Investors turn to bonds for higher yields amid equity risks, elevated valuations

Investors turn to bonds for higher yields amid equity risks, elevated valuations

Investors looking to earn more than bank deposits and unwilling to take risk in equities at elevated valuations are logging on to bond platforms to buy into higher yielding fixed-income instruments. Platforms such as bondbazaar, indiabonds, bondsindia, GoldenPi, and several others offer investors an opportunity to buy a variety of bonds ranging from PSUs, tax-free … Read more

investment options: Move over FDs! Parents tutored by children looking at other investment options

investment options: Move over FDs! Parents tutored by children looking at other investment options

Around this time in 2022, Delhi-based Shalini Narang found herself with some extra cash and didn’t quite know what to do with it. So the 53-year-old homemaker rang up her trusted advisor, Palak Narang, who suggested she invest in some mutual funds (MFs). Hesitant at first, Shalini quickly came around when she saw Palak’s dizzying … Read more