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With the repo rate at its lowest, fixed-income investment rates which were already heading south over the last few years are likely to stay there and move down further in future. Equity returns have been consistently heading lower and lower too. This can destroy all financial plans especially retirement which does not come with a…
Continue reading →Last week I had reported that the annualized return (XIRR) of all my equity MF transactions tagged to retirement planning goal (or financial freedom) dropped from 11.6% in Dec 2019 to 2.75% after the crash. Some readers were either disheartened about this or twisted the result to point out equity investing is risky. In this…
Continue reading →Sooner or later after we finish college and start working, a life-altering realisation hits us. We find out what our school mates and college mates are doing, their lifestyle, how much they are likely to earn etc. We begin defining our relative station in life. What should a reasonably young person with “low income” do to…
Continue reading →When I first computed the overall equity mutual fund portfolio return for my retirement corpus after the crash it was close to 10%. I thought, “hey that does not seem bad! Maybe with time, the XIRR sensitivity to market movement is lower”. Turns out, there was a problem in the calculation and the return is…
Continue reading →This is a simple thumb rule for computing how much money we require for financial independence and retirement – normal or early (aka FIRE). You can also download a free e-book, an Excel sheet and an android app to answer questions like (1) what is the corpus required? (2) How long will a corpus last?…
Continue reading →Should you take advantage of EPF advance announced in view of the lockdown and shift it to equity? A look at who should consider this.
Continue reading →Amar is 27 and salaried and hopes to retire by 58. Here is how he can plan for financial freedom in retirement. We shall consider how Amar can derive an inflation-protected income and be financially free after retirement.
Continue reading →A reader shares her journey to financial freedom. How it changed her life and how the formula for financial independence is simpler than we think!
Continue reading →Everyone agrees that a good amount of equity exposure is necessary for building a retirement corpus capable of handling inflation when income from employment stops. This can be done via some mix of equity mutual funds and direct equity. What about the fixed income or debt part of the portfolio? Let us consider the investment…
Continue reading →When a couple has children, securing their future is a top priority. In this article, SEBI Registered Investment Advisor Preeti Zende discusses the case of a couple, Venkatesh and Latha who desire financial freedom but will have to secure the future of their two children first. She explains in detail how a family can plan…
Continue reading →SEBI registered fee-only investment advisor, S R Srinivasan (SRS) discusses his journey to financial freedom for the benefit of freefincal readers. This is the second part of his guest post. In the first part published yesterday, he talked about his approach and investment choices. If you have not read it, please head over there first…
Continue reading →SEBI registered fee-only investment advisor, S R Srinivasan (SRS) discusses his journey to financial freedom for the benefit of freefincal readers. You may recall that he recently wrote about the List of Mutual fund categories that you can avoid! (incidentally, this went viral!). SRS believes in numbers based insights and naturally, I find this appealing….
Continue reading →Let us think about it for a moment: What is the ideal retirement plan? One that guarantees income for our lifetime, one that helps tackle inflation and unexpected expenses after retirement. All this with as low a corpus as possible! Yes, that does sound too good to be true. However, we can get close to…
Continue reading →Avinash Luthria, SEBI Registered fee-only investment advisor explains why one should not retire early in India (or US or elsewhere) based on the so-called 4% retirement rule (explained below). I respect Avinash’s approach to investing especially his realistic views on risk and reward. Avinash Luthria is Founder, Fee-Only Financial Planner & SEBI Registered Investment Adviser…
Continue reading →Here are five videos to guide a newbie step by step on how to plan their retirement. Please share these with your colleague/friend who has not yet taken their retirement seriously They can understand the importance of retirement planning, how to compute amount necessary for investment, how much to invest and where to invest for…
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