Best small cap mutual funds to invest in March 2025
Small cap mutual funds that invest in the stocks of very small companies have given over 26.38% in 2024. In January 2025, the small cap funds again gained investors’ interest and received an inflow of Rs 5,720 crore.
The talk about the higher valuations in the small cap space and the recent volatility in the market are forcing many investors to accept that a correction may be around the corner.
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Read MoreChina defies Trump’s trade war by setting ambitious 5% growth target, vows to ‘prevail over any difficulty’
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China has set an ambitious target of “around 5%” growth for 2025, in a defiant show of confidence as it braces for the fallout from escalating American tariffs on its export-driven economy.
The target “underscores our resolve to meet difficulties head-on and strive hard to deliver,” Premier Li Qiang,
Read MoreWhy silver is the new gold
It is a fabulous time to be a gold bug. Not long ago, outing yourself as one was a good way of getting people to back away from you at an investment conference. The popular image was of someone in possession of their own electricity generator,
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Read MoreWill Donald Trump Cut Social Security? Here's What We Know
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President Trump has pledged not to cut Social Security.
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He’s also looking to help seniors keep more of their benefits.
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Trump will have to intervene to prevent Social Security from broadly reducing benefits.
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Read MoreNo employer plan? Here's how to save for retirement on your own
Mary Pettigrew won’t be socking any savings in a retirement plan for tax year 2024.
Pettigrew, a freelance graphic designer, told me she knows she should be saving for retirement out of every paycheck.
“I simply can’t do it,” she said.
Roughly half of US workers don’t have employer-provided retirement plans that divert money straight from a paycheck into a retirement plan and frequently comes with a matching contribution from an employer.
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Read MoreThe Burst
The ONLY Investing Rule That Matters
Yesterday the market fell as the Fed hiked rates, and more importantly signaled that it would continue to do so for longer than originally expected. But you might be surprised to discover this market reaction was highly unusual for 2022.
We’ll get back to the market in a moment but first, a quick throwback.
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Market Commentary: 1 Dividend Stock To Hold Forever
Farming stocks. It’s not the first place most investors think of when scouting for opportunities but in the agricultural world we discovered a stock that has all the hallmarks of being a great hold for the long term, Tractor Supply Company.
Unlike the high-flying financial technology stocks that grabbed headlines after posting record-breaking revenue growth rates during the 2020-21 era only to plummet back to earth in 2022-23,
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