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Time of India
28-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Invest Smart: Nifty 50 ETF offers low-cost access to market leaders
If you're new to investing in stock markets or an NRI looking to invest in India or a millennial trying to make smarter financial choices , starting your journey can feel overwhelming. Investment decisions can be challenging, especially in times of market volatility . Over the past six months, markets have experienced increased volatility, leaving many investors uncertain about the best course of action. The uncertainty often leads to tough choices, with the fear of making the wrong decision causing hesitation. However, it's important to remember that volatility is a natural part of investing and the key lies in maintaining a long-term perspective. While short-term ups and downs can be unsettling, staying focused on your financial goals and making informed, disciplined investment choices can help you navigate this uncertainty. 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Getting started with investing doesn't have to be expensive or complicated. You don't need to pick individual stocks or track the market daily to grow your money. Taking the passive route is advisable as you get to replicate a benchmark index and one of the simplest and most effective ways to begin is through the Nifty 50 ETF (Exchange Traded Fund). What is the Nifty 50 ETF? A Nifty 50 ETF is a low-cost investment product that lets you own a small piece of India's 50 largest listed companies, all in one go. These stocks include blue-chips and industry leaders across 15 key sectors. The ETF simply mirrors the Nifty 50 index, which means your investment automatically follows the performance of India's top-50 biggest, most reliable companies. The Nifty 50 index, which completed 29 years last month, is the most popular benchmark index, representing a diversified portfolio of India's 50 largest companies by market capitalisation. As of April 21, 2025, Nifty 50 has delivered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.93% since inception. Live Events Large-caps, with their reliable performance, solid cash flows, profitability & market advantages are essential for long-term portfolios, making the Nifty 50 index an excellent option for retail investors. Why choose the Nifty 50 ETF? If you're looking to invest in Nifty 50, choosing an ETF is a smart and hassle-free option. Nifty 50 ETFs come with various benefits that make them an attractive choice for investors. A key feature is their low cost because of lower expense ratios. Since ETFs are passively managed, there are no fund manager fees eating into your returns. Since ETFs track the entire Nifty 50 index, you are automatically investing in a diversified set of stocks, without the need to pick individual stocks yourself and minimising the risk of bad stock selection. One of the biggest advantages of investing in a Nifty 50 ETF is its affordability. Nifty 50 ETF lets you own a slice of India's top 50 companies with just a few hundred rupees. Further, the index itself is re-balanced every six months, ensuring that it accurately reflects India's top-performing companies. This ensures your investment stays aligned with the top-performing companies in the market, all without the need for constant monitoring. Another great feature is their high liquidity, which allows you to buy and sell ETF units through demat & trading accounts just like stocks during market hours. This provides flexibility, giving you greater control over your investments. Investing in a Nifty 50 ETF becomes even more relevant in the current market scenario. The Index's price-to-earnings (PE) ratio has dropped from 24.5 times in September 2024 to 22.4 times in May 2025, making it more attractive from a valuation perspective. This decrease presents a good opportunity for investors to enter the market at a lower valuation. Conclusion Nifty 50 ETF offers an easy, low-cost, hands-off, efficient and risk-free way to invest in some of the best blue-chips in India, with the added benefits of liquidity and diversification. For NRIs, the Nifty 50 ETF offers a simple way to invest in India's growth without managing a large portfolio. It's also an ideal entry point for millennials & beginners providing low-cost exposure to top businesses and long-term growth. (Author of the article Chintan Haria is Principal - Investment Strategy at ICICI Prudential AMC)
Economic Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Invest Smart: Nifty 50 ETF offers low-cost access to market leaders
What is the Nifty 50 ETF? Live Events Why choose the Nifty 50 ETF? Conclusion If you're new to investing in stock markets or an NRI looking to invest in India or a millennial trying to make smarter financial choices , starting your journey can feel overwhelming. Investment decisions can be challenging, especially in times of market volatility . Over the past six months, markets have experienced increased volatility, leaving many investors uncertain about the best course of uncertainty often leads to tough choices, with the fear of making the wrong decision causing hesitation. However, it's important to remember that volatility is a natural part of investing and the key lies in maintaining a long-term short-term ups and downs can be unsettling, staying focused on your financial goals and making informed, disciplined investment choices can help you navigate this good news? Getting started with investing doesn't have to be expensive or complicated. You don't need to pick individual stocks or track the market daily to grow your money. Taking the passive route is advisable as you get to replicate a benchmark index and one of the simplest and most effective ways to begin is through the Nifty 50 ETF (Exchange Traded Fund). Nifty 50 ETF is a low-cost investment product that lets you own a small piece of India's 50 largest listed companies, all in one go. These stocks include blue-chips and industry leaders across 15 key sectors. The ETF simply mirrors the Nifty 50 index, which means your investment automatically follows the performance of India's top-50 biggest, most reliable companies. The Nifty 50 index, which completed 29 years last month, is the most popular benchmark index, representing a diversified portfolio of India's 50 largest companies by market capitalisation. As of April 21, 2025, Nifty 50 has delivered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.93% since with their reliable performance, solid cash flows, profitability & market advantages are essential for long-term portfolios, making the Nifty 50 index an excellent option for retail you're looking to invest in Nifty 50, choosing an ETF is a smart and hassle-free option. Nifty 50 ETFs come with various benefits that make them an attractive choice for investors. A key feature is their low cost because of lower expense ratios. Since ETFs are passively managed, there are no fund manager fees eating into your ETFs track the entire Nifty 50 index, you are automatically investing in a diversified set of stocks, without the need to pick individual stocks yourself and minimising the risk of bad stock of the biggest advantages of investing in a Nifty 50 ETF is its affordability. Nifty 50 ETF lets you own a slice of India's top 50 companies with just a few hundred the index itself is re-balanced every six months, ensuring that it accurately reflects India's top-performing companies. This ensures your investment stays aligned with the top-performing companies in the market, all without the need for constant great feature is their high liquidity, which allows you to buy and sell ETF units through demat & trading accounts just like stocks during market hours. This provides flexibility, giving you greater control over your in a Nifty 50 ETF becomes even more relevant in the current market scenario. The Index's price-to-earnings (PE) ratio has dropped from 24.5 times in September 2024 to 22.4 times in May 2025, making it more attractive from a valuation perspective. This decrease presents a good opportunity for investors to enter the market at a lower 50 ETF offers an easy, low-cost, hands-off, efficient and risk-free way to invest in some of the best blue-chips in India, with the added benefits of liquidity and NRIs, the Nifty 50 ETF offers a simple way to invest in India's growth without managing a large portfolio. It's also an ideal entry point for millennials & beginners providing low-cost exposure to top businesses and long-term growth.(Author of the article Chintan Haria is Principal - Investment Strategy at ICICI Prudential AMC)(Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of the Economic Times)
The Hindu
19-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Managed ETF portfolios
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 of ETFs. Here, we discuss Managed ETF portfolios. Passive-active-passive A Managed ETF portfolio involves three participants — you (investor), the portfolio manager who constructs an ETF portfolio and the ETF manager who passively manages the ETF (underlying investment). Suppose a Managed ETF portfolio manager decides to create a portfolio consisting of a Gold ETF, a Nifty ETF and a Mid-cap ETF. This portfolio manager must continually manage the position with the objective of timing the market to generate returns. Note that each ETF — gold, Nifty and Mid-cap — is passively managed by the respective ETF manager. If you were to map the participants to the investment process, you have a passive-active-passive approach — passive (you) — active (Managed ETF portfolio manager) and passive (ETF manager). Consider two arguments. The objective of the Managed ETF portfolio manager is to generate alpha by continually changing the allocation to style, sector and strategy ETFs. For example, Nifty 50 ETF is a style (size-based) ETF, Nifty Bank ETF is a sector ETF and Nifty100 Low Volatility 30 is a strategy ETF. Suffice it to understand a Managed ETF portfolio is relatively easy to create using style and sector ETFs. It is optimal to passively manage investments in a Managed ETF portfolio. If entry and exit are frequent and not well-timed, the portfolio returns could suffer despite the Managed ETF portfolio manager performing well. It is crucial the portfolio manager considers style and sector universe, including third-party ETFs to pick the ones actively traded. Conclusion At a macro level, the Managed ETF portfolio relies on the portfolio manager's ability to select ETFs to invest in. For instance, the manager may decide to invest in a pharma ETF instead of a banking ETF. At a granular level, the Managed ETF portfolio brings to the fore the market timing skills of a portfolio manager. Therefore, alpha returns can come from allocation (proportion of sector and style ETFs) and market timing (when to buy and sell). This product should be kept outside the core portfolio. The Managed ETF portfolio could be structured as an open-end fund (FoF structure). (The author offers training programmes for individuals to manage their personal investments)
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Gold vs Nifty: Which investment gave higher SIP return in one year?
With gold prices in India soaring to record levels this week and breaching the Rs 1 lakh mark, an analysis by ETMutualFunds shows that Gold ETFs have significantly outperformed Nifty ETFs over the past year in terms of SIP returns. For the analysis, SBI Mutual Fund's Gold ETF and Nifty 50 ETF were considered. If an investor had made a monthly SIP of Rs 10,000 in the SBI Gold ETF, the XIRR over a one-year period would have been 54.35%. In contrast, the same investment in the SBI Nifty 50 ETF would have yielded an XIRR of just 2.93%. 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View Details » by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Secure Your Child's Future with Strong English Fluency Planet Spark Learn More Undo Further analysis reveals that, including the SBI Gold ETF, 16 gold-based ETFs have delivered XIRRs ranging between 48.32% and 54.85% over the past year. Among the 16 Gold ETFs, Axis Gold ETF delivered the highest return of 54.85%, followed by ICICI Prudential Gold ETF, which posted an XIRR of 54.62% on SIP investments. Nippon India ETF Gold BeES delivered the lowest return among the group, with an XIRR of 48.32% over the same period. Live Events On the other hand, apart from the SBI Nifty 50 ETF, there are 15 ETFs benchmarked to the Nifty 50, which have offered XIRRs ranging between 2.87% and 3.03%. Quantum Nifty 50 ETF FoF delivered the highest return at 3.03%, followed by LIC MF Nifty 50 ETF at 3.01%. Invesco India Nifty 50 ETF gave the lowest return of 2.87% in the last one year. According to Tata Mutual Fund, the current drivers behind gold's ascent include central bank accumulation, the dollar index effect, economic uncertainty, inflationary pressure, and ETF inflows. The fund house further mentions that these factors have led to substantial inflows into gold-backed ETFs, with UBS projecting inflows to reach 450 metric tons in 2025. In a release by Motilal Oswal Wealth Management, the firm noted: 'We could continue to see volatility in gold this year. Risk-taking traders can ride the rally, while conservative investors may wait for dips to accumulate. We continue to recommend 'Buying on Dips.' We believe gold could inch toward $3,350–3,500 and consolidate near those levels. Assuming USDINR at 85, the immediate domestic range is Rs 96,500–1,00,000, with Rs 1,06,000 a possibility from a longer-term perspective.' Tata Mutual Fund echoed a similar outlook: 'Gold prices may remain firm in the medium term, supported by central bank buying, expected rate cuts, a weaker dollar, inflation, economic uncertainty (including tariff-related risks), ETF inflows, and geopolitical factors. Leading financial institutions have adjusted their forecasts accordingly.' 'While short-term corrections are possible, as gold has surged over 25% in the past six weeks—a move that historically takes 3–5 months—long-term fundamentals remain supportive,' the fund house added. According to the latest AMFI data, Gold ETFs saw net outflows of Rs 77 crore in March, compared to inflows of Rs 1,979 crore in February. However, FY25 Gold ETF inflows stood at Rs 14,852 crore, a 183% year-on-year increase from Rs 5,248 crore in FY24. Despite the outflows in March, experts believe the shift was largely driven by profit-booking after the sharp surge in gold prices. Also Read | G old price breaks records, yet ETFs see outflow. Investors withdrew Rs 77 crore in March 'Gold ETFs saw a reversal in March, with net outflows of Rs 77.21 crore compared to Rs 1,979.84 crore of inflows in February. This was largely due to profit-booking. However, the AAUM for Gold ETFs grew by 3.82% to Rs 57,101.29 crore due to the rally in gold prices, which could further drive investor interest,' said Ajay Garg, CEO of SMC Global Securities .
