Reit-oriented funds: should you invest?
Reit-oriented funds offer an easy way into real estate trusts, but with only a handful of listed Reits, their portfolios are not pure Reit plays yet.
Reit-oriented funds offer an easy way into real estate trusts, but with only a handful of listed Reits, their portfolios are not pure Reit plays yet.
I bought a mutual fund because it was one of the top performers when I invested. It has since underperformed for two years. How do I distinguish between a temporary period of underperformance and a fund that genuinely no longer belongs in my portfolio? – Name withheld on request Choosing a mutual fund can be…
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has officially included personal income tax education in the Class 9 curriculum. The newly introduced module framework frames tax compliance as a fundamental civic duty, emphasising that honest tax contributions directly drive national progress and infrastructure development. This educational shift is part of the newly published…
Buying a house with financial help from parents or a spouse can raise questions about who actually funded the property, particularly when the payments come from multiple family members. A recent Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruling has highlighted why taxpayers should maintain a clear banking and documentary trail when a property is jointly purchased…
PORTHCURNO (ENGLAND): Newly discovered documents have revealed the first telegraph messages and joy when England was linked for the first time with India on 23 June, 1870, via thousands of km of cables laid painstakingly below the seas, reducing time from months to minutes. The sylvan Porthcurno valley in Cornwall, located on the Atlantic coast…
Shares of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles declined 5% to Rs 330 on the BSE on Friday after the company reported a sharp 80% year-on-year (YoY) decline in consolidated net profit for the April-June quarter of FY27. The auto majors’ net profit fell to Rs 775 crore from Rs 3,924 crore in the same quarter last…
The Indian stock market erased all morning gains, with Sensex and Nifty closing in the deep red even as oil prices slipped. Sensex lost 183 points to close at around 77,473 while Nifty 50 dropped 127 points or more than half a percent to end the session below 24,208. Broader markets ended mixed, with Nifty…