60% equity + 30% debt + 10% gold: What asset mix will work best?

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60% equity + 30% debt + 10% gold: What asset mix will work best? Calendar 2019 remained a mixed bag for investors. While Sensex gained 15% for the year, BSE Midcap index fell 4%. Midcap, smallcap rally coming this year year, but there are riders Half of the incremental earnings growth of non-Nifty stocks are contingent on economic recovery. The Person of the Year award for 2019 goes to… Challenges like rising inequality and pompous populism are testing the tenacity of capitalism. Reclassify stocks by enterprise value, not m-cap: Shyam Sekhar Sebi's reclassification of market capitalisation for stocks was good in intent, but done in bad times, says this market veteran, as he looks back at the spoils of the market in the year gone by. Tune in.

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Seeing green shoots in auto and auto parts sectors: Neeraj Dewan FMCG like Dabur, Godrej; domestic infra sectors like cement, steel need to participate in market move. 20 IPOs for 2020! SBI Cards, Equitas SFB & which others to wait for Analysts said at least 40-50 new offerings are likely to hit the market in coming year, as global liquidity helps support valuations of domestic stocks. View: Stick with market leaders, don't bet on their poor cousins If interest rates go up, there will be a global collapse, says Basant Maheshwari. Paathshala: How to use OBV indicator in trades OBV is easy to calculate, as it is simply the sum of volume from a specific 'starting date'.

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2020's multibaggers will most likely come from these sectors The BSE Metal index plunged the most at 15% in 2019 amid the trade tensions. 20 stocks to light up your portfolio in 2020 Calendar 2019 was a volatile year for domestic equities. Sensex and Nifty hit record highs in the second half of the year even as the economy continued to slow, US and China indulged in tit-for-tat trade war and liquidity conditions tightened. Thanks to signs of a thaw in US-China trade tensions, Indian market rallied along with their global peers towards the end of the year. Yet, the market rally was quite polarised and blue chips outpaced the broader market for second straight year. As we enter the New Year, analysts advised investors is to go for specific stocks instead of letting macro projections dictate market positioning. So, which are these stocks that can light up your portfolio in 2020? In a year-end survey conducted by ETMarkets.com, money managers at leading brokerages voted picked their top bets for 2020. Take a look:

Initial Public Offer (IPOs) IPO Name Offer Price Band Open Date Close Date   Vaxtex Cotfab Ltd. 24.00 27-12-2019 03-01-2020 Gian Life Care Ltd. 22.00 31-12-2019 03-01-2020 More >>

NFO (FMPs) Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   Aditya Birla SL FTP - Series SW (1183 Days) Direct-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 01 Jan 2020 06 Jan 2020 1,000 Aditya Birla SL FTP - Series SW (1183 Days) Direct-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 01 Jan 2020 06 Jan 2020 1,000 Aditya Birla SL FTP - Series SW (1183 Days) Reg-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 01 Jan 2020 06 Jan 2020 1,000 Aditya Birla SL FTP - Series SW (1183 Days) Reg-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 01 Jan 2020 06 Jan 2020 1,000 SBI FMP - Series 27 (1203 Days) Reg-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 03 Jan 2020 08 Jan 2020 5,000 More >>

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This Chennai locality has many ready-to-move-in properties This locality has ready-to-move-in homes and is well-connected by road and rail network. Vadapalani station on the Green Line of the Chennai Metro has further boosted connectivity of Arcot Road.

Home prices to remain flat in Delhi-NCR Home prices in Delhi-NCR are likely to remain flat in calendar year 2020 even though leading developers in the region are hopeful that the recent government measures will help revive sales.

Buildings sector to expand by 6.6% in 2020: Fitch Long-term growth, on the other hand, will mainly be driven by country's massive population, which requires continued investments into residential building construction sector.

MahaRERA high on registration, low on grievance redressal The state has no information that will help make the consumers' buying decision easier. The action-taken-report remains missing and the consumers and lawyers are mostly unhappy with the implementation of those orders.

Centre's sanction for houses funded under PMAY-Urban crosses 1 crore Addressing a press conference, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in the next three to four months, the ministry will sanction all the 1.12 crore houses, a target set by the government.

NFO - Non FMPs Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   Tata Quant Fund Reg-G Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 Tata Quant Fund Reg-D Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 Tata Quant Fund Direct-G Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 Tata Quant Fund Direct-D Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 More >>

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