By Joydeep Sen Due to certain events over the last couple of months, yield levels, i.e., interest rates on corporate bonds have moved up. It started with the default of…
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Investing In Government Bonds: Why and How
Joydeep Sen For investment decisions, the guiding principle should be the SLR of investments: safety, liquidity and return. In terms of safety, government securities (G-Secs) are the safest since they…
Meet a fund category safer than liquid funds
Does the headline look surprising? It may, given the fact that liquid funds are supposedly the most stable among all mutual fund categories. However, given the negative returns in a…
Disinvestment: CPSE ETF – Invest With Caution As Returns Are Low
By Joydeep Sen The Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) was launched as a route for divestment of part of the government’s stake in certain CPSEs. The…
RBI Does Not Hike Interest Rates, But Stick To Shorter Maturity Bond Funds
Joydeep Sen The RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) presented the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2018-19 today. By now you are aware that policy rates have been maintained, that…
The Investment Case For Bank AT1 Perpetual Bonds
Perpetual bonds issued by banks as part of the Additional Tier 1 (AT1) requirements find takers in institutional investors as well as individuals (high net-worth individuals and the mass affluent…
Investments You Should Hold Till Their Maturity
Certain investments like bonds and closed-end debt mutual funds come with a maturity date. You would say, that’s normal. However, there are ways of taking advantage of it, if you…
How To Take Advantage Of Rising Short Term Interest Rates
Joydeep Sen Yield levels of short maturity debt instruments, also known as money market instruments, have moved up i.e. prices have come down. Liquidity in the banking system is not as…
Do You Know About These Alternate Investment Options? Check Them Out
Joydeep Sen When we talk of diversification of investments, the discussion centres around equity and debt. The reason is, the alternate investments are still alternate, i.e., not yet mainstream. The…
G-Secs: Fixed Income Investment For Very Long-Term – Reliance Nivesh Lakshya Fund
When your investment horizon is very long, say 20 or 30 years, there is a case for higher allocation to equity. That apart, fixed income allocation also may be for…
How Does Debt Fund’s Maturity Roll-Down Help Manage Market Risk
Joydeep Sen When we say passive fund management, we normally refer to index funds, which mimic a given index such as Nifty or Sensex. However, the index itself can be…
16 Debt Fund Categories: Simplified ‘To Do’ for You
What should I do? With so many fund categories around, and AMCs changing names or features of their funds to comply with the new norms, the question will come to…