Here is a simple way to select your first stock without breaking your head using the Nifty Strategic Indices. These are a couple of videos published on freefincal @youtube and is along the lines of my lazy investing series. The idea is to help new stock investors to quickly pick stocks with minimal effort. Do have a…

If you are looking for mid cap and small cap value stocks or mid cap growth stocks, there is now an easy way to create a shortlist for further study. NSE has recently launched strategic indices based on Nifty 500 (100 large caps + 150 midcaps and 250 small caps) and Nifty 200 (100 large…

Stock momentum investing is a fascinating and counterintuitive concept like low-volatility stock investing. Momentum investing is essentially chasing stocks with good past performance! In this post, we find out if momentum investing in India works by analysing the S&P BSE Momentum Index. That is, we find out if the strategy can yield better returns than a…

When I start asking my audience, is it possible to get higher returns at lower risk?  Many respond that it is not possible. I enjoy the surprise on their faces when they see evidence that low volatility stock investing works quite well and that it is possible to get higher returns at lower risk. I had earlier…

A question many people ask today is, How should we invest in the present market condition? I discuss simple ways to stay focused and navigate the present market condition. I would wager that five out of every 10 mutual funds or stock investor is fairly new having entered around 2014 or later. The downward movement in…

Here is a list of stocks that have traded close to their all-time high and how it correlates with returns. This can be seen as an alternative low volatility strategy while picking stocks.  Readers may recall that this is an ongoing exploration of studying low volatility stocks and lazy investing – See Aug 2018 lazy portfolio updates and 30 Low…

From June 2018, I have started testing five stock portfolios based on NSE indices. Three of them are based on smart beta (active + passive) indices and two on a passive index.  The main aim is to find out (after the lapse of a few years) how effective a lazy investing stock picking strategy is….

Can we beat indices like the Nifty Next 50 (NN50) by simply picking stocks with low volatility?! Regular readers may be aware that I am running a series on the NN50. In the fourth and final part (for now), we compare Nifty 50, (N50), NN50, NIfty low volatility and the NIfty multi-factor indices in search…

“I would like to start investing in stocks, how can I get started?” This is a common question in any forum involving money/finance. If I were to ask this question, I expect to find specific answers that will get me going: “How to choose a stock?”, “how to make a list of stocks never to…

Although many equity investors like to think that they are saner than crypto-investors, the truth is that there is not much difference in their investment “strategies” (if we can call it that). I am referring to “Hodl to the moon” which for equity investors roughly translates as “don’t sell in fear, equity will be profitable over…

The re-introduction of equity LTCG tax offers not only a chance to clean up our portfolios, but also recognise an important fact: returns from equity may gradually decrease in the next decade or so. No, I am not talking about tax eating away our returns. There are two reasons for this, – one positive and…

On Feb 2nd the day after the budget, the Sensex fell by about 2%. If you this is a “big fall” or if you are worried, you only have two choices: get used to it and be ready for more or leave and head to fixed income. The following charts were published on Mar 11,…

Each time the markets move up for a few sessions, it makes many investors uncomfortable. Is it a bubble? Is it euphoria? They wonder and if the movement results in an all-time time, the worry machines are turning in full swing. In this post, I discuss some reasons for this investor behaviour and how one…