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Capital gains from these bonds are exempt from LTCG if held for 8 years along with 2.5% interest on investments, which is a significant advantage over and above the appreciation in gold price if someone is bullish on gold, Menon pointed out.

Things in motion possess inertia. An analogous property characterizes the stock market: A trend in force tends to remain in force until something occurs to change it. In other words, the trend is your friend. Although this adage is familiar, some investors may not fully appreciate its wisdom. Investors need not find exact tops and bottoms.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced on Tuesday it will split into six business units, each with its own CEO and board of directors.

Anshul Saigal, CIO of Kotak Mahindra AMC, believes that quality names have corrected meaningfully and present buying opportunities, where growth expectation has not waned and earnings visibility is definitely there. He suggests that investors differentiate between risk and uncertainty and take this as an opportunity to build portfolios for the next year to come. Although Indian markets have underperformed, Saigal is confident that the times ahead will be better for India. He is finding opportunities in financial space, capital goods, auto, defence, and IT, on a stock-specific basis.

Rising interest rates lead to a higher rate on a home loan, affecting readiness and the ability to buy a certain home. However, home loan interest rate spreads are at a three-year low, and if refinanced now, a low spread could be locked in for the rest of the loan. A spread is what is paid over and above the benchmark rate, and if locked in now, once interest rates fall, payments could become easier. Repayment strategies and prepayment methods are recommended to ensure loans are paid off in intended time frames.

Under Section 80C, you can claim deductions of up to Rs 1.5 lakh on instruments, including ELSS, PPF, FDs, SCSS, insurance schemes.​

Sagar Cements Ltd., incorporated in the year 1981, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 2398.48 Crore) operating in Cement sector.

The company had recently said in a statement to exchanges that it had signed an MOU for cooperation with Scirocco Enterprises of Zambia for the construction of 1 lakh low and medium-cost houses to mitigate an acute shortage of housing in Zambia. The housing units are to be constructed by 2030.

Murali Ramakrishnan, MD and CEO of South Indian Bank, has announced that he will not seek re-appointment when his tenure ends in September. Ramakrishnan explained that his decision was purely personal, and that he had finished implementing organisational changes that would keep the bank running smoothly until his tenure ends. He added that he would spend the next six months ensuring a smooth transition for his successor, who must manage challenges created by changes in the banking sector .

From being a penny stock, the bank shares have seen a considerable upside. It has outperformed the Nifty50 in the past year. It has given returns of 84.8% during this period against 1.5% returned by the broader market index.