Dalal Street Investment Journal - August 03 - 16, 2020

Is Sovereign Gold Bond A Wise Investment Decision?

For most Indians, an investment in gold is more valuable than stocks and mutual funds. Nevertheless, investing in physical gold has its disadvantages. A solution to this problem is sovereign gold bonds (SGB). Vardan Pandhare elucidates the significance of SGBS in this special report

Retirement Planning: Should You Invest In Equity Or Debt Funds?

Retirement planning is often misunderstood as planning of finances during retirement. Although this is one of the aspects, retirement planning starts from the accumulation phase and ends at the distribution phase. Though very few people realise the importance of retirement planning, there are even fewer who understand the right way of saving and investing for retirement. In this article, Henil Shah discusses retirement planning and its importance and illustrates with a case study which asset allocation is suitable for both the phases

Add Hybrid Funds to Your Portfolio

Every ardent cricket fan knows that one cannot make a great team with only super batsmen. Similarly, an all-star team of bowlers can take the wickets of an opponent but won’t win the match when it comes to scoring runs.

Investors Should Start Investing With A Medium To Long Term Horizon

Gurvinder Singh Wasan Senior Fund Manager and Credit Analyst, JM Financial Asset Management Ltd.

Can Global Equities Regain Lost Ground?

After a positive start to the year, market volatility in major equity markets seems to have returned. Despite markets moving higher in the past fortnight, the S&P 500 year-to-date returns have gone from 9.0 per cent in January to around 4.5 per cent now, about a 5 per cent correction from recent highs.

Commodities To Extend Gains

Hotter-than-expected inflation numbers in some of the euro zone's largest economies, better-thanexpected services PMI in the UK and EU, along with some dovish comments by a Fed official reversed gains in the Dollar index.

Metals & Mining Industry ALL SET TO ACQUIRE A NEW SHINE

Steel production and consumption are regarded as indicators of economic progress and industrial development and the backbone of any economy. Mandar Wagh explains how being the world's second-largest producer of crude steel, the reopening of the Chinese economy, the government's focus on infrastructure and the initiatives taken all contribute to the sector's growth

El Nino, Inflation and Markets

Inflation has been the talk of the town in 2022 and in 2023 it threatens to be the most dominant factor affecting the global equity market moods. With the widely expected El Nino to disrupt the monsoon season in India this year, Yogesh Supekar discusses the probable impact it may have on inflation and hence on the markets

Retail Sector To Benefit From Domestic Consumption

The retail sector is one of the most profitable sectors in India. With the global economy, particularly that of the US and Europe, expected to witness a mild recession, the Indian growth story will remain intact with the help of domestic consumption. Bhavya Rathod shares the outlook on the retail sector while the DSIJ Research Team highlights top picks from this buzzing industry

PB FINTECH COMING OUT OF THE WOODS

If the recent performance of PolicyBazaar and PaisaBazaar is anything to go by, it seems the parent company PB Fintech is now poised to enter into the green with the certainty of growth in the coming years