There is no need for investors to consider the two new index from DSP: DSP Nifty 50 Index Fund & DSP Nifty Next 50 Index Fund as there are good existing options. Amusingly, in its promotional campaign DSP has admitted that beating the market will be tougher in future! We should avoid a new index fund…
Continue reading →Here are five index funds based on Sensex and the Nifty that have beat their indices in the last year! Therefore, investors should avoid such funds! Since an index fund has expenses associated with management and commissions (in the regular plan), it is impossible for an index fund to produce a return more than the index…
Continue reading →This is a review of Motilal Oswal Multicap 35 Fund. This is a multicap fund that seeks to invest in no more than 35 stocks across market cap and sectors. Thanks to its distributor friendly approach and transfer from its PMS arm, the AUM of this less-than-five year old has quickly swelled to 13,000 plus crores….
Continue reading →Here are lessons from the best and worst performing mutual funds of 2018. None of the funds mentioned are to be considered for investment. Observing annual returns can make us understand risk better and sometimes introduce us to a new investment strategy adopted by mutual funds. In this 2018 return means return between Jan 1st…
Continue reading →Here is a strange but true fact about how mutual funds beat the index! It is also the reason why I keep stressing on downside protection. Mutual funds that beat the index consistently find it easier to beat the index when it falls than when it rises! Here are numbers from the Dec 2018 freefincal Equity mutual fund…
Continue reading →Abhishek Kumar joins the freefincal list of fee-only financial planners and to mark the occasion, here is an account of his chequered journey. Abhishek is also part of fee-only India an association of fee-only financial planners and we met last month at Bangalore. You can contact Abhishek via his website Sahajmoney. Now over to him. While…
Continue reading →In this guest post, fee-only SEBI registered investment advisor, Swapnil Kendhe discusses his ongoing journey towards becoming a competent and effective financial advisor. One of the first lessons that my PhD supervisor taught me is, “do not get satisfied too easily in life”. Swapnil is the epitome of this saying, continually pushing himself to know…
Continue reading →Here are seven ELSS mutual funds that have beat consistently outperformed Nifty large Midcap 250 Index over the last 3, 4 and 5 years. Again, only 7 out of 31 ELSS funds have qualified. If you are looking for an ELSS mutual fund in 2019, then this can be used as a shortlist. Before we…
Continue reading →PlumbLine is my list of handpicked mutual funds. This was started in Sep 2017 for beginners to accompany the freefincal robo advisory template. This is the January 2019 edition. There are seven changes in funds and fund categories. If you are seeing this for the first time, please take a couple of minutes to understand…
Continue reading →Here are 5 large cap funds that have beat the Nifty 100 Total Returns Index. Rather, only 5 out of 36 large cap funds studied in the Dec 2018 freefincal equity fund screener have managed to beat Nifty 100 consistently over 3, 4, 5 years in terms of risk and reward. I am quite surprised more than half the…
Continue reading →Every December I take stock of my financial goals and evaluate where I stand. I have been publishing this since 2013 and this is the 6th edition and 1st video version. My goal is only to point out the benefits of goal-based investing and have no intentions to brag.My success so far (if it can…
Continue reading →Here are 11 aggressive hybrid (balanced) mutual funds that have beat Nifty 100!! The point is to illustrate how easy it is to get such fund shortlists using the freefincal mutual fund consistency screener. The Dec 2018 was published a couple of days ago. As readers may be aware, I have been comparing the performance of aggressive…
Continue reading →Interest in the Nifty Next 50 (NN50) has increased over the last couple of years due to its fantastic track record against many diversified equity mutual funds: Nifty Next 50: The Benchmark Index That No Mutual Fund Would Touch?! However, the NN50 is a volatile index with a huge peak to low falls (drawdown). So naturally, investors…
Continue reading →This is a performance review of Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund and a comparison with the most popular ELSS fund Axis Long Term Equity. If you are looking for an ELSS fund, rather if your portfolio needs an ELSS fund then Mirae Tax Saver might fit the bill. Sometimes, you need to choose mutual funds…
Continue reading →Are you an NRI worried about managing your money? Perhaps you are going to become one soon? Perhaps you kn0w of NRI friends who may require some help? In this guest post, SEBI registered fee-only investment advisor Vikram Krishnamoorthy discusses money management factors that NRIs should consider and the questions they should ask. About the…
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