[ad_1] Investing in popular sectors or themes with the hope of beating the market can sound like a smart strategy. But in reality, consistently outperforming a diversified portfolio through active sector or thematic bets is as difficult as timing the market—often with results no better than a coin toss. The challenges of picking winners Sectors…
[ad_1] Gold, as a precious metal, has given impressive returns to investors. Wealth advisors often recommend conservative investors to invest in the safe haven while investing in equity is reserved for the aggressive ones only. Physical gold is considered a good investment option among the traditional middle class investors who tend to choose it over…
[ad_1] Investment word of the day: An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a combination of securities that provides diversification benefits of mutual funds with the ease of trading equities. It works similarly to an index mutual fund; the only key difference is it can be bought and sold on a stock exchange just like individual stocks….
[ad_1] Over the past 10 years, the Shanghai SE Composite Index rose just 2.5%. However, the Chinese government’s stimulus measures to boost domestic consumption and DeepSeek’s AI model lifted the sentiment. China’s benchmark index has delivered 12.55% returns over the past one year compared with a 1.8% rise in the Nifty 50 during the period…
[ad_1] Investors in India are now keenly searching for passive investments, this trend is gaining traction as the short term equity market returns are starting to wane due to consistent Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) selling. That is why it will be reasonable to know what Index Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are and what are…
[ad_1] The Bank of Japan is on course to finish offloading millions of dollars of stocks that it bought from beleaguered banks during the financial crisis two decades ago sooner than scheduled, a development that throws into focus the fate of its considerably larger holdings of exchange-traded funds. The book value of share holdings acquired…
[ad_1] The popularity of passive investing among investors who seek low-cost automation solutions has surged through the use of index funds together with Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). Most investors choose passive funds since they provide broad market coverage at lower operating expense levels. Some investors miss crucial threats that exist in their investments. This article investigates…
[ad_1] Priti Goel, Founder & CEO, Prisha Wealth Management Private Limited, a SEBI-registered investment advisory firm talks about her journey, investment trends and her views on the impact of likely rate cuts by the Fed. Edited excerpts: As you are a new entrant to the investment advisory market, can you share a little bit about…
[ad_1] Upon spotting the trends for the mutual fund industry for the month of July, it is quite evident that increasingly a higher number of investors have started to invest in mutual fund schemes. Sample this: out of every five-rupee worth industry assets in the mutual fund universe, three are held by individual investors while…
[ad_1] The answer is yes as long as the money is not directly invested in equities. The Union Budget 2024-25 proposed that “retail schemes and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) set up in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City, will now enjoy tax exemptions along similar lines as available to specified funds”. “Now retail funds in…
