Last month’s global selloff—marked by a 7% slide in the S&P 500 and a more than 5% dip in the Sensex—set off the usual chain reaction: a flood of alarming headlines, wall-to-wall coverage from financial experts forecasting doom, and social media timelines buzzing with everything from cautious concern to full-blown panic. It feels like déjà … Read more
After being on a downswing for nearly six months, stock markets have started to rise again. The overall benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, spiked over the last four trading sessions (up to Thursday), with the former rising 6.5 per cent and the latter 6.4 per cent during this period. Although trade tensions over Trump’s … Read more
Market in freefall: Stock markets in India and abroad have declined considerably in the past few days due to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of imposing reciprocal tariffs on its trading partners. The US administration has announced a 27 per cent tariff on imports from India. On Friday, the Sensex closed 1.22 per cent lower, … Read more
Here is a look at how equity and debt categories of NPS schemes have performed over time versus the respective benchmark indices. Past performance A three-year rolling return analysis of NPS equity schemes — with at least a 10-year track record – showed average returns of 13.5%. Net asset value (NAV) history from 28 February … Read more
Benchmark indices – Nifty50 and BSE Sensex — have witnessed a significant fall in the past few months. From its peak of 26,277 points in September, Nifty50 is currently trading 14 percent down after it pared some of its losses last week. Since Nifty50 comprises large cap companies, this fall is quite noteworthy in large … Read more
A closer look at key quantitative measures can reveal how a fund is managed, the level of risk it takes, and its consistency across market cycles. What are these measures and what do they say about the scheme? Turnover ratio The portfolio turnover ratio is the percentage of investments a fund manager replaces in a … Read more
Past performance Over the past one-year period, amid weakness in stock markets, multi-asset funds as a category have delivered average returns of 9.2%. Within the category, certain multi-asset funds have delivered higher returns. The stock market benchmark Nifty 50 has fetched a little over 2.6% in the same period. On a five-year rolling basis, multi-asset … Read more