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Index fund tracking error screener November 2022

This is an index fund screener based on tracking error and returns difference wrt benchmarks (aka tracking difference). The screener will help users evaluate how efficiently an index fund has tracked its underlying benchmark. It will also help a understand how tracking a midcap index or the Nifty 100, 500 is quite different from tracking...

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11 years of tracking investments: A life and game changer

I have been tracking the amount I invest for my goals for more than 11 years. It has been a life and game changer for my family. Whether you track your spending or not, I believe tracking the amount we invest is crucial. Today I can invest more for retirement than my target investment. That...

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Is there a place for high-interest rate fixed income products in a portfolio?

It is quite easy to see extreme reactions to many aspects of personal money management. Yield-chasing or seeking to invest in high-interest rate fixed income products is no different. Many investors vehemently believe that there is no place for risk in a portfolio. “We have enough risk from equity, so why take on more risk...

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An important lesson from Facebook and Stripe layoffs

Before Twitter announced massive (~ 50%) layoffs after Elon Musk’s acquisition, financial services company Stripe announced a 14% layoff. Transport company Lyft followed with a 13% layoff, and on 9th November 2022, Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced that it would cut 13% of its workforce. Earlier, Amazon announced that it would freeze...

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ETF tracking error screener November 2022

This is an ETF screener based on tracking errors and tracking differences (ETF return minus index return). The screener will help users evaluate how efficiently an ETF has tracked its underlying benchmark. The tracking error is the ETF’s standard deviation minus index monthly return differences. The lower the tracking error, the more efficient the ETF...

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How families mismanage finances and what we can learn from them

A few weeks ago, in response to our article, “My salary is low, is financial independence an impossible dream for me?”, reader and contributor Anand Vaidya pointed out, “those with low incomes are often more irresponsible with money and expenses. I can share two examples” So we invited him to do so along with lessons...

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Should I now increase my international equity exposure?

Two readers have the following questions. “Given the relative performance between Indian and US markets, my asset allocation is running low on international equity exposure. (1) Should I now increase my international equity exposure?” “(2) Is there any ideal rebalance frequency (identified via backtesting)? I’ve usually encountered rules such as – rebalancing once a year/...

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Equity Mutual Fund Screener Nov 2022: Shortlist consistent performers

The freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener (November 2022) is now available. Use it to screen for consistently performing equity mutual funds. You can screen based on fund category & benchmark and spot mutual funds with a higher return than a benchmark at a lower risk. Inside, you get discounted links to our two courses:...

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Is ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund worth the hype?

This edition of the fund performance report looks at ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund. One of the best-known value-oriented funds in the country with one of the best-known fund managers, Sankaran Naren. Naren was fund manager up to Feb 2011. He got back on the team in Jan 2021, perhaps to help the fund back...

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Why it does not make sense to invest in thematic/sectoral mutual funds!

Since there is no limit on the number of sectoral or thematic mutual funds an AMC can produce, they do just that! And these have huge fees and are marketed as the next big theme to profit from. But how consistent are they in beating a large cap index? Let us find out. Note: These...

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