A reader says, “My PPF has matured. I presently hold about 45 % equity, with the rest in debt, and I am looking to increase my equity exposure as I have about 17 years to retire. I was thinking of withdrawing the ppf, which is currently earning tax-free returns of 7.1% and moving that to…
Continue reading →It is uncanny that several investors have emailed or commented over the last few days asking if they should stop their investments now and wait for the market to cool down a bit. Or they are waiting for the right time to invest a lump sum or start a sip. Our short answer is: If…
Continue reading →A reader asks, “Can a 45-year-old get Rs. one lakh monthly income with Rs. 3 Crores retirement corpus?”. We will assume the reader wishes to retire immediately with a corpus of Rs. 3 crores. Let us punch this scenario into the freefincal robo advisor tool. We acknowledge the efforts of reader Sunil who pointed out…
Continue reading →Believe it or not, five emotional missteps can lead most individuals to commit common financial errors. It may sound unbelievable, but let’s delve into these mistakes individually. If you are susceptible to these mistakes, I urge you to read on until the end. Despite how trivial it may seem, there is a solution to these…
Continue reading →The latest freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener is now available. Use it to screen for consistently performing equity mutual funds. You can screen based on fund category & benchmark and spot mutual funds with a higher return than a benchmark at a lower risk. Inside, you get discounted links to our robo advisory tool…
Continue reading →We recently added an Earnings Power Box Stock Analyzer to the freefincal investor circle. Readers may also know that we publish monthly reviews of my stock portfolio. These are the earnings power valuation results for the stocks in my portfolio. What is Hewitt Heiserman Jr.’s Earnings Power Box? This plots the Defensive EPS (earnings per share)…
Continue reading →On 1st July 2024, SEBI released a consultation paper for “Introduction of Mutual Funds Lite Regulations (MF LITE) for passively managed Mutual Funds Schemes.” aimed to “reduce the compliance requirement, foster innovation, encourage competition and promote ease of entry for the MFs interested in launching only passive schemes”. About the author: S. R. Srinivasan (SRS) is a…
Continue reading →This is a National Pension Scheme Fund Screener to shortlist consistently performing NPS schemes. You can also spot NPS schemes with a higher return than a benchmark at a lower risk. This is similar in design to the freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener. Inside, you get discounted links to our robo advisory tool and…
Continue reading →On 1st July 2024, SEBI released a consultation paper for “Introduction of Mutual Funds Lite Regulations (MF LITE) for passively managed Mutual Funds Schemes.” aimed to “reduce the compliance requirement, foster innovation, encourage competition and promote ease of entry for the MFs interested in launching only passive schemes”. In this paper, SEBI has proposed the…
Continue reading →We publish a list of stocks with low volatility and momentum each month. We provide data for BSE 500 and BSE 100 stocks. There are now three different screener files available. (1) Stocks with low volatility and momentum from the BSE 100 large cap universe are available as a separate file (2) Stocks with low…
Continue reading →A fund of fund (FoF) is a mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds. Equity oriented FoF is a fund that invests 90% or more in other ETFs which invests 90% or more in domestic equities. About the author: Manmohan Sethumadhavan is a freelancer, investor, and personal finance enthusiast “in search of the absolute truth.”…
Continue reading →I have been investing for my son’s future (college and other expenses) since Dec 2009 – a month before he was born (He is 14 now). Here are some lessons from this journey. Many years ago, I asked in the Jagoinvestor forum, “If anyone has achieved their financial goals using mutual funds, please share your…
Continue reading →SEBI released decisions made in its board meeting on June 27th 2024, which will significantly impact the income of finfluencers. The circular says: 1.1 The persons regulated by the Board and the agents of such persons shall not have any association, like, any transaction involving money or money’s worth, referral of a client, interaction of…
Continue reading →So far, Quant Mutual Fund has not made it clear whether it is being investigated for front-running. They have only said that they received inquiries from Sebi. It then released an FAQ that sheds no light on the investigation. The first faq is, “Has the SEBI enquiry concluded? : No, it is a regular ongoing…
Continue reading →These are the freefincal handpicked list of mutual funds for July-September 2024. New and old investors can use it according to their specific needs. The list is called “PlumbLine” and has been published since September 2017 for beginners to accompany the freefincal robo advisor tool. Most important! Plumbline is a mix of my opinions +…
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