Budget guided by mission to strengthen agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, MSME and infrastructure sectors
General highlights
The Union Budget 2018 has given emphasis on strengthening the rural economy and boosting consumption. It ticks all the right boxes with its slew of benefits including higher minimum support prices (MSPs) for kharif crops, upgradation of rural haats to give farmers better access to formal mandis, enhancing the agricultural marketing infrastructure, and promoting organic farming.
Here are 14 ways in which Budget 2018 has come to the rescue of the rural economy:
Fear and insecurity have gripped Dalal Street again. But while the market professionals are still betting big, mutual fund investors, especially the ones who’ve never experienced a crash, are petrified.
Mutual funds are a potential investment vehicle to cater to multiple needs from short term parking of funds, tax savings and wealth creation. While talking about mutual funds, it is essential to be aware about the concept of volatility and how volatility can impact your product selection.
Whenever you are travelling towards any destination, you look for directions to reach that destination. Likewise, your financial advisor may act as your navigation to achieve your financial goals within the desired time.
Come elections, and the whole investing fraternity gets busy predicting the effect they might have on the stock market and how will they make the Sensex dwindle. The upcoming General Elections 2019 are not untouched by the speculation either, especially in the aftermath of the state elections when a lot of predictions went haywire.
Warren Buffet once said, “do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving.” This quote emphasised prioritising savings in our financial lives. However, a lot of modern day youngsters prefer doing precisely the opposite – living in the present and spending on luxuries rather than focusing on the saving for the future.
“Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks.” While the market risk in mutual funds is inevitable, the fund management team can mitigate it to a certain extent, with adequate research and analysis. Based on their risk tolerance ability, an investor may be classified as an aggressive investor, moderate investor, or a conservative investor. This article aims to discuss how to evaluate the risk profile of an investor, including various factors that affect it.
While Indians have historically been investing in physical assets like gold, real estate, etc., the millennials are reflecting an increasing preference towards investing in financial assets. Mutual funds are steadily emerging as a preferred investment option, as also being reflected by steady monthly SIP inflows (Source – Association of Mutual Funds in India, AMFI).
Mutual funds have been instrumental in channelising the household savings into financial markets, as the investors need not have expert knowledge about the financial markets to invest in mutual funds. Investors may rely upon professional fund management for their investments in mutual funds. Further, with the availability of a wide range of mutual fund schemes, investments in mutual fund schemes can be made as per personal risk appetite and financial goals.
