There is a lot of hype that mutual funds earn a lot of money. It is only hype. In reality they do not. In fact roughly half of all mutual funds (equity and debt, and index funds included) earn less than 8 % p.a. The Pressure on the Investment Manager to Perform The hype leads… Continue reading How do Mutual Funds Invest Your Money?
Have you heard the statements before: Debt funds are safe. Are they? It is mere propaganda Debt funds are not safe. I wrote an article in this Blog that gave proof that debt funds are not safe as it is made out to be by financial advisors. Read The Proof is Here on Debt Funds.… Continue reading The Case of Franklin Templeton Debt Funds
The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is a frequently mentioned rate in investment analysis. When you hold investments for a number of years, in some years the rates are higher than in other years. The rates keep changing from year-to–year. The CAGR smoothens a number of annual rates that an investment may give over a… Continue reading What is CAGR? How should it be used in investment decision-making?
Simply buying a ULIP or a mutual fund does not get you returns, no matter what the past history of return on the fund was. In fact never look at the past history. There are two circumstances when you have a higher possibility to earn money on ULIPs. The two conditions are When you buy… Continue reading When do you earn money on ULIPs or Mutual Funds?
There are 4 types of funds in a ULIP scheme. These are the Growth Fund, the Secured Fund, the Balanced Fund and the Bond Fund. The policy holder has the option of investing in one or more of the funds as per his or her choice. The policy holder also has the option of shifting… Continue reading The Risks in ULIP Funds
The latest issue of The Financial Kaleidoscope the official Newsletter of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) is devoted to frauds in the financial sector. We bring you a synopsis of the same (for the full version please visit https://nsdl.co.in/publications/nest.php ). The newsletter is revealing in what it mentions and also what it does not mention.… Continue reading Frauds in the Financial Sector
The e-paper Live Mint reported on 4 Sept 2019, that the average interest on Public Provident Fund (PPF) for the period Financial Year 2014 to 2019 was 8.21 %. In the same period Live Mint reported that Large Cap mutual funds earned 7.79 % Multi Cap mutual funds earned 8.57 % ELSS schemes earned 8.53… Continue reading 5-Year return on Mutual Funds
If you thought that investing in mutual funds is risky only because they invest your money in risky investments, think again. There are risks involved with the manner in which the NAV is calculated and in the way in which the mutual fund organises its work. The risk that arises because of the way in… Continue reading Investment Risk Has Many Colours
We usually read articles in the newspapers that indicate how an investor should select his or her financial adviser. The usual tips given are the adviser should be qualified, should be from a trustworthy reference, should sell solutions and not products, should diversify their investments, etc. These are without doubt essential qualities of an adviser… Continue reading Who is a good financial adviser?
When one does a course in Marketing Management at a management institute, one of the things students are thought is product positioning. Product positioning is knowing where your category of product stands amongst all other competing products. It also gives an idea of the market segment where one should market one’s products and the strengths… Continue reading Explained: The Market for Traditional Endowment and ULIPs
