As mentioned last week, I am starting a new series on tactical asset allocation techniques based on market timing. In this first part, we looked at the index PE (price to earnings ratio) as a buy/sell signal. In the second part, we consider the ten-month moving average (10 MMA) of the Index price. There are still…
Continue reading →In this episode of fee-only advisor journey, Basavaraj Tonagatti, who runs the popular blog Basunivesh, describes his growth from insurance and mutual fund advisor to a financial planner to enterprising blogger and now a SEBI registered investment advisor (RIA), fee-only financial planner. He also joins as the 11th RIA in my List of Fee-only Financial Planners…
Continue reading →I am working on an ebook – Mutual Fund FAQ: The Basics – that will provide short, easy to understand answers to 100+ common and basic questions that new investors ask. In parallel, I am also making a short video answer to each of the questions covered. This is the first part where will consider…
Continue reading →In April 2018, when SEBI registered fee-only financial planner Brijesh Vappala and member of fee-only India (FOI) was added to my list of fee-only financial planners, he had written a guest post highlighting a common problem among young earners: A high income will not make you RICH!! He partitioned money spending into four bins or quadrants and showed that if…
Continue reading →I am starting a new series on tactical asset allocation techniques based on market timing. In this first part, we will look at the index PE (price to earnings ratio) as a signal. In this series, results from a backtest with Sensex and/or S&P 500 data will be presented and is one of the most…
Continue reading →Would you as a money manager, prefer to get the basics right and get on with your life? That is, do enough to ensure that you have more than a reasonable chance of achieving your future money-dependent goals/dreams and focus on your work, family and hobbies? If yes, in this guest post, SEBI registered fee-only…
Continue reading →Last week I gave a talk on index investing and market timing at the monthly meeting of the Tamil Nadu Investors Association. This is a private recording of the index investing part. We have already started the discussion on the marketing timing part with: Do we need to time the market? More on this will follow next…
Continue reading →“I am worried about Quantum Long Term Equity Value Fund: Should I Exit?”, asked a reader. “Why does Value Research say this is a four star fund when it has only given half the benchmarks return in the past year?”, asked another. So that was enough encouragement for me to review the only fund from…
Continue reading →On 19th June 2008, I started investing in mutual funds. These ten years have changed the way I look at risk and even day to day money management. This is my story and the lessons I have learned. The broad trajectory should be well known to regular/old readers. This is an account of how I…
Continue reading →For a while now, I have been wanting to do a full back-test of multiple market timing or tactical asset allocation strategies. I used a speaking invitation as an excuse to create a spreadsheet where multiple models can be quickly tested with 1000s of time periods. While at it, I asked myself, do we need to…
Continue reading →Let us consider the basic differences between Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and mutual funds and when should one use either product. A couple of announcements first: (A) I will be speaking on “index investing and market timing” this Sunday, 17th June in the Tamilnadu Investors’ Association monthly meeting (see invite below). Do join if possible. (B) If you are…
Continue reading →As I started preparing for a talk on Index investing, I needed to know how many indices are passively tracked and so here is a list of index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in India sorted by their benchmark. I also indicate which ones to choose and which ones to avoid. Surprised to find as…
Continue reading →If you had to choose between making more money and spending less, what would you choose? “Wait a minute, why should I choose?”, you ask? Good question! Let us find out if you have to make that choice (or do both) ! Now, I hate thumb rules because most of the popular ones are flawed…
Continue reading →Resolve is a series of steps on investing and portfolio management. In the first step, we considered how to quickly select equity mutual funds and build a diversified (equity) portfolio. As a second step, we will consider how to quickly decide if I should stay invested in a mutual fund or exit it. To be frank, the…
Continue reading →After the SEBI mutual fund categorization rules came into force, fund houses were forced to merge many schemes. In this post, I discuss common investor questions and problems regarding the merger – should I pay tax? how do I track? how do I calculate returns and capital gains on exit? – and so on with…
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