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 […]
Diogenes, Bengaluru and Hyderabad
What’s the link between Diogenes, Bengaluru and Hyderabad? Quite subtle as well as pronounced! Diogenes was a Greek philosopher and quite a controversial figure of that time. He used his simple life-style and behaviour to criticise the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt or at least confused society. In a highly […]
How to link your Aadhar number with your Mutual Funds?
For all resident Indian individuals and non individuals, it is now mandatory to link Aadhar number with your mutual funds. Here’s how you can do it all online right from your desk. Please do note that as per the mandate, if you do not update your Aadhar, your folio/account will cease to be operational. While the […]