M. Pattabiraman's Blog, page 194

Why I partially switched from ICICI Multi-Asset Fund to ICICI Gilt Fund

A few days ago, I rebalanced my son’s future portfolio from 67% equity to about 54%. This means selling a big chunk of equity mutual funds and reinvesting them into fixed income. In this...

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Stock Analysis IRCTC: Is it overvalued?

The company which is popular among the railway travellers [Customers] for offering the convenience of online Railway ticketing facility is fancy of investors too ever since it came out with an IPO,...

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Top Three Apps to Manage Your Expenses

Here are three apps that can help track and manage your expenses. There are two schools of thought when it comes to expense management. Those who wish to track to a reasonable extent and those who...

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Equity Mutual Fund Screener December 2020

The freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener (December 2020) is now available. Use it to screen for consistently performing equity mutual funds. You can screen based on fund category &...

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Kotak International REIT FOF: What return can I get from this?

Kotak International REIT FOF is an open-ended fund of fund scheme investing in units of SMAM ASIA REIT Sub Trust fund and/or other similar overseas REIT funds. The NFO period closes on Dec 21st 2020....

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Stock Analysis: Is Bharti Airtel a good buy?

One sector and market that has always attracted the attention of both investors and customers is the Telecom market, and rightly so the market has gone from a transformation in the past 2 decades in...

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Claim settlement ratio is not a probability of life insurance claim acceptance!

The claim settlement ratio is the number of death claims settled divided by the total number of death claims received. Many people assume/claim that this ratio represents the probability of life...

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Real Estate Investing: Practical aspects retail investors should keep in mind

Here are some practical aspects of real estate investing that retail investors should be aware of. The article considers real estate as an investment and does not pertain to property purchase for...

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NPS SIP: How to use D-Remit deposit facility to get same-day NAV

Here is how you can set up an NPS SIP using the new D-Remit deposit facility and get the same-day NAV on national pension scheme contributions. To ease the process of contribution to the National...

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Is it time to book profits from mutual funds?

With the Nifty/Sensex zooming to all-time highs within months of the biggest intraday fall when 10-year Nifty SIP Return fell to 2.3%, and 14-year SIP Return to 5%, investors are not happy to see...

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