2020 was a Roller Coaster Year for the Global as well Indian Capital Markets. The roller coaster ensured that no one is missed during the year, which rewarded patient investors and punished fragile market participants. First half of the year witnessed tragic onset of the “Coronavirus Pandemic”, followed by worldwide Lockdowns, which rock bottomed all [...]
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The BUFFETT Indicator!
The mayhem that shook the financial markets all over the world in the month of March, has now seemed to have cool off, given the stellar rally witnessed by financial markets. During this period, one indicator that was doing the rounds was the Market cap to GDP ratio, popularly known as the BUFFETT INDICATOR:Let’s understand [...]
Which is best for you, Index Fund or ETF?
You might have heard of the two terms Index Fund and ETF before, but you may not be aware of their obscure features. Your investment portfolio is incomplete without them. Inclusion of Index Fund or/and ETF in the investment portfolio provides the required diversification and helps in long term wealth creation . Hence, they form [...]
How to Select the Best Mutual Fund?
Mutual fund Sahi Haii!!Be it for SIP or Lump-Sum investment, every Tom, Dick and Harry is aware of this slogan!However, very few are aware or have knowledge of a structured way to screen thousands of schemes, across 44 odd mutual fund houses. More often than not, people end up relying on tips or recommendation that [...]
How to invest in international stocks?
Recently, Apple Inc. was in the news for reaching market capitalisation of $2.0 trillion, which is more than 50% of India's GDP. Bewildered by the hefty returns of Apple Inc., many Indian investors expressed their willingness to invest in the Company. However, shares of Apple Inc. are not listed on Indian bourses. Before we move [...]
Bhartiya Economy!
All strange things are happening around the world currently. Gold and Stock markets which apparently have inverse correlation are moving north like best friends and there’s no halt, it seems. Amidst all this, another topic which is doing the rounds is the resurgence of the agriculture economy on the back of better than expected monsoon [...]
UPI – India’s Digital Kohinoor
Unified Payments Interface, popularly known as UPI, has undoubtedly become India's most popular payments system. Launched in April, 2016 by NPCI, UPI is an immediate real-time mobile payment system, regulated by RBI. UPI connects multiple bank accounts with a single mobile application, that allows users to make immediate payments round the clock. UPI works on [...]
Private Capex: An inside story
With Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) as a proportion of GDP around 31 per cent during 2017-18, Private sector investment has been and will continue to be one of the important pillars of GDP growth, and why wouldn’t it be so, given its multiplier effect on the economy in the form of creating job opportunities, [...]
Is Gold rally likely to fizzle out soon?
2020 has been a painful year for all of us till now (no need to mention the reason). However, amidst all the difficulties there has been a ray of sunshine especially for the stock markets enthusiasts, be it, investors or fund managers (of course those who could catch up to the opportunity). i.e. the prolific [...]
Secret behind Jio Platforms Fund Raising
Even though Polygamy is illegal in India since 1956, Jio Platforms has tied knots (partnerships) with more than 10+ investors in 2020, the year where number of marriages (fundraising) have taken a steep blow due to the emergence of global pandemic. Reliance Industries has raised more than INR2.0 lakh crores in the past six months, [...]
