Do you remember the last time you wanted to sell your house but had to pay long term capital gain tax (LTCG)? Well, there’s good news for you. With the Interim Budget of 2019, you can invest in two houses and save taxes from the fiscal year (FY 2020). As some of you may be … Read more
The Interim Budget 2019 proved to be a mixed bag of sorts, but there were a fews sops going in the favour of the middle class. Usually overlooked, the middle class have got tax-breaks in the form of rebates, and tax exemptions on property. With more cash at their disposal, the middle class consumption power … Read more
You can now keep all your investment woes aside. ICICI Securities Limited (I-Sec) has announced that it will be using the path breaking Unified Payment Interface (UPI) system as its new payment mode. This mode will enable quicker and more efficient investing. The UPI service will open up new payment avenues as well as previous … Read more
The new fund categorisation drove forced funds to pick clear identities and drop misleading fancy names Suresh received an unusual notice from his mutual fund company one morning. His cherished “opportunities fund” was suddenly becoming a “large-cap fund” from next month. “What’s going on here?” he wondered, genuinely confused by this sudden change. His fund … Read more
The Sensex and the NIfty have tumbled since September 2018. What will make it recover? In fact, will it recover any time soon? Indeed, stocks are not in the best of spots. The two big worries? US interest rates and crude oil prices. Over the past week or so, crude oil prices have stabilized and, … Read more
One theme that is currently doing well in India is the consumption theme. Both rural and urban consumption is picking up steam as the the vast, growing middle class wants and buys the good life whether it is cars, bikes, white goods, soaps, travel, beverages, tractors, food, and much more. For companies operating in the … Read more
It does not matter that the stock market is now in a tailspin or in other words a bear market: you have to pick up what’s left over and move on. Keep in mind that investing in this market is fraught with risk – in fact the risk has only escalated. So if you cannot … Read more
If you are want to raise your debt market investment because you do not know where the stock market is going to go, or you don’t have enough information to make a calculated investment decisions, stay out of equity markets. And yes, of course, look at the debt market. Yields on debt instruments have surged, … Read more
Aavas Financiers Ltd. (AFL) (incorporated as AU Housing Finance Pvt. Ltd.) is a retail, affordable housing finance company. BUSINESS The company primarily serving low and middle income self employed customers in semi-urban and rural areas in India. A majority of its customers have limited access to formal banking credit. According to an ICRA Report, the … Read more
A-1 Acid Ltd. (A-1) is engaged in the business of trading of high quality industrial acid and chemicals. BUSINESS The company offers a wide range of chemical products which finds variety of applications in the industrial sector like chemical, textile, steel, aluminium, pesticides, fertilizers, intermediates, defence, metals and petro refineries. The company also provides transportation … Read more