I am Narayanan. I am from Chennai, and I am 39 years old. I was late to investing, starting my career around 2008, and started investing peanuts in MF around 2015, increasing it substantially from ...
We address a reader’s concerns about mutual fund investing. He writes, “As I continue my journey to financial independence, a few concerns have occupied my thoughts recently”. 1. Safety of Direct ...
This index fund screener is based on tracking error and returns difference wrt benchmarks (aka tracking difference). The screener will help users evaluate how ...
Many people make two mistakes while planning their finances. The first common mistake is presuming that equity mutual funds provide a 12% (or more!) return and utilizing that figure to calculate the ...
Recently, a reader asked, “Can the freefincal robo advisor tool handle my situation? I am 40 years old and have Rs. 1 Crore cash in the bank. I have no other investments (don’t ask why; it’s a long ...
In Jan 2023, Pretorius shared his investment journey for our reader story section: How I learnt to keep it simple and build a net worth 19 times my annual expenses. He followed it up with an update in ...
This ETF screener is based on tracking errors and tracking differences (ETF return minus index return). The screener will help users evaluate how efficiently an ETF ...
In this article, we discuss two different questions on asset allocation. Reader (1) says, “I am 25 years old and in a well-paying IT job. After all my expenses, including supporting my family, I can ...
For decades, a “stable job” has been a cornerstone of financial planning in India. Parents encouraged their children to seek government jobs or corporate careers with gratuity, provident funds, and ...