Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Tax free bond - best option for long tenure

Debt Market Investment

At the current economic scenario debt investment would be one of the best options. Bonds and fixed deposits have safety element and gives reasonable returns. Tax free corporate bonds are returning around 13% return. It is the main reason that investor are back to these tax free bonds.

At present Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd (REC Ltd) is available for investors. It offer 8.26% annualized yield to retail investors for 10 year maturity period. It has raised more than Rs 4300 crore in the past two weeks. Investors are grabbing this opportunity as they know that this high yield may not sustain in this high level.

Many bank fixed deposits offer 8.5-9 percent-at least in the short term. Bonds are even better. For example, NHAI tax-free bonds can be bought from the market for around Rs 1,084 (10-year bonds, maturing in 2022), giving a yield to maturity of 8.1-8.2 percent. Adjusted for the top tax bracket, this gives nearly 12 percent annual yield, well above inflation. Tax-free bonds are issued only by government-owned companies, and to that extent they are also safe from defaults.

According to finance ministry sources, India will allow to international funds to invest in tax free bonds with attractive return. The high subscription of these types of bonds would give a new boost to our economy as these investments are long term investments. The government can use this fund to develop the infrastructure, new power plants, road etc. and as a result investor’s confidence would come back for India.

State companies bonds with tax free interest consider best combination of returns and safety. In the present highly volatile market, tax free bonds are offering possibly highest returns to investors. According to me, it is very good opportunity to 30% tax bracket investors as the return in these bonds are total tax free and reasonable for 10 year tenure.

For more detail about any other query related investment, you can contact me through my email.

Warm regards,

Arvind Trivedi, Certified Financial Planner


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