Some ‘safe’ options when market is volatile

With the stock markets on a continuous uptrend in 2017, there were not many takers for fixed-income products. As valuations surge and stocks pause to enter a corrective phase, investors are increasingly asking distributors about safer investment options in the fixed-income space. ET takes a look at some of these options. The GOI Savings Bond has been relaunched with a coupon of 7.75 per cent for 7 years, Bajaj Finance has raised interest rates on its fixed deposits for senior citizens by 10 basis points to 8.2 per cent and SREI Infra is come up with a public offer of NCDs offering interest rates up to 9.5 per cent with flexibility to take interest monthly or annually.