What are the strategies for building a diversified investment portfolio? MintGenie explains

What are the strategies for building a diversified investment portfolio? MintGenie explains

Diversification as we all know at a high-level is aligning negatively correlated assets in one’s portfolio to insulate the overall performance from vagaries of any particular asset class. By including equities, fixed income, commodities and real estate one can easily get the best of all worlds but more importantly cushion against the uncertainties in any … Read more

Skip gold this Akshaya Tritiya; consider THESE 5 alternative investment options, say experts

Skip gold this Akshaya Tritiya; consider THESE 5 alternative investment options, say experts

Akshaya Tritiya 2024: Investing in gold has long been a tradition for investors seeking stability and security in their portfolios. However, there are alternative avenues that offer similar benefits with unique advantages. Diversifying investment portfolios with these alternative instruments alongside or instead of gold can enhance risk-adjusted returns and align with specific investment objectives and … Read more

Are passive funds to blame for market mania?

Are passive funds to blame for market mania?

The year is 2034. America’s “magnificent seven” firms make up almost the entirety of the country’s stockmarket. For Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, another knockout quarterly profit means another dizzy proclamation of a “tipping point” in artificial intelligence. Nobody is listening. The long march of passive investing has put the last stockpickers and stock-watchers … Read more

Index funds offer underlying opportunity, says Anand Vardarajan of Tata Asset Management

Index funds offer underlying opportunity, says Anand Vardarajan of Tata Asset Management

Investors’ reaction to risk or loss may vary quite differently, says Anand Vardarajan, Business Head – Banking, Institutional Clients, Alternate Products and Product Strategy, Tata Asset Management. In an interview with MintGenie, Vardarajan said that there is an ardent need to look at index funds for their underlying opportunity rather than just their low expense ratios.  … Read more