Rupee rises 12 paise in early trade

A man walks past an installation of the Rupee logo and Indian currency coins outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters in Mumbai. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Rupee rose 12 paise to 85.42 against the greenback in early trade, buoyed by strong FII inflows and a weaker dollar index. However, widening of…

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Foreign investors infuse ₹4,452 crore in Indian equities this week, net investment in May at ₹18,620 crore: NSDL

Net investments by FPIs in Indian equities stood at ₹4,223 crore during April, indicated a turnaround in foreign investment trends. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) made strong investments in the Indian equity markets this week, bringing in ₹4,452.3 crore between May 13 and May 16, according to data from the National Securities…

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Futures & Options: jackpots or ticking time bombs?

In the 2002 annual chairman’s letter of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren E. Buffett, the oracle of Omaha, wrote, “In our [along with Charlie Munger] view, derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal.” Further, Mr. Buffet said he viewed the derivatives and the trading activities that go with…

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Sensex tanks 762 points in early trade, Nifty drops to 24,538 level on weak Asian market trends

“On the domestic front, the tailwinds are getting stronger with the latest Q4 GDP growth data coming at 7.4%, which is much better-than-expected,” | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, on Monday morning (May 30, 2025) tumbled following weak trends in Asian markets and renewed global trade concerns. Moreover, foreign fund outflows…

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Managed ETF portfolios – The Hindu

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto Among the draft offer documents filed with SEBI are many fund-of-funds (FoFs) intending to invest in the same family single ETF. For example, silver FoF investing in the same-family silver ETF. Perhaps, there is more potential to use FoF to offer products with a basket…

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