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There is an extremely good opportunity to buy in the next 10-12 weeks through SIP in select midcaps and large caps, says Sanjiv Bhasin, Executive Vice President, IIFL Securities. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW.

Mutual fund holdings in commercial paper have declined 25 per cent since August 2018. The exposure in commercial paper stood at Rs 3.72 lakh crore as of June 30, 2019 against Rs 4.92 lakh crore on August 31 last year.

If you are among the investors who are stuck with their smallcap bets, you might want to consider four key aspects before deciding on whether to stay put or run away from the underperforming stocks.

The Rs 10,000-crore sixth tranche of the CPSE ETF was subscribed over five times on Friday, with institutional and retail investors putting in bids worth Rs 40,000 crore till 5 pm.

The NBFC crisis has been exacerbated because the funding has dried up for good and bad lenders alike, says Pramod Gubbi, Founder., Marcellus Investment Managers. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW.

There is a good chance that the global economy will enter into a recession within the next 1-2 years. Major economies of China and United States are showing signs of slowing down, and the trade war between them is accelerating this.

Cash holding of mid-cap and small-cap funds has increased significantly following stretched valuations of these companies and the regulatory rejig of the fund categorisation based on market capitalisation, which reduced the basket of securities. On the other hand, cash with large-cap funds is on a decline reflecting that fund managers prefer to hold prominent companies with proven business fundamentals.

According to the recent Sebi definition, overnight funds are open-ended debt mutual fund schemes that invest in overnight securities with a maturity of one day. This means that the fund manager buys securities on a daily basis in these schemes. These securities mature in a day and the entire cash is deployed in buying new securities. This investment mandate makes these schemes highly liquid.

Investors looking to put money in the next tranche of Central Public Sector Enterprises’ (CPSE) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which comprises a basket of public sector firms, could look at booking profits within six months of the issue.

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"Psychology is probably the most important factor in the market – and one that is least understood," said David Dreman.

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This scheme comes with the option of getting a fixed pension ranging from Rs. 1,000 per month, up to Rs. 5,000 per month after reaching 60 years of age.

Why don't women make more investment decisions in families? And how will the situation change? The answer is not complicated

Here's everything you need to know about the 1-, 2-, 3- and 5-years fixed deposit scheme offered by the Post Office