Risk in mutual fund investing comes from: a) not knowing what you are buying b) not understanding standard deviation of the instrument c) not understanding that the past performance is completely useless for knowing what will happen in the future. Let us take just one ‘type’ of fund: The Gilt Fund. All asset management companies […]

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Well there is no real Indian rule of 15, but I have just taken the American Rule of 25 and adapted to Indian conditions… What is the American Rule of 25? Well if you need an income of 100,000 a year and you are not worried too much about the rate of inflation POST RETIREMENT…then […]

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  Well let us look at the Indian market from a foreign investor’s point of view: Indian markets (as also China) is down by 18% over the past one year. If you are a foreign investor add another 14% of currency depreciation. It is not a pretty picture, correct? It must have been quite a […]

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Hey buddy you have no choice – if you do not have equity in your portfolio, Man, you are DEAD! You would hate to hear this if your financial adviser (financial product salesman) were to tell you, but it is the truth. You have no choice in seeing where to invest for people looking to […]

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this article appeared in money mantra….as a lead story on inflation. Inflation is perhaps one of the least understood risks in investing. Understanding the power of small numbers is not easy. That is the reason why people find it difficult to understand the impact of compounding too – after all inflation is just negative compounding. […]

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