When a young earner enters the taxable income slab for the first time, their immediate concern is to save tax. A common question that then arises is, “should I invest in PPF or ELSS mutual funds for saving tax? Which would give me better returns?” A discussion on when to consider what and how to…
Continue reading →This is a review of PGIM India Global Equity Opportunities Fund. A trailing one year return of 64% (as on Sep 3rd 2020) has been hard to ignore for many readers and I have received several requests for this review.
Continue reading →Axis Global Equity Alpha Fund of Fund is a new offering from Axis AMC. It will invest in Schroder International Selection Fund Global Equity Alpha, a large cap oriented global equity fund. We discuss the performance of this underlying fund to understand if it makes sense to consider the Axis fund for “international diversification”.
Continue reading →After the market crash in March 2020, SBI Small Cap and DSP Small Cap funds opened for lump sum purchase. Now SBI Small Cap Fund has announced that it will not accept lump sum investments from Sep 7th (it had opened on March 30th). Does this mean investors should be wary of poor returns in…
Continue reading →As per Finance Bill FY 2020-2021, a person who receives dividend income from stocks and mutual funds must add it to total income and pay tax as per slab. Does this mean investors should stop buying dividend stocks since a portion of it would be lost to tax?
Continue reading →This is a question posed by 35-year-old Prakash: “I would like to get Rs. one lakh a month pension when I retire. How should I invest to achieve this?” A pension after retirement is a necessary component of a post-retirement investment portfolio. However, it is not sufficient. A discussion.
Continue reading →The Public Provident Fund (PPF) is a popular tax-saving instrument in India. The Government of India introduced it in 1968 and fully guarantees the scheme. NRIs cannot open new PPF accounts but can continue their existing ones till maturity (15 years). A person can open only one PPF account for himself and one account each…
Continue reading →Stocks with momentum and low volatility for September 2020 are listed in this stock screener for 100 stocks from the Nifty 100. This month 19 stocks quality (two new entrants) after filtering Nifty 100 with (1) positive 1-year return, (2) positive six-month return, (3) price > 200-day moving average, (4) 50% of daily positive returns,…
Continue reading →Portfolio folio rebalancing is like a “system reset”. It is used to remove money from a well-performing asset class (eg equity) and move it to another asset class (eg. fixed income). Investors have many questions regarding this essential portfolio management activity and one of them is: “should I use the best performing mutual fund to…
Continue reading →Are you delaying your investments waiting for the market to fall again? Here is why waiting for the suitable time to invest in the market can an expensive and irreversible mistake.
Continue reading →It seems incredulous to think that the Nifty was 12,174 on 13th Feb and fell 37.5% over the next 39 days to 7610 on March 23rd. Then over the next 158 days, it gained 53% to close at 11647 on Aug 28th 2020. These are 10 mutual funds (from 9 categories) that have moved up…
Continue reading →“My goal is long-term. If my risk appetite is moderate, what kind of mutual funds should I choose?”. This is a common question asked in personal finance forums. We discuss what investors in this situation should do.
Continue reading →In the past week, gilt mutual funds fell between 1-2%. Dynamic bond funds fell 0.8% to 1%, Banking and PSU funds, corporate bond funds and all categories of debt funds holding medium to long term bonds fell by varying extents. Why did this happen? Will it impact the stock? What it means to your investments.
Continue reading →The S&P MERVAL index has registered some astounding returns. Its 10-year SIP return is 36.68% (yes, that is annualized!) a 15-year SIP return of 30.25% and a 5-year SIP return of 30.06%. If you have wondered why the Indian and US stock markets have been moving up in spite of the pandemic, these returns from…
Continue reading →Let us consider this question asked by a reader: “Instead of starting a mutual fund SIP, can I invest small amounts on my own each month?” The answer might seem trivial to old investors, but it worth clarifying for the sake of newbies.
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