Govt must lead by enhancing labor productivity, and infrastructure and energy efficiency, besides setting up large free-trade zones along the coast
3 min read3 Feb 2025Technical Picks: Technical Picks: Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities recommends these two stocks this week - FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd (Nykaa), and Tube Investments of India Ltd.
2 min read3 Feb 2025India’s stock market continues to weaken. While there is ample evidence of retail investors having been swayed by mere narratives, as we’ve seen happen in the past, signs of lessons learnt remain thin.
4 min read21 Jan 2025Following the success of Indian brands like Vahdam and Nappa Dori in global lifestyle markets, more premium brands are expanding internationally to overcome the challenges of catering to India’s price-sensitive market. But, experts warn against premature overseas expansions.
6 min read20 Jan 2025Assess your asset allocation and net worth, diversify your holdings, set up stop-loss limits to manage equity risk—and start now. Your future self will be thankful.
4 min read15 Jan 2025Mutual funds in India have seen significant growth, with AUM rising from ₹10.90 trillion in 2014 to ₹68.08 trillion by 2024. Investors must strategically time their exits based on financial goals, tax planning, performance, fund strategy changes, and portfolio rebalancing.
4 min read10 Jan 2025As India’s economy slows in 2024-25, the Centre can’t keep doing the infra heavy lifting on its own. We should revive public-private partnerships to attract private investment. But for debt funding, we’ll need to reform and enliven our market for bonds.
3 min read9 Jan 2025AIFs are valuable to the Indian economy for the value they generate, but their over-regulation has dealt them a harsh blow from which they may not recover—unless the government comes to their rescue.
4 min read6 Jan 2025The Centre’s plan to adopt debt as its new focus for budget prudence after 2025-26 does hold merit, and a fast-growing economy can bear more of it, but we must not lose track of the fiscal gap. It’ll remain a valuable economic indicator for many reasons.
3 min read6 Jan 2025Experts share investing lessons from diamonds’ two-decade-long price stagnation and whether modern-day assets like cryptocurrencies are headed the same way.
7 min read1 Jan 2025The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared