The top question on any investor’s mind is “what’s the return I can get?” I wasn’t surprised when recently an investor told me that his investment strategy was looking at past 3 year and 5 year returns of a fund and invest in the top ones. Now, you WILL look at past returns, there is […]
Investor and Irony
The irony of our behaviour as investors is that investing should help us prosper yet our actions leads to the opposite. We suffer because what we believe, what we say and what we do are out of sync. There is a big gap. Let me show you how. Here are some examples. First the most […]
Equal Weight Nifty 50 – the reality so far
In the past few years, there is a spate of launches of smart Beta funds or semi passive or index fund with a minor twist. Adjusted for volatility, quality, momentum, weights, caps – you can have your pick. One of the latest smart beta NFOs is the ABSL Equal Weight Nifty 50 Index fund. Seems […]
Buy or Sell – What is the market telling us now?
Warning: Markets are unpredictable, period. This post is about trying to understand what might be the market telling us now. Using that information, maybe, to make some asset allocation decisions. It is not unusual for me to get calls / messages asking if the markets is overvalued and we should take money out from equities. […]
Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund – Why so excited?
PPFAS AMC has announced a new fund. This is going to be the 4th fund after its flagship Flexi cap fund, tax saver fund and liquid fund. The NFO or New Fund Offer opens on May 7, 2021. In its hallmark style, the fund house has gone to great lengths to offer a transparent, informative […]
Do you want to exit ICICI Pru Value Discovery Fund?
ICICI Pru Value Discovery Fund has recently announced a couple of changes. Do they hurt you or help you? Let’s find out. One, it is going to merge the ICICI Pru Value Fund – Series 18 into itself. The Series 18 is a closed ended fund started in 2017. I am not really clear about […]
