This is a passive fund screener based on tracking error and return difference wrt benchmarks. 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 tracking the Sensex…
Continue reading →Alok asks, “dear pattu, sir, thanks to your articles, we have started investing with confidence for retirement and my son’s education (he just turned two). There is one aspect we are not able to decide on. Should we invest for our son’s marriage expenses or not? My wife says no, but I am not sure….
Continue reading →We are delighted to announce a new spreadsheet that can be used to evaluate the annualised return (XIRR) of individual stocks and that of a stock portfolio after properly taking into account corporate actions like dividends, stock splits, bonuses, buybacks and rights issues. We had recently published an example using this sheet: Stock XIRR Example:…
Continue reading →Axis Quant Fund is an open-ended equity scheme following a quantitative model. The fund is currently in its NFO period: 11th June to 25th June 2021. In this review, we discuss the model used by the fund and whether it makes sense to invest in this. A quant fund uses a mathematical model to either…
Continue reading →Lakshmi asks, “I am now 30 years with very little savings. I wish to retire by 50. How should I plan for retirement?” She and her husband are both earning but do not have job security. Therefore, we will assume that they do not wish to be salaried beyond the age of 50 and assume…
Continue reading →The freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener (June 2021) 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 that have a higher return than a benchmark at a lower risk. Inside, you get ~ 40% discounted links to…
Continue reading →Each time the market hits an all-time high, several investors get jittery and start wondering if they should stop their SIP investments or delay their lump sum investment (including STPs). Here is why there is no benefit in doing so. We recently discussed who should “book profits: and who should not: Is it time to…
Continue reading →Regular readers may be aware that we have maintained a list of SEBI registered fee-only financial advisors for the last the seven years. Hundreds of our readers work with these advisors receiving advice free from commissions and associated conflict of interest. Over the years, some readers have asked, “what is the solution for people who…
Continue reading →Many of us have in this situation before. A reader who wishes to be anonymous writes, “Dear Pattu Sir, I need help with two issues. First, I understand why we should not mix insurance and investment, but my father forced me to buy a LIC policy with an annual premium of about Rs. 50,000. The…
Continue reading →Raghu asks, “Dear Pattu Sir, I have just started my career as a school teacher in a tier II city. I also take tuitions to supplement my income. Thanks to our families frugal existences and early initiation into personal finance, I have been able to comfortably make ends meet and invest the rest (thanks to…
Continue reading →Sometime last year, I was on a Zoom call with a few school friends. While we were discussing the good old days and how the school system worked differently for all of us, we stumbled upon the idea of teaching about politics and finance in school. About the author: Smriti is an author, freelance content…
Continue reading →Sriram asks, “Instead of separately investing in equity mutual funds and fixed income and then worry about rebalancing and pay taxes, why not use just one aggressive hybrid mutual fund for long term goals? This has both equity and fixed income. The rebalancing is automatic, and we do not have to pay tax”. On its…
Continue reading →Here is a list of stocks with low volatility and momentum for June 2021 from the Nifty 100. You can also get the historical data from March 2019 to June 2021. We filter Nifty 100 for (1) positive 1-year return, (2) positive six-month return, (3) price > 200-day moving average, (4) 50% of daily positive…
Continue reading →In this article, let us discuss which categories of mutual funds we can use for 3-5 year financial goals in response to a question on our YouTube channel. We had recently discussed which equity mutual funds to use for 8-9 years SIP and pointed out that asset allocation and risk management is more important than…
Continue reading →On May 27th 2020, the Reserve Bank of India released its annual report for 2020-2021. On page 93 (II. Economic Review), a section titled, “Is the Bubble in Stock Markets Rational?” caught the eye of the financial media. Over the last couple of days, we have received several emails and comments from worried investors regarding…
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