Reduction in Capital Gains Needed ?

Today’s Daily Byte

It’s just a coincidence that I’m wearing red today, as the market has been mostly painted in red, at least for most of the sectors. So, Nifty is down 0.4%, not too much, but yes, after four days of an up move, some consolidation would have been expected and that’s what’s happened. It has not yet broken down as such, but the rest of the market did sort of appear more weak than Nifty.

Today, we’re diving into some important case studies and lessons on how a complete loss of capital can happen, and how the consequences can stretch over decades

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Is India Capital Gains tax really that much !!

There has been a lot of discussion recently about capital gains tax, with some industry leaders advocating for a reduction or even complete abolition, especially for FPIs.

A table shared by ET Now compares India’s capital gains tax rates with those of other major economies... . . . .

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Where is CNX500’s real bottom after Inflation adjustment ?

A very interesting chart shared by Zafar Sheikh on X shows Nifty 500 adjusted for inflation, giving a clearer picture of real market returns over time. If we look at the index without adjusting for inflation, the 2008 peak was surpassed around 2013-14. However, when inflation is accounted for, the market only truly broke out beyond the 2008 peak after COVID in 2020-21.

Does this mean that while investments seemed to be growing, they were only keeping up with inflation, not actually creating significant real wealth ? .. . . . .

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