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Indian equities have retreated from their record highs. Foreign Institutional Investors’ (FII) outflows and profit booking at higher levels have dragged the Nifty 50 down by around 1,000 points but Nifty is getting buying support around the 25,000 level. The trailing twelve months PE multiple of Nifty as on 30th September...

Investor awareness is essentially an informed perspective on markets and investments. Awareness helps you to create wealth and protect your financial interests. Every year in the month of October, IOSCO (a global association of market regulators) runs a global campaign to encourage investor protection and...

The equity market has corrected from the all the time highs. The rally in Chinese equities after the announcement of stimulus by the Government in Beijing has caused FIIs to shift their emerging market allocations from India to China. Escalating tensions in the Middle East has also dragged down the markets...

SEBI mandates Multi Cap Funds to invest 25% of their assets in each market cap segment viz. large, mid and small cap. The remaining 25% (after allocating 25% each to Large, Mid and Small Cap) can be allocated to any market cap segment or asset class at the discretion of the fund manager.Capture best ideas...

Banking and financial services sector is the one of the main driver's of a nation's economy. Banks facilitate flow of money into the markets. They place a key role in economic growth of a country by providing credit both to consumers and business. Since India is largely a consumption driven economy, growth...

Kotak Mutual Fund has launched a New Fund Offer (NFO), Kotak MNC Fund. Kotak MNC Fund is an actively managed thematic fund which will invest in the MNC theme. Multinational companies (MNCs) are enterprises which have businesses in multiple countries around the world. MNCs can be subsidiaries of foreign companies...

The growing popularity of mutual funds in India shows that investors are looking for higher returns than traditional fixed income investments. Historical data shows that over long investment horizon, equity as an asset class has the potential of giving better risk-adjusted returns compared to other asset classes. However...

Smart beta funds are funds which combines passive and active methods of investing. Smart beta funds track factor indices. Most investors still associate passive equity investments with investing in broad market indices like Nifty 50 or Sensex. Though relatively new, more than 20 smart-beta index products are currently...

LIC MF has launched a New Fund Offer (NFO), LIC MF Manufacturing Fund. The fund will invest in companies that are engaged in manufacturing and allied activities through top-down and bottom-up approach to stock-picking. Manufacturing is expected to play a major role in the “India Growth Story” and investment in the...

The popularity of Mutual funds among domestic investors has grown manifold in the past 10 years. Assets under management (AUM) of mutual funds in India jumped more than 6X in the last 10 years from around Rs 10 lakh crores to Rs 66 lakh crores (source: AMFI, as on 31st August 2024). Total SIP accounts stood at around...