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Active and passive investment strategies are two distinct approaches used by mutual fund managers to generate returns for their investors

Option chain is a very popular tool for data analysis among derivatives traders. It is available on the NSE website and there are other software too offering this feature, writes Prashant Shah, Co-founder & CEO Definedge Securities 

Since 2021, several nations, both developed and developing, have been experiencing a period of high inflation. Much of this has to do with the vast sums of money pumped into the global economy to prop it up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation has made a comeback between the highs and lows of the pandemic and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Over the past few months, India has witnessed a jump of 7 per cent in retail inflation.

As per IMF, India shall become 5th largest economy in FY-2023 and is likely to be 3rd largest in FY-2028 surpassing the UK, Japan and Germany. This is because, in the past several decades, India’s GDP growth has been higher than in these nations. Currently, India’s GDP growth is the highest in the world despite its decline in the past 6 years. In such a fast-growing economy, falling employment and the consequential rising poverty are indeed unusual. Therefore, India must revisit its growth model. The benefits of growth must flow to the population at the bottom of the pyramid. For this, let’s peep into the basics of GDP, as invented by Simon Kuznets, a Nobel laureate of USA, in 1934-35.  

Every investor looks for ways to preserve and increase their portfolio value from time to time. But for that to happen, you need to save money regularly and invest consistently. Depending on the risk tolerance, time horizon, and the amount of principal that can be invested, there are many ways to grow an investment portfolio. Here are some of the main ways to boost your portfolio returns.