GOVT GOLD BONDS

How will be Modi 3.0 for investments? The stock market experienced a sharp decline following the Lok Sabha elections 2024, causing concern among young investors. They are worried about their investments as a coalition National Democratic Alliance (N...

Union Multi Asset Allocation Fund, an open-ended scheme, aims for long-term capital appreciation through diversified investments in equity, debt, gold, silver, REITs & InvITs. Managed by Hardick Bora, Sanjay Bembalkar, and Anindya Sarkar, it follows...

Finance Minister aims to reduce fiscal deficit from 5.8% to 4.5% in two years, relying on non-revenue RBI transfer. This strategy facilitates reaching 5.1% deficit this year. Challenges remain in sustaining revenue deficit reductions alongside fisca...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently vying for a third consecutive term, reaffirms his 2019 pledge to incarcerate corrupt individuals, asserting that he has fulfilled this promise. In an extensive discussion with ET, PM Modi addressed various top...

At a time when some of the central banks in the advanced world have reported losses and negative equity, RBI will hand over a dividend cheque of more than ₹2.1 lakh crore to its sole owner, the government.

Gold prices on Akshaya Tritiya: If an individual is buying gold jewellery, then they should know the prevailing gold price of 22KT, 18KT or 14KT. This is because these are purity karats used for making gold jewellery. Usually, one cannot buy gold je...

Concern about the rapidly rising U.S. government debt is partly behind recent surges in gold prices and bitcoin, even as the Treasury market so far remains relatively sanguine about the country's fiscal path, market observers say.

RBI Retail Direct Mobile App: The central bank announced the launch of mobile app for RBI Retail Direct portal for investing in government securities. This will make it easier for retail investors to buy, sell and invest in central government bonds,...

The government plans to issue sovereign gold bonds worth ₹29,638 crore in FY25, a 10% increase from the current fiscal year. This surge in issuance is due to the growing investor appetite for 'paper gold'. The gross mop-up from gold bonds in FY24 ex...

Christy Mathai says: The government is expected to set the fiscal deficit target at 5.2%-5.4% of GDP in FY 2024-25. The focus will be on moderating capex aggression and addressing tax inconsistencies. Bond investors are not likely to see any favorab...

The sovereign gold bond scheme was launched in November 2015 to reduce the demand for physical gold and shift a part of the domestic savings -- used for the purchase of gold -- into financial savings.

The SGBs will be sold through scheduled commercial banks (except small finance banks, payment banks and regional rural banks), Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited, Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL), designated post offices, Nationa...

The US & Europe which is 42% of the Global GDP and if they would go through a recession in this year as projected by most of analysts, then somewhere the growth across the globe will take a back seat.

By now most of us know that the SVB fiasco was a clear case of asset-liability mismatch. Smaller the bank higher the chances of ALM when any asset class shows an unusually large move -- in this case it was ‘interest rates’.

Alternatively, AMFI has suggested that holding period to avail long-term capital gains taxation in respect of Gold ETFs (exchange traded funds) should be reduced from existing three years to one year.

“The market has had a slightly knee-jerk reaction to the imposition of import duty on gold and export duty on fuel. I think it is a tough job to govern a country like ours, especially when there are so many uncertainties. We will have to give the go...

With the main objective to develop an alternate financial asset and as an alternative to purchasing/holding of physical gold, the SGB Scheme was notified by the Government of India on November 5, 2015, Sitharaman said in a reply in Lok Sabha.

Rising yields of benchmark government securities across global markets has remained the most discussed subject in recent weeks, triggering concerns not only in bond markets alone but other asset classes as well.

The Centre in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India will allow discount of Rs 50 per gram from the issue price to investors using the digital medium for subscription.