Category: Mutual Fund Basics
Fundamentals and key attributes of Mutual Funds as well as the industry at large
Why Did The Chicken Wear Red Eyeglasses?
June 16, 2021This article was originally published in LiveMint. Click here to read it. In the early 1900s, chicken farmers had a major problem. Their chickens were killing each other! The chickens had a…Continue Reading
The Elusive Search for Goat Number 3
May 13, 2021This article was originally published in LiveMint. Click here to read it. It all started one lazy Sunday afternoon in a small town near Toronto in Canada. Two school-going kids had a…Continue Reading
Is a Market Correction Coming?
April 21, 2021The number of Covid cases in recent times has been on the rise… Equity markets have become more volatile on concerns of the 2nd wave of Covid impacting India’s economic…Continue Reading
A Primer on Making Sense of Debt Fund Returns
March 8, 2021In the last few weeks, you would have suddenly noticed that some of your debt mutual funds have given slight negative returns. The extent of negative returns would be different…Continue Reading
Equity Markets – What Next?
February 10, 2021Setting Reasonable Return Expectations Every day, when I start from my home to office (a routine which I badly miss in the new “work from home” life), I roughly know…Continue Reading
7 Brutally Honest Questions That Answer Your Equity Exposure Dilemma
January 6, 2021The question everyone wants an answer for… You have often heard about the adage “Buy Low – Sell High”. Now that markets are at an all-time high, shouldn’t you SELL…Continue Reading
This Happens!
March 10, 2020Sometimes we forget the simple truth. THIS HAPPENS! Markets go down. In fact a lot of times. Let me clarify… Markets go up, and then they go down. Over time…Continue Reading
Things No One Tells You About ‘Exit Now and Enter Later’
March 4, 2020Eavesdropping on your mind-voice during a market decline Whenever equity markets decline, there is usually some bad news attached to it. Intuitively, the first instinct is to extrapolate the bad…Continue Reading
Sensex at 1 lakh!
February 14, 2020Usually, this genre of headlines gets extremely popular during the final phase of a bull market before it eventually fizzles out. And in later years, this normally becomes part of…Continue Reading
What no one tells you about Monthly Dividend Plans
February 6, 2020MF Monthly Dividend Plans are sometimes sold to investors on the pitch that they will offer almost 1% ‘return’ in the form of dividend payouts every month. That is, a…Continue Reading
