This is the 1st installment of our 2 part series on ETFs.
What are ETFs?
ETFs are a basket of securities that are listed and traded on a recognised stock exchange. Simply put, they are mutual funds, whose units can be bought and sold on the stock exchange.
5 most common questions that investors are faced with right now are:
1. Is this the right time to invest in equities?
With equity markets descending from their record highs, several investors want to know if this is the right time to invest in equities.
What are SWFs?
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are part of a country’s foreign exchange reserves that have been separated to invest in global equity, infrastructure, commodities and other financial instruments. Your country holds several billion dollars in forex reserves. Normally, these would just lie there, growing at a paltry interest rate.
Isn’t managing your money exciting? I was joking. Even though we don’t like them,it could be beneficial to us all to set up a budget for our home. Our financial situation can get out of control if we don’t exercise caution,having a way you can track your spending is helpful.
Do you like taking risks when it comes to making investments? Have some cash and want to keep it liquid but wouldn’t mind some interest on it?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the questions above then Fixed Deposits (FDs) are an option you could consider.
Here are the companies that stand to gain when the India-US nuke deal goes through.
L&T
L&T has done engineering, procurement and construction projects for nuke power plants. It is currently working on the 2,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear project. The company will get into mainstream nuclear projects if the deal goes through.
Of late, many companies have set up mutual fund houses in order to capitalize on India’s booming economy. But do you know which of these were the first to set up shop in India? And how are they doing now?
The Indian mutual fund industry boasts of some of the most popular names of the business world, both Indian as well as foreign.
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