Here we go again! Yet another AMC has been caught on the wrong foot with one of its bonds downgraded in value. This time it is Taurus Mutual Fund which held at least 65 crores of Ballarpur short-term bonds in four of its funds. In what was a probably a first for the Indian industry, Taurus liquid…
Continue reading →There are two main risks associated with a debt mutual fund: capital losses due to (1) an increase in interest rates since old bonds are not as valuables as new bonds that offer higher rates; (2) an actual default in the payment of interest or the possibility of default. In this post, I shall introduce a…
Continue reading →Investors who wish to give debt mutual funds a try often find that they are more difficult to understand than equity mutual funds 🙂 Who would have thought a fixed income product (a bond that offers regular payments like a fixed deposits) would be so hard to understand the moment it can be traded to…
Continue reading →Here are some simple steps to avoid mess-ups when it comes to investing in debt mutual funds. Freefincal has 30+ posts on debt mutual funds. It is high-time that I compiled them into an e-book. I need to finish a couple of posts before I can do that. This is one of them. Before we look…
Continue reading →Pranav Date, who played a key role in the development of monthly returns, consistency and capture ratios, has now developed a fantastic one stop shop solution for downloading Nifty historical data: the price data from 59 NSE indices, the total returns (dividends reinvested) Nifty 50 index, PE, PB and dividend yield ratios for 51 indices and the…
Continue reading →Use this Excel sheet to automatically download stock financial data from Moneycontrol for analysis. This sheet was prepared many months ago, but I did not come around to complete it. Regular readers may be aware that automated stock analyzers using screener.in and morningstar.in are available with multiple valuation methods. In the current edition, I have not…
Continue reading →Most stock market indices widely used in India are what are known as market capitalization weighted indices. That is, higher the total market value of a stock, higher its presence (weight) in the index. The Nifty 100 Equal weight index is one in which all the stocks of the Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50…
Continue reading →UTI Opportunities Fund is a fund with a large-cap tilt that can pick stocks from the BSE 100 universe. Launched in Jul 2005, it has recently hit a rough patch and a fund manager change. A look at its performance. Like with all my mutual fund reviews, the focus (at least mine) is on the…
Continue reading →Each week I try and answer generic questions from readers. Here is this weeks edition. If you have a question, you can use the form below and I will address it next week (if I can). Abhi: Hello Mr. Pattabhiraman, Trust you are doing good! In the first chapter of your book “You can be rich…
Continue reading →In this edition of “reader story”, Ravi Kiran describes his experience of procuring a home loan from LIC Housing Finance (LICHFL) and then transferring it to SBI, thereby saving over Rs. 12 Lakh in interest. UPDATE: MD and CEO of MF Utility, V Ramesh will be joining Ashal and me at the PUNE DIY Investor…
Continue reading →Each week, I try and answer generic questions from readers. Here is part one of this week’s edition. If you have a question, please use the form below. Please note that I will not provide specific investment advice and/or product suggestions. Pattu Sir, can any MF CAGR could be 24%? How can i get returns…
Continue reading →Budget 2017 has proposed a slew of benefits related to long-term capital gains. The most important is the shift of the base year to be used for long-term capital gains computation for all asset classes. Here is a summary and illustration of long-term capital gains computation with base year 2001. 1: Change in duration for computation…
Continue reading →The rent received from a house property is treated as income and taxed as per slab. However, certain deductions are eligible for this taxable amount. Budget 2017 had restricted the amount of deduction one can claim. Here is an illustration and a revised real estate returns calculator. The taxable income is given by: rent –…
Continue reading →A few years ago, I overheard some lab staff talking. A middle-aged person, soon to retire, was talking about the preparations for his daughter’s upcoming marriage. His aim was to outdo the reception arrangements he had observed in a recent marriage. I was invited to the event and found that it was extremely lavish for the…
Continue reading →Each week I try to answer generic reader questions on money management. Here is this weeks edition. Hi Sir, I follow your blog regularly – you helped in a great deal choosing the right funds as per goals. Now, my question is – when is a good time for a retail investor to consider portfolio…
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