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FundsIndia Strategies: Should You Go for Infrastructure Funds?

Vidya Bala

For those of you used to seeing your infrastructure funds languish in the last 5 years, the sudden uptick in the last 6 months may have come as a surprise.…Continue Reading

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What to do if your FMP just matured

Vidya Bala

It is that time of the year when investments such as Fixed Maturity Plans, mostly invested by you for double indexation tax benefits, mature and swell your bank balance. Are…Continue Reading

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Index Funds: A Good Option in India? – An Investor Enquiry

FundsIndia Desk

FundsIndia.com‘s financial advisory service is much sought after across investors in India and abroad for three important reasons – unbiased solutions to investor queries, a personalized approach with every individual…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: What FMPs To Go For

Vidya Bala

It’s that time of the year when the word ‘double indexation tax benefit’ is often heard in the investment world. And the term double indexation is often used in the…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Debt Funds to Gain from High Interest Rates

Vidya Bala

After a knee jerk reaction to the repo rate hike of 25 basis points by the RBI, equity, debt and currency markets pulled themselves up on Tuesday. The latest rate…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Should you invest based on one-year performance?

Vidya Bala

What the one-year fund returns chart won’t tell you It’s that time of the year when you will have the media telling you how your investments panned out in 2013.…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Elections and Your Investments

Vidya Bala

Should you wait for the elections to invest in the markets? The just-concluded state elections have vindicated the market’s stance on the anti-incumbency factor. Even as experts draw multiple scenarios…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: What’s Next in the Debt Space?

Vidya Bala

Looking Beyond Interest Rate Movements Investors willing to take relatively higher risks within the debt category can consider exposure to ‘credit opportunities’ funds; or funds that seek to gain from…Continue Reading

Nifty Short-term Update

FundsIndia Desk

We have not updated the Nifty outlook recently as the index has been moving as anticipated. We expected a reversal (probably 100-odd points early) and the Nifty obliged with a…Continue Reading

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The ‘Rajan effect’ and what it means to you

Vidya Bala

No beating about the bush; it’s cut to the chase, suggests the new RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s style of policy review. The RBI Governor has reinforced that the Central Bank’s…Continue Reading