What is inflation-adjusted return
May 01, 2021
A phone call between two friends leads to a talk about inflation-adjusted returns.
Akhila: What are you up to, Karthik?
Karthik: I was planning to buy a television set for ₹50,000. But I later changed my mind to save and invest that amount to buy a better version next year.
Akhila: I hope inflation doesn’t eat into your returns.
Karthik: What do you mean?
Akhila: A few economists expect inflation to rise going ahead. If that happens, your inflation-adjusted returns can be low or even negative.
Karthik: Can you explain that?
Akhila: If you invest that ₹50,000 at four per cent p.a. in a fixed-income instrument, your investment will be worth ₹52,000 by year-end. Say, the average inflation over the next one year is six per cent and the price of the TV set which you decided not to buy, becomes ₹53,000. Let alone buying a better version, your investment amount won’t be sufficient to buy even the current model.
BL Research Bureau
IndiGrid Trust (IndiGrid), a power sector infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), is offering redeemable Non-convertible debentures (NCD) to the public from April 28 and will close on April 30, 2021.
The company is offering NCDs for 3-, 5-, 7- and 10-year timeframes with only non-cumulative option. The rates of interest offered for these time periods are 6.75 per cent, 7.6 per cent, 7.9 per cent and 8.2 per cent per annum respectively. These rates are in case of NCDs with annual interest pay-out schemes. The company also offers quarterly coupon payment option for 7- and 10-year NCDs, in which case the applicable interest rates are 7.69 per cent and 7.97 per cent respectively.
Are floating-rate investment options a better bet?
Satya Sontanam
BL Research Bureau |
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April 17, 2021
Returns move up or down in sync with the market
A phone call between two friends leads to a conversation about the interest rates offered by various debt options and whether they stay fixed or vary during the tenure of the instrument.
Karthik: Hey, have you noticed that in the last couple of months the markets have rallied like there is no tomorrow?
Akhila: Oh, yeah. And after much thinking, I finally booked profits on some of my equity holdings last week.
Karthik: Where are you planning to park these funds now?
Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 06:20 IST Here are five investment options where senior citizens can park their hard-earned savings to get a regular income at high interest rates. Representational image
New Delhi: Investors looking for fixed regular income on their capital have been the worst hit in this falling interest rate scenario. While top banks offer maximum 6% to senior citizens on their fixed deposits with a tenure between 5-10 years, post office small savings schemes provide relatively higher rate. However, investment experts believe that the current high rates on small savings schemes may not sustain further and it is just a matter of time that the government cuts interest rates on these schemes although for the current April-June quarter the interest rates cut was reversed. Under this scenario, here are five investment options where senior citizens can park their hard-earned savings to get a regular income