ITR filing: Can you buy two residential house properties to claim exemption on LTGC from sale of one house? | Mint

Can I buy two residential house properties to claim exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of one house? Can I buy two house properties in the joint names of self and other family members to claim an exemption for long-term capital gains from the sale of one residential house property held for 20 … Read more

Stock markets continue to swing wildly: Should mutual fund investors worry? Experts say this | Mint

Stock markets around the world have been experiencing extreme wild swings in the last few days after US President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on goods imported from the rest of the world. India’s benchmark indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, ended 3 per cent lower. Barring HUL and Zomato, all stocks from the … Read more

Why are retail investors reducing exposure to mutual funds? Experts weigh in | Mint

The latest data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) has been dismal with regard to equity mutual funds. In February, inflows into equity mutual funds fell to ₹29, 303 crore against ₹39,687 crore in the preceding month. The systematic investment plan (SIP) inflows also dropped to ₹25,999 crore against ₹26,400 crore … Read more

SIFs, a new asset class, allows investors to enhance returns, diversify risks

Discretionary portfolio managers have grown by ₹4.26 lakh crore since then. And even mutual fund investors have discovered the power of risk-adjusted returns through categories such as balanced advantage funds ( ₹2.9 lakh crore of assets under management) and multi-asset funds ( ₹4.33 lakh crore of AUM). The Securities and Exchange Board of India recently … Read more

Investment word of the day: Rolling returns – Why is it crucial for investors? | Mint

Investment word of the day: While investing in various funds and financial instruments, a need may often arise to track your investment in order to determine how your money is performing over a period of time. Rolling returns is one such measure that helps to estimate the performance of an investment at a certain period … Read more