments in Japan’s biggest trading companies. The conglomerate is offering yen notes for a third straight year, after selling 430 billion yen ($3.89 billion)...
Image: S&P 500 Index, one-year chart, 3:16pm ET, April 1, 2021. Source: Yahoo Finance By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – The S&P 500 jumped past the 4,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, riding gains in Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet, as well as optimism about a recovering U.S. economy....