155 articles on Investments & Markets, authored by the Finin2min editorial team. Page 3 of 4.
Buybacks can return capital but acceptance, tax, record date and opportunity cost need careful review. This guide is designed to help investors verify records…
Large share-sale mechanisms can affect supply, price perception and promoter/institutional signalling. This guide is designed to help investors verify records…
A high coupon is not enough; investors must check issuer credit, security, listing liquidity and repayment risk. This guide is designed to help investors…
Some bonds carry loss-absorption, call and liquidity risks that retail investors may underestimate. This guide is designed to help investors verify records…
Gold exposure can be taken through different products, but liquidity, tax, purity, storage and market risk differ. This guide is designed to help investors…
International funds add currency, country, valuation, liquidity and regulatory-limit considerations to normal fund risk. This guide is designed to help…
Sector funds can outperform sharply, but concentration makes timing and drawdown risk much higher. This guide is designed to help investors verify records…
Daily fund liquidity does not mean every underlying small-cap share can be sold instantly without price impact.
Arbitrage funds can be useful for certain investors, but returns, tax and market-spread conditions should be understood. This guide is designed to help…
An SWP is a withdrawal plan, not guaranteed income; poor markets can eat into capital. This guide is designed to help investors verify records, avoid…
Nomination and transmission records should be updated before family crisis forces paperwork under stress. This guide is designed to help investors verify…
Unclaimed shares and dividends can move to IEPF; recovery is document-heavy and should be started with correct evidence. This guide is designed to help…
Securities can be blocked, pledged, frozen or under lien for different reasons; investors should ask for written basis and route. This guide is designed to…
The same share can create salary income first and capital gain later. Using one exchange rate or one cost for both stages usually produces errors.
A US stock is not only an investment decision. It creates a remittance trail, foreign account, Indian tax file and possible US legal exposure.
Taxing a transaction does not automatically make its payment route or platform lawful under FEMA or Indian anti-money-laundering rules.
JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway are both financial powerhouses, but the similarity ends there. JPMorgan is a regulated, leveraged banking group. Berkshire is a…
Samsung Electronics is a diversified electronics and semiconductor manufacturer spanning memory, foundry, smartphones and displays. TSMC is a specialist…
Maruti Suzuki is a focused listed passenger-vehicle manufacturer in India. Tata Motors’ structure changed through demerger and separate passenger-vehicle…
Blinkit and Instamart compete in rapid delivery, but the parent companies use different operating and reporting definitions. Net order value, gross order…
PhonePe and Google Pay are third-party application providers in the UPI ecosystem. They do not independently control the complete payment chain: remitter and…
Airtel and Jio compete across mobile, home broadband and enterprise connectivity, but group structures differ. Jio Platforms includes digital businesses around…
ELSS, PPF, and NPS are India's three most popular tax-saving investments — but they serve fundamentally different purposes. ELSS is a growth engine with market…
The SIP vs lumpsum debate is India's most persistent investing argument. Both sides cite real data — and both are partially right. An analysis of 704 rolling…
"Mutual fund taxation" used to mean roughly two categories: equity and debt, each with its own holding period and rate. The 2023 and 2024 reforms changed that…
Gold remains India's favourite "safe" asset, but the way you hold it dramatically changes your returns, taxes, and convenience. From your grandmother's…
India's mutual fund landscape has long been dominated by actively managed funds promising to "beat the market" — but a growing body of evidence, plus a wave of…
There's no single "correct" asset allocation — but there are sensible starting frameworks based on your age, time horizon, and ability to stomach volatility…
Owning a piece of a commercial office tower or a national highway sounds like something reserved for large institutional investors — but Real Estate Investment…
NPS is one of the most tax-efficient retirement vehicles available to Indians, but it's also one of the most misunderstood — between two account types…
The "safe" portion of your portfolio has more options than just a bank FD — debt mutual funds and bonds (government and corporate) offer different combinations…
Before thinking about mutual funds, stocks, or gold, every financial plan needs a foundation: a cash buffer that protects you from job loss, medical…
A Systematic Withdrawal Plan lets you set up regular, automatic redemptions from a mutual fund — effectively the reverse of a SIP. It's one of the most…
Adding US or global equity exposure can diversify a portfolio that's otherwise concentrated in Indian markets — but it comes with its own rules: remittance…
Starting to invest in the stock market can feel intimidating — unfamiliar terms, account-opening paperwork, and the fear of "doing it wrong" with your first…
Every stock market investment in India flows through a demat and trading account pair. Before opening one, it helps to understand what each account actually…
"Intraday" and "delivery" describe two fundamentally different ways of holding the same stock — and the tax treatment of profits from each is completely…
Futures & Options (F&O) trading has grown rapidly among retail investors in India — but its tax treatment is one of the most misunderstood areas of personal…
IPOs attract significant retail attention, often driven by the prospect of quick "listing gains." But the application process involves more nuance than just…
Open any finance app and you'll see two very different ways of looking at the same stock — earnings ratios and balance sheets on one side, candlestick charts…