November 21, 2024
Operating Assets

Best short duration mutual funds to invest in August 2024

Short duration mutual funds invest in treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposits and so on to take care of their liquidity needs. They also invest in corporate bonds, government securities, among others. According to the Sebi mandate, short duration funds can invest in debt instruments which have maturity between one and three years. That

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Operating Assets

Budget 2024 tilts tax scale in favour of international mutual funds. Time to go global?

The budget shocked investors with a change in capital gain structure but gave a relief to those investing in international funds. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a change in holding period, LTCG tax rate while keeping STCG tax rate unchanged for overseas FoFs (international funds), gold mutual funds, and equity FoFs.The holding period for equity

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