Personal Provident Fund (PPF) Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) Type Bank Account Mutual Fund Exemption Up to Rs. 1,50,000 investments per year are exempt from Income Tax under section 80CC Up to Rs. 1,50,000 investments per year are exempt from Income Tax under section 80CC Lock in 15 years – withdrawals are allowed after…
Indian Insurance Sector Indian Insurance sector can be broadly categorized into two parts – Life Insurance and Non Life Insurance which includes health insurance, and general insurance like car, two wheeler, travel insurance, home, individual personal accident, and business insurance. At the end of March 2016, there were 52 insurance companies operating in India; of which…
Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a regular and disciplined way of investing money in mutual funds. SIP allows you to invest a certain pre-determined amount at a regular interval (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc). SIP helps the investor inculcate the habit of saving and building wealth for the future. Read More – How to Start Systematic…
Hospitals constitute ~70% of Indian healthcare market with increasingly dominant role of private sector. Private players have established a dominating presence in specialty health care. The market size of private hospitals is expected to grow at a CAGR of 19.2 % to reach ~U.S. $ 120 billion by 2020 from its current size of ~U.S.…
These days I see a lot of investors and perhaps fund managers running out of ideas. The general view seems to be that stocks are either too expensive or not worth owning because of poor fundamentals. My view differs to the extent that large caps that are not overburdened with debt will either continue to…
Thinking about investing? Not sure about the right way to go about selecting mutual funds scheme? With so many funds schemes in the market, the task of selecting a mutual fund becomes mind boggling. With so much information available over the internet, the task of selecting a mutual fund becomes even more confusing. In this…
Last week, we sold the below 2 stocks from our portfolio: Exit Manappuram Finance @ Rs. 83.40 – Stock of the Month – Date of recommendation – 28 September 2015 @ Rs. 22.55), (Up 270%) Exit Time Technoplast @ Rs. 80.60 – Multibagger Ideas – (Date of recommendation – 29 June 2016 @ Rs. 49.15), (Up 64 %) One of the…
Over the past few months, I have seen a lot of preference among short term investors/ traders to look for stocks falling within a certain price range for trading. To be clear, there is no best share price for range trading. Period. Share price has nothing to do with the potential return you make on…
What is Short Selling? In simple words – sell first and buy later. Short Selling – Selling of stocks that you do not own in your demat account. The goal is to profit from falling price of a stock (i.e. the trader is betting that the price of the security is likely to fall further…
Nestle India (“Nestle” or the “Company”) operates in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) segment, with a focus on milk, coffee and nutritional products. Nestle India’s market cap stands at Rs. 66,301.81 Cr. Nestle India is subsidiary of Nestle S.A., headquartered in Switzerland and was incorporated in India in 1956 and opened its first manufacturing…
Today, I will try to answer 2 questions that I’ve been asked more than a few times: How should you rebalance your portfolio to replace underperforming stocks? How frequently should you rebalance your portfolio? Naturally, the answer to both these questions will depend upon many things most importantly – risk profile of the client and…
Over the last few weeks, markets have beaten all resistance barriers and have defied the very notion of value. Those waiting for a correction sometime back have now jumped in hoping for newer all time highs. Anybody who believes in value may not find much for the taking. Certain I am however that many old…