M. Pattabiraman's Blog, page 89
June 8, 2023
Equity Mutual Fund Screener June 2023: Shortlist consistent performers
The latest freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener 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 robo advisory tool...
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June 7, 2023
What is a zero-cost term insurance plan?
One of the biggest impediments to buying a term life insurance policy is its lack of “return”. Therefore the life insurance industry, knowing fully well that term insurance plans are becoming popular, comes up from time to time with innovative term insurance variants. The latest is the zero-cost term insurance plan. What is zero-cost term...
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June 6, 2023
Can I invest in Edelweiss Multi Asset Allocation Fund for higher tax benefit?
A reader wishes to know if he can invest in the newly launched Edelweiss Multi Asset Allocation Fund as its taxation is lower than debt funds—a discussion. Edelweiss Multi Asset Allocation Fund is an open-ended scheme investing in Equity, Debt, Commodities and units of REITs & InvITs. The typical asset allocation strategy is: 35-40% Equity Arbitrage. ...
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June 5, 2023
Why are you recommending index funds but not investing in them yourself?
A reader says, “You strongly recommend index funds for new investors. Why do you not recommend switching to index funds to other active fund investors? (Also wondering why you do not do it yourself)”. “Is it to avoid paying taxes on current gains if the size of the corpus is already substantial? I have also...
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June 4, 2023
How should I invest my pocket money?
I was asked this question in a podcast recently. I am a college student. I receive some pocket money each month. How should I invest it? First, seeing 18-somethings think about investing a few years before receiving their first paycheck is wonderful. This is personal finance. So there is one right answer. I can think...
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June 3, 2023
How SEBI registered investment advisors earn a fee and what you should prefer
This article will discuss how SEBI-registered investment advisors (RIAs) earn a fee and which option is best suited for investors. This article is written with the help of inputs from Ashal Jauhari and other RIAs who are members of my curated list. SEBI only recognises two types of fees: A fee not exceeding Rs. 1.25L...
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June 2, 2023
Stocks with low volatility and momentum for June 2023
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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June 1, 2023
Why guaranteed income plans should be avoided
We explain why “guaranteed income plans” with “assured returns” are inefficient investment avenues for our money and are best avoided. Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1748 that Time is Money in a note titled “Advice to a Young Tradesman“. Insurers use this idea to their benefit in all traditional insurance policies, including guaranteed income plans. Consider a typical...
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May 31, 2023
Why I had to postpone my plan for early retirement
In this article, reader Sampath explains why he had to postpone his plans for early retirement. His story is a lesson that we must be ready to adapt to the ups and downs of life. Dear freefincal readers, my name is Sampath. I will be 47 in Jan 2023. I have always been fascinated by...
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May 30, 2023
How to audit your financial freedom portfolio
In this article, we discuss how to audit a financial freedom or retirement portfolio. All long-term financial goals require periodic review to ensure that they are on track and in line with expectations and assumptions made while planning for the goal. Retirement is a unique financial goal because a corpus does not get spent within a...
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