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A reader says, "I was very happy with my mutual fund returns over the last few years until I started reading your articles.
A reader wants to know how to account for taxes while planning for retirement — a discussion. Tax is always tricky to guess.
Over the years, especially in the last two decades, the INR has been relatively resilient against the USD compared to its ...
A reader says, "I am 30 and plan to remain single. My current expenses are about Rs. 50K, I have a corpus of Rs. 75 Lakhs but ...
Every time gold prices spike, everyone becomes an expert on the commodity. There is a lot of "I told you so," "why gold is ...
In this edition of the reader story, we have a response to our recent article - Is it better for a young family to rent than ...
A common criticism from those who read our robo advisor-based illustrations is,  "Why are you recommending small equity ...
Sometimes, an idea, phrase, or action becomes so commonly used that we take them for granted and don't stop to think about ...
We compare the performance consistency of actively managed small-cap mutual funds with the Nifty Smallcap250 Quality 50 Index. We recently discussed the performance of this index here: DSP Nifty ...
This article compares my stock portfolio with an equivalent investment in a Nifty index fund and the Nifty 100 Low Volatility 30 TR index. We post this comparison each month. Before we begin, new ...
On March 23rd 2020, a SIP in Nifty 50 started 10 years ago crashed to an annualised return of 2.3%. If that SIP was started 14 years ago, it would have just returned 4.91% and this is before taxes and ...
This is a debt mutual fund screener for portfolio selection, tracking, and learning. It also includes hybrid funds that invest in bonds. It will satisfy investors who wish to invest in money market ...