M. Pattabiraman's Blog, page 55

How to handle real estate in a retirement portfolio?

A reader asks, “If there is a Real estate component (physical) in a retirement planning portfolio, what is the best way to consider this during the rebalancing of assets? Or when considering the equity vs debt allocation”. “For example. Without considering RE investment, my portfolio is at 65: 35. ( 65 % equity). However, if...

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Should Professionals or Business Owners File Form-10IEA for continuing in Old Tax Regime?

In this article, Manmohan Sethumadhavan, answers the question, “Should Professionals or Business Owners File Form-10IEA for continuing in Old Tax Regime for AY 2024-2025 (FY 2023-2024)” and considers several other scenarios. Note that this is only for people with business/ professional income, since others can choose any regime any year without any limits. About the...

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Stocks with low volatility and momentum for May 2024

We publish a list of stocks with low volatility and momentum each month. We provide data for BSE 500 and BSE 100 stocks. There are now three different screener files available. (1) Stocks with low volatility and momentum from the BSE 100 large cap universe are available as a separate file (2) Stocks with low...

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Watch my talk on active vs passive investing in India

Last Updated on May 1, 2024 at 11:54 am This is a talk I gave in the bi-monthly meeting of the Tamil Nadu Investors Association (SEBI recognised) on March 24th 2024. I have recorded it separately in two parts. I have already published parts of the talk as articles since then. Active Mutual Funds Outperformance...

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Exploring Investment and Insurance Options Before Moving to the Middle East

I wrote an article on the investment options if a person is moving to the USA. You can read it here – What should I do with my investments if I wish to move to the U.S.? The article gave me the idea of writing an article if the person is moving to Middle Eastern countries....

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Motilal Oswal Nifty 500 Index Fund Fees slashed by 60% – should you invest?

Many passive investing fans are excited by the 60% reduction in the fee (total expense ratio or TER) of Motilal Oswal Nifty 500 Index Fund. Does investing in the fund now instead of a Nifty 50 or Sensex index fund make sense? On 25th April 2024, Motilal Oswal AMC announced (pdf file) that from 1st...

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What pension will I get from NPS if I exit today?

A reader asks, “What are the current NPS Annuity Rates? How can I find the pension I will get for my corpus if I exit today?” The NPS is a market-linked retirement product. The contributions are defined, but the benefits are not because the final corpus depends on market conditions. The NPS subscriber must buy...

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I finally managed to share all financial details with my wife!

It is quite common to see one partner (either the husband or the wife)  utterly uninterested in money management and investing. They take for granted that the other partner will handle everything. Perhaps this contrast is higher in households if one takes an additional interest in personal finance. Although my wife is super-smart and capable...

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Analyzing the growth of my 14-year-old NPS portfolio

I have invested in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) since 8th March 2010. This is a performance report of how the NPS invested has fared over the last 14+ years. We also compare the returns with EPF. Note: Kindly do not assume that I am recommending NPS instruments. My situation is quite different from most....

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Will F&O trading on Nifty Next 50 impact index investors?

Futures and options trading on Nifty Next 50 commenced on April 24, 2024. Will this impact the index and, therefore, its passive investors (via index funds and ETFs) in any way? In particular, how will F&O trading impact the volatility and liquidity of the underlying index (or its constituent stocks in the spot market)? The...

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