ETF strategies for down markets!

During a market downturn, ETFs have different provisions in everyday tools for doing allocation of assets in line with your risk appetite and tolerance and your financial goals. This way you can protect your portfolios. You can allocate assets in various classes by reducing your portfolio exposure to equity capitalizations, assets and sectors that could… Read More »

IDBI bank offers home loan at 8.25%

Following banking giants such as SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC, state-owned IDBI Bank has joined the home-loan war with the launch of its fixed cum floating rate home loan. The bank is offering 8.25 per cent fixed rate for all its new loans till March 2012.

Will there be a hike in interest rates soon?

Now there is talk of recession being over, markets being revived and the in general people out of their cautious cocoons where they were waiting and watching before grabbing the loans at attractive interest rates. For the past few months every bank has been vying with each other to provide competitive interest rates that will… Read More »

Know the key ratios to choose the right stocks!

P/E ratio (Price Earnings Ratio) shows what the market thinks about the earnings potential and future business forecast of a company. Companies with high P/E ratios are the darlings of the investors and thus enjoy a higher market rating. In order to use the P/E ratio properly, take into account the future earnings and growth… Read More »