While the growing interest in equities among retail investors is all too evident, the key question is whether their behaviour has become more mature or not
"While most of us can’t catch the exact top and bottom, prudent investing is about cashing in on opportunities, especially when sentiment is so one-sided. One such opportunity is now," the note added.
Even a company's management cannot be sure of a 20-year time horizon, the Helios Capital founder has said. Invest for the next two-four years and if the stock continues to do well, hold for another period, says Arora
Let's explore the strategies that can help you invest wisely and create lasting financial prosperity.
Indian mutual fund industry has a rich track record of rewarding the investors handsomely those who were patience and stayed invested for a long term. Here are equity diversified funds that returned more than 20% of annualised return in the lump-sum amount made 20 years before. They multiplied their investors' wealth upto 66 times in the last 20 years
While gross SIP flows show a steady progress, Sumaira Abidi decided to investigate further to find out if retail investors are actually pressing the redemption button more often.
In such challenging times, nothing can be more comforting than a helping hand from none other than the Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
KBC has been on air for some 20 years. Moneycontrol analysis shows there are about 300 stocks in BSE universe that would have made their investors a crorepati in the same time period. These include PI Industries, UPL and Symphony
Assuming a real return of 5-7% for equities as seen from global and Indian evidence, we can work out a rough return expectation of around 10-12% for equities over the next 10 years.
Insurance, asset management, retail, healthcare, small finance banks, specialty chemicals, fintech, CRAMs, eCommerce could be wealth-generating sectors in the coming years
There is quite some effort that a lot of people put in when they are planning their long term investments.
Mutual funds offer you expert hands to invest in stocks and other asset classes. This improves risk adjusted returns.
a first time investor you should be looking to start early in life and then invest continuously over a period of time so that you are able to benefit from the long time period available over your working life. You should think beyond just a few days or weeks or months as this can make your task easier.