This article compares my monthly retirement stock portfolio with an equivalent investment in a Nifty index fund and the Nifty 100 Low Volatility 30 TR index. Before we begin, investors need to appreciate the context of these investments. I started direct equity investing only after achieving a comfortable level of financial independence and ensuring my…
Continue reading →In this episode of how I increased my income, we meet Zubin Ajmera who managed to make Rs. 12 lakhs with a side hustle since the lockdown. In this article, he explains the steps needed to start a side hustle and the mindset required to be successful in it. About this series: We all appreciate the importance of…
Continue reading →Ajay writes, “Dear Pattu Sir, I am 28 years old and wish to retire by 50. I have designed a simple retirement plan with EPF and a Sensex index fund, 50% each. I arrived at my corpus using an online retirement calculator. Can you please review the assumptions made in the calculation and let me…
Continue reading →Let us discuss an interesting question received on our YouTube channel. “How can we build wealth that lasts generations?”. This is a topic close to my heart not because I desire to do so but because I have seen wealth erode in my family from one generation to another and I would like to do…
Continue reading →In this edition of the reader story, we meet Vasu, who is two years away from financial independence. He explains his approach to personal finance: “Own what you know, Loan (to) who you know” to maximize risk-adjusted rewards or minimize reward-adjusted risks. About this series: I am grateful to readers for sharing intimate details about…
Continue reading →Every week we receive questions related to our articles on side-hustle and passive income. There is one common thread to many of these questions. Readers appreciate the importance of building multiple income streams for retirement but don’t know where to start. So they ask what is the best niche or the most profitable niche for…
Continue reading →In response to our article, “Do we need to invest in international mutual funds?“, a reader claimed that the Nasdaq 100 or the S&P 500 would beat the Sensex over the long term for sure. Is this just another opinion based on personal faith, or does it have any past performance support? We find out…
Continue reading →Having mutual funds from all AMCs to buy from at the click of a button is a “convenience” only for those who know what they are doing and when to stop. Many young earners make the mistake of starting SIPs in multiple mutual funds from day one. And multiple here means more than 10! The…
Continue reading →This is a debt mutual fund screener for fund selection, fund portfolio tracking and learning. It also includes hybrid funds that invest in bonds. It will satisfy investors who wish to invest in money market funds, banking and PSU funds etc. The credit quality of the bonds in the portfolio and the bond maturity profile…
Continue reading →In this article, we present the results of a performance analysis of small cap mutual funds compared to the Nifty Smallcap 250, NIfty MIdcap 150 and Nifty Next 50 total returns index. We discuss if it is worth investing in small cap mutual funds. We had recently reported that active mid cap mutual fund managers…
Continue reading →Chitra asks, “Dear Pattu Sir, I have just started my mutual fund investment journey with a SIP in UTI Nifty index fund. I see many investors talk about Nasdaq 100 or S&P 500 funds, but I feel that they are not necessary. Can you please an article about this topic?” The short answer to, “do…
Continue reading →A viewer on our YouTube channel asks, “Sir, How can I identify my risk appetite. Please let me know the list of points to consider while deciding asset allocation. Thanks.” Many investors believe their risk appetite falls under three categories: low, medium and risk. They also assume risk appetite refers to “how much risk we…
Continue reading →This is a passive fund screener based on tracking error and return difference wrt benchmarks. The screener will help a user evaluate how efficiently an index fund has tracked its underlying benchmark. It will also help a understand how tracking a midcap index or the Nifty 100, 500 is quite different from tracking the Sensex…
Continue reading →The March 2020 crash has been a turning point for midcap stocks. The stock universe represented by Nifty Midcap 150 was on the downtrend from early 2018 has zoomed past Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 indices. Long-term Nifty Midcap 150 TRI returns (including dividends) are higher than Nifty Next 50 TRI returns for the…
Continue reading →Leading sports nutritionist Rohini Raman shares her career journey this week. She hopes it will inspire other women to not give up at any age and stage of their life. About this series: We all appreciate the importance of a higher income but increasing our income is not easy. It requires time, effort, sacrifice, dedication and…
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