A reader says, “Please advise which small cap mutual fund I should include in my portfolio?” The short answer: There is no need for small cap funds in any investment portfolio! Regular readers are maybe aware of our stance on small cap mutual funds: Why a SIP in Small Cap Mutual Funds is a waste…
Continue reading →Hi, this is Abhineeth. I am a 30-year-old working as an Engineer in the state government service. I joined this position in 2016, and this is my 7th year. This is how I aim to achieve financial independence and buy/construct a decent house for my family. About this series: I am grateful to readers for…
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 →An angry reader writes, “I searched all your articles on gold and found that you have repeatedly recommended against using Sovereign Gold Bonds in an investment portfolio. Why is this so? They are tax-free when held to maturity, and you get extra interest. No other gold instrument has these features, yet you are against this….
Continue reading →It is widely recognized that stock market returns tend to be clustered, with significant gains followed by years of disappointment. In this article, we examine the yearly and monthly returns of the Sensex from April 1979 and demonstrate that the annualized return after 44 years is primarily determined by just a handful of successful years/months….
Continue reading →In this article, I expound my opinion that a single robo advisor exclusively built for a single advisor or trained with a single advisor (in the case of machine learning) can assist that advisor given enough time, input and practice. A few weeks back, SEBI RIA Swapnil Kende wrote an eloquent piece on Why good quality…
Continue reading →The amendment to the finance bill 2023 modifying the tax status of debt funds seems to have rendered many investors in turmoil. They seem desperate to invest in debt funds before 1st April – we recommend that you don’t: Should I invest a lump sum in debt mutual funds before 1st April 2023? They seem…
Continue reading →A new reader took exception to our view of the Nasdaq 100, leading to an interesting conversation, parts of which are reproduced. “Why do you keep saying not to invest in the Nasdaq 100?” As discussed earlier, the main reason for our recommendation is “Not many investors appreciate that the NASDAQ 100 is a highly…
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 →In this edition of the FAQ, we discuss the features of the Mahila Samman Savings Certificate, 2023, a new small savings scheme announced in Budget 2023 Who can invest? Women and minor girls via their guardians. Where can we open the Mahila Samman Savings Certificate account? At post offices or notified banks. What is the…
Continue reading →A large number of PPF investors tend to invest Rs. 1.5 Lakh between April 1st and April 5th in an attempt to “maximize” the interest advantages of PPF. Before you follow suit, take into consideration the following factors! This conversation is also relevant if you’re looking to optimize your PPF investments throughout the financial year….
Continue reading →ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is less than four months old, but it has already taken the world by storm. Microsoft’s Bing has, for the first time, got something that Google hasn’t (at the time of writing). AI-based tech startups are popping up like mushroom after rain: There’s an AI for that. It seems someone…
Continue reading →These are the freefincal handpicked list of mutual funds for Apr-Jun 2023. New and old investors can use it according to their specific needs. The list is called “PlumbLine” and has been published since Sep 2017 for beginners to accompany the freefincal robo advisory tool. Most important! Plumbline is a mix of my opinions +…
Continue reading →With the change in the taxation of debt fund units purchased on or after 1st April 2023, the focus shifts on (1) the change in the investment mandate of certain existing schemes, (2) the launch of balanced hybrid funds (these can hold 40-60% equity) and (3) equity savings funds. In our coverage of this topic,…
Continue reading →An additional benefit in the new tax regime has been approved in the budget amendment to the finance bill 2023. We have modified our free New Tax Regime vs Old Tax Regime Calculator to reflect this change. Before the amendment, a person with a net taxable income of Rs. 7 lakhs paid no tax in…
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