You agree that New Year resolutions are a waste of time. Most of us make resolutions only to let them die in a matter of days or weeks. Frankly, I stopped making resolutions years ago. Instead this is what I do. I ask just one question to myself – What is important to me? Once […]
Be cautious with debt funds in 2018 – Interview with Arvind Chari
Last week, small savings rates payable for Jan to Mar 2018 were cut by 0.2%. As an investor, you feel unnerved and are thinking if there is something else that needs to be done to get the most of our of your investments. Should you invest in bonds / debt funds? If yes, where? What […]
The tricky aspect of saving for your child’s education
Child’s education is a very close to the heart dream for any parent. Who doesn’t want to provide the best children to their child? But sometimes there is a conflict between serving your own goals and those for your child. The way to resolve the emotional conflict is to first understand the numbers and then […]
Kotak Select Focus Fund – What you need to know!
Continuing with our series of dissecting funds with large asset growth, today we take up yet another darling of the investors – Kotak Select Focus Fund. This is a fund which has become 4 times in size over just the past 2 years. What is clicking for this fund? Let’s find out. Let’s start with […]
The most important life & investing lesson from Alice in Wonderland
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” – asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where-” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. The above conversation takes place between […]
SBI Magnum Balanced Fund – The cost of trust is huge!
Do you know which is the largest mutual fund scheme in India? No, it is not an equity fund, not even a debt fund. The largest scheme by size is HDFC Prudence – a hybrid equity fund. And it is not alone in the largest funds for this category. There is HDFC Balanced, ICICI Pru […]
