PGIM India Global Equity Opp Fund – Naam to suna hoga! The fund has been hitting the roof with the stupendous returns putting all other international themed funds to shame. This is how a lay investor sees it. “Why didn’t I hear much about this fund before?” That’s where it gets interesting. As per the […]
Corporate Bond Funds – What to expect now?
Corporate Bond Funds have been on a rock and roll. Check the increasing AUM of the funds. Investors are flocking on the back of double digit returns in this category. The events of the last few months seem to have had no impact on them. How long is the party to continue? Let’s find out […]
An investor’s education
Quite frankly, an investor’s education never ends. The important question is have you begun? Let me share with you what I have been upto. I am reading the INCERTO. Incerto collection of 5 important works by Nicholas Nassim Taleb. Taleb’s writings are not about telling you what to do. They are about helping you create […]
An offer to Commit to Financial Independence
Financial Independence is not an end but a means to align your life to do things that matter to you. It is a first step towards working for your true purpose. In the last few months, I believe this realisation has been more than forthcoming to you. You know reaching financial independence needs focus, effort […]
Multi Asset funds – Should you invest?
For a long time mutual fund houses were busy selling the equity upside and how a large, mid, small or multicap fund matters to an equity starved portfolio. They were right about the allocation but they could not guess the deep strike the markets did on these portfolios and left investors wondering if they should […]
The marginal utility of Money
The American multimillionaire, John D. Rockefeller, was once asked, “How much money is enough?” His answer: “Just a little bit more.” If you ask yourself the same question, what will your answer be? A crore, a 100 crores or somewhere between the two. You ask 100 people and you are likely to get 100 different responses. The underlying […]