SEBI’s move has made bonds easily accessible to retail investors, and at this time, when interest rate reversal is expected in the markets, experts say Indian retail investors should look towards bond investments along with their equity build-up. Also Read: Will investing in bonds be made easier in India? How will SEBI’s move impact the …
Retail investors predominantly invest in equity mutual fundsand, as per data put out by the Association of Mutual Funds in India in December, over 95% of the assets under management (AUM) in debt mutual funds (MFs) comes from corporate entities, while over 90% of equity AUM comes from retail and HNI (high net worth individuals) …
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has limited retail investors’ investment in primary issuances of non-convertible debentures and commercial papers to a quarter of the total issuance to minimise investors’ losses in case of default on short-term financial instruments. The latest directions have been issued by RBI’s master direction issued on January 3, 2024. Additionally, issuers of …
Since this is the last Budget before general elections, Santosh Singh, fund manager of Motilal Oswal AMC, doesn’t anticipate a multitude of significant announcements to be made. Apart from his expectations from the interim Budget and government’s focus on manufacturing and development, he deconstructs the stupendous spike shown by the market and its likely reasons. Among …
What about stocks? In its latest monetary policy meeting on 12-13 December, the US Federal Reserve said that it expects the federal funds rate to be at 4.6% by end 2024 and lower thereafter, down from the earlier forecast of 5.1%. The federal funds rate is the rate at which banks in the US lend …
Nithin Kamath on Friday said the popular narrative that retail investors are clueless may not be fully accurate. According to Kamath, equity investors on Zerodha are sitting with higher overall notional gains than equity mutual fund investors. “Maybe the popular narrative that retail investors are clueless and “gambling” isn’t fully accurate. That’s because you would …
A rally across all asset classes powering the S&P 500 to its best month in over a year has finally caught the attention of retail investors. The same traders who created the so-called meme-stock mania, with big bets on speculative companies, are back. And they are piling into the market’s favorite stocks — think Amazon.com …
Writer Russell Bakes once said, “Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” While Mr Bakes was speaking about the season, the same may be broadly applicable to most asset classes that the retail investor can look at in the next six months, i.e. till next summer. And like the …
So, before you choose the mutual fund that is “right” for you, it is imperative to give careful consideration to a number of factors such as investment goals, risk tolerance, performance history, and expert management, among others. “Investing in mutual funds is a great way to grow your wealth. However, with so many options available today, …
Over the last year, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has been working relentlessly to enhance the participation of retail investors in the corporate bonds market. It started in October 2022 with a circular titled ‘Reduction in denomination for debt securities and non-convertible redeemable preference shares’, whereby it reduced the minimum face value …