OPPORTUNITY

7 warning signs it's time to quit your job

If you consistently dread going to work and find yourself unhappy more often than not, it’s a significant indicator that something isn’t right.

These equity mutual funds offered over 2% returns last week

GIFT City-like hub for Karnataka, state IT minister Priyank Kharge tells FM

Karnataka IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge told finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman that such a central business district in Karnataka will foster economic growth and create jobs, and also attract foreign investment.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launches energy opportunities fund

This scheme focuses on achieving long-term capital growth by primarily investing in equity and equity-related instruments of companies that are involved in or benefit from the expansion of both traditional and emerging energy industries and related sectors.

Indian Pharma exports: 'USD 10 billion opportunity up for grabs in off patent drug market by 2029'

A senior official of the Pharmexcil said drugs such as Merck's Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) whose revenue were at USD 25 billion and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Eliquis (Apixaban)-USD 12 billion, among others would be off-patented in the next few years.

Gold hits over 2-week low as higher US dollar, yields dent appeal

Gold prices slipped 1% to their lowest level in more than two weeks, weighed down by a stronger dollar and higher bond yields, while traders looked forward to U.S. inflation data due later this week.

What should investors do with cement stocks? Sanjay H Parekh answers

On consumption, we are underweight, in fact we do not own any FMCG stock right now and we have taken sectoral deviations to get the alpha. So, overall the very simple view was overweight domestic, global underweight.

Midcap mavericks top mutual fund chart in first half of 2024 with 24% return

Diverse mutual funds excelled in the first half of 2024, with top performers including JM Midcap Fund, Kotak India EQ Contra Fund, and HSBC Large & Mid Cap Fund.

Rise in value-seeking customers, key FMCG sectors face tampering of growth: Report

The report highlighted a significant shift in consumer spending patterns with a rise in value-seeking buyers, which is evident across consumer businesses. While the consumer may increase their spending on leisure activities, suggesting a good performance for the aviation and hotel industries in FY2024-25, it added.

Equity mutual funds offer up to 31% return in first half of 2024

In 2024, the midcap category's top performers included ITI Mid Cap Fund, Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund, and ICICI Prudential Midcap Fund, delivering strong returns.

View: Gender diversity needs work

This year, 797 women candidates contested the general elections, constituting 9.6% of the total 8,337 candidates. Only 74 of them won a seat in the 18th Lok Sabha - four fewer than the number of women in the 17th Lok Sabha. This comes less than a year after the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, which reserves one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and assemblies for women.

Spotting Red Flags: Lawrence A. Cunningham's tips to safeguard your investment portfolio

Renowned financial author Lawrence A. Cunningham emphasises the importance of a quality-focused, long-term investment strategy for investors aiming to achieve success in the investment world. In the same breath, Cunningham acknowledges that following such a strategy is very challenging. It requires resisting the temptation to respond to short-term attractive opportunities and standing by decisions that may not appear correct at a particular moment. He believes these challenges can lead investors to make unacceptable mistakes, potentially resulting in a permanent loss of capital.

Brain 'drain' turning to 'gain', India Inc should step up: HUL Chairman

HUL chairman Nitin Paranjpe discussed the importance of retaining talent in India and mentioned the rising trend of 'brain-gain' during the company's annual general meeting.

Realty sector sees debt sanctions of Rs 9.63 lakh crore during 2018-23

Real estate sector witnessed debt sanctions of ₹9.63 lakh crore during 2018-23, with a potential of ₹14 lakh crore in the next three years, per JLL India and Propstack report.

Kotak Special Opportunities Fund, 2 other mutual fund NFOs are open for subscription

Three mutual fund NFOs are open for subscription this week. These thematic funds offer opportunities for long-term capital appreciation through unique investment themes.

Recruitment for 50,000 posts to be initiated soon: Haryana CM

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced that his government will begin the recruitment process to fill 50,000 vacant posts in the state, as part of its efforts to provide employment opportunities and support youth aspirations. He stressed the continuation of the "transparent" recruitment system for government jobs and praised the youth's faith in the government's functioning

Thematic MFs offer up to 14% return in May. Have you invested in any?

Sectoral and thematic mutual funds in May showcased diverse performances with funds like HDFC Defence Fund and Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF FoF offering up to 14.34% and 7.35% returns respectively.

Are fears and panic around PSUs overblown? Sandip Sabharwal answers

Ideally, they should not be able to because like you rightly said, it is more commoditised. In fact, you look at the reason why did HDFC merge into HDFC Bank, because they realised that the margins are going to get squeezed and if they do not have a low-cost deposit franchise which supports the margin squeeze, that will become tougher.So, many of these housing finance companies sustain higher margins to develop financing, loan against property, etc, which are higher margin, but then also carry higher risk.

There can be both time wise and value wise correction in PSU stocks: Sandip Sabharwal

Consumer stocks are under-owned at this point of time. They have not given any returns for the last four-five years, leave aside something like a Godrej Consumer or a Tata Consumer which have been outliers and some stocks like Titan and all which have their own dynamics.

Demand under rural jobs scheme eases again in May

Demand for work under India's rural job guarantee scheme, MGNREGS, dropped for a seventh consecutive month in May, signaling improved economic conditions at the start of the fiscal year. About 37.46 million individuals sought work, down 12.1% from the previous year, with 27.18 million households seeking work, a 14.3% drop. The trend is attributed to better-paying job opportunities and the impact of heat waves across the country, although the data is subject to revision.

More women employees break free from 9-5 cycle, hustle for gig work

The number of female professionals opting for freelance roles surged, with a 300% increase in female consultants in India in FY24 over FY22, as per data from Flexing It shared exclusively with ET. In FY24, global organizations increasingly looked to India for high-quality talent at lower costs, taking advantage of the country's robust post-pandemic remote work practices.

India offers above $500 bln investment opportunity in clean energy value chain

India offers a $500 billion investment opportunity in clean energy by 2030 at the IPEF Clean Economy Investor Forum in Singapore, resulting in $23 billion investment opportunities for sustainable infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific.

India offers USD 500 billion investment opportunities in clean energy, other sectors by 2030

New Delhi India offers huge investment opportunities worth over USD 500 billion, particularly in clean energy value chain including renewables, green hydrogen and EV, by 2030, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. This was stated by Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal, who is in Singapore for the two-day meet of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Clean Economy Investor Forum.