M. Pattabiraman's Blog, page 187

I want to use stock trading for extra income: how to get started?

Sanjay asks “I want to take up stock trading to generate extra income. How should I get started?” We asked Amit Aroa a full-time stock trader to answer this question; what Sanjay should...



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Rs.1000 in 1980 is only worth Rs. 63 in 2021! How to protect our money?

If you had Rs. 1000 in the year 1980, it would just be worth Rs. 63 in 2021 (down from Rs. 66 in 2020 and Rs. 68 in 2019) if we use the cost inflation index (CII) data published by the government....



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My stock portfolio analysis: total return 22.58%

This is an analysis of my stocks portfolio which has so far fetched a total absolute return of 22.58% (including dividends).  Before we begin, several caveats and considerations are necessary. (1)...



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Used Car vs New Car: Which is a better buy?

In this article, we talk about the financial considerations in deciding between buying a new car vs used car and how to optimise our purchase and maintenance. We will touch upon other non-financial...



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Five ways to save money when shopping online

Everyone amongst us shops online these days. Online shopping offers us the convenience of buying at our fingertips, doorstep delivery of goods, discounts on the MRP and much more. While we as finance...



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What you need to know before buying Term Insurance

This is a term insurance buying guide that covers all the need-to-know essentials before you purchase a term insurance cover. About the author: Ragesh G R is a Software Architect with 13 years of...



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Active Large Cap MFs recover along with equal-weight indices

Readers may recall, a year ago (Dec 21 2019), we showed that the return difference of Nifty 50 vs Nifty 50 Equal-weight index at an all-time high. This essentially means that only the top few stocks...



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How Suhas tracks his MF investments and reviews financial goals

As regular readers may be aware, we publish a personal financial audit each December. This time, we asked regular readers to share how they review their investments and track financial goals. Suhas...



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ELSS Mutual Funds: Seven Consistent Performers

We study 41 ELSS funds to find out which of them have consistently outperformed the NIfty 200 Total Return Index (dividends included) using the Dec 2020 equity mutual fund screener. Nifty 200 is a...



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HDFC Infinia Credit Card Review

This is a review of HDFC Infinia Credit card one of the best super-premium cards available in the country. It’s the top of the line among the cards offered by HDFC Bank in terms of the benefits...



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