“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 […]
Nifty Next 50 – Is this the Gold for passive investors?
You believe active investing is overdone. That fund managers are overrated. They use ill-structured index benchmarks to show alpha where none exists. In the garb of this false alpha, they rip investors off with the exorbitant fees. For you, index funds and ETFs are the God’s gift to investors and his Avatar is none other than […]
The Acid test of your stock portfolio
Most stock investors fail. Fail in building the right portfolio and then fail in acknowledging the failure. It is quite likely that you too invest in direct stocks. In fact you might have been doing it for years. Question – have you just been having fun or has you contributed to your portfolio growth? Let’s […]
Alternative Investment Funds – A primer
Alternative Investment Funds, popularly known as AIFs, have started to catch investors’ fancy specially the HNIs. The recent success of several of these funds in collecting money from investors is a proof of that. What’s the reason for this attraction? Here’s a primer to get you started. One of the instruments from the investment management […]
Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund – What you should know
Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund is yet another sought after fund by mutual fund investors. As the name suggests, it is a midcap fund as most investors believe it to be. The question is if it really is a true blue midcap fund? This post finds it out. To begin with, let’s understand what the fund […]
