In this article, we discuss some common mistakes that should be avoided while planning for early retirement. What is early retirement? This typically means quitting a salaried job to do what a person loves (for free or otherwise). Today 55 is the normal retirement age. So early retirement is approximately 45 years or earlier. See;…
Continue reading →The prominence of index funds and ETFs in the last few years due to their visible outperformance has resulted in a heated active vs passive debate on social media, personal finance forums etc. While cost, the underperformance of active management, simplicity of fund maintenance etc are all important factors they are not of primary importance…
Continue reading →This is a debt mutual fund screener for fund selection, fund portfolio tracking and learning. It also includes hybrid funds that invest in bonds. It will satisfy investors who wish to invest in money market funds, banking and PSU funds etc. The credit quality of the bonds in the portfolio and the bond maturity profile…
Continue reading →A member of the armed forces writes, ” Hello sir, I am a continuous follower of your financial advice and financial-related methods(YouTube and web).. thankful to you for all these practical and fact-based reviews and advice”. “Sir all of your retirement corpus planning or savings required for retirement are not mentioned whether they have a…
Continue reading →A reader who prefers anonymity asks, “I would like to become a SEBI registered fee-only advisor. However many people in financial services have discouraged me. They either ask me to do something else or become a commission-based advisor or charge a fee based on the AUM of the client. I find these models unappealing. I…
Continue reading →A reader asks, “I have been continuously investing in MF for the last 6+ years. My brother tells me to invest in direct equity instead of MF for the main reason that the fund manager’s decisions can be driven by their relationship with the company or some conflict of interest. I buy direct equity in…
Continue reading →This is an index fund screener based on tracking error and returns difference wrt benchmarks (aka tracking difference). The screener will help a user evaluate how efficiently an index fund has tracked its underlying benchmark. It will also help a understand how tracking a midcap index or the Nifty 100, 500 is quite different from…
Continue reading →Paytm Money announced on July 4th 2022 that it will stop offering advisory, surrender its SEBI RIA license and become a broker for direct mutual funds via BSE StAR. So existing investors will have to get their KYC information re-verified once again if they wish to continue investing via Paytm Money. Paytm Money has clarified…
Continue reading →The impact of inflation over the long term can be devastating to our finances as shown recently – Inflation has reduced Rs. One Lakh to just Rs. 5741 in 41 years! The only way to beat inflation or at least keep pace with it is to invest right. But what does “investing right” mean? Many investors…
Continue reading →The freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener (July 2022) 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 two courses:…
Continue reading →A viewer on YouTube writes, “Hello sir, Firstly I just want to call out that your book “You can be rich too with goal-based investing” is just amazing. I have an investment portfolio for the next 15 yrs, for my retirement. My investment is 6 months old. Currently, my asset allocation is 70% equity and…
Continue reading →The income tax department allows certain “professionals” to pay tax only on 50% of their total income on a presumptive basis under section 44ADA of the IT act (t&c apply)*. However, there is plenty of confusion on who is eligible to file returns under ADA and who is not. A discussion. Disclaimer: No part of this…
Continue reading →A few days ago, Suhas made an interesting observation in the Facebook group, Asan Ideas for Wealth: “I noticed that if we carried forward LTCL (long term capital loss) from previous years then that 1L exemption is not applicable”. Why is this so? Is this an error? Let us find out. This article was made…
Continue reading →A reader wants to know if he can now rebalance his portfolio by shifting funds from fixed income to equity since the market is down. A discussion. Yes, we think this market “correction” is a great opportunity to rebalance our portfolios and increase equity exposure. However, this opportunity is only applicable to certain investors. Many…
Continue reading →The income tax department requires that we pay the tax due on our income before specific dates during the financial year. This is known as advance tax. Usually, employers take care of this requirement for the salaried individuals via tax deducted at the source each month. In this article, we discuss how others (professionals, freelancers…
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