Magazine – October 2020
All of us want financial freedom or wellness. We want to live a life where we do not have stress, anxiety and concern about money.In my regular interactions with clients, I often get asked questions on over-investing in illiquid investments or assets like real estate, investing in stocks & funds which are supposedly trending or […]
ESG investing for dummies
Environment, Society and Governance are the 3 defining factors that revolve around the strategy of ESG investing. Companies that are aligned with ESG norms and score high on these 3 non-financial parameters are considered as sustainable businesses in the long-run. The Strategy Environmental – An organization is scored on basis of their friendliness to the […]
The basics of Multi-Asset Investing
Every asset class performs differently in diverse market environments, each offering its own risks and return potential. Investing in a single asset class exposes your portfolio to the risk of the performance of a single asset class. These risks are termed as Idiosyncratic Risk which include sector specific investments or a particular company’s stock, etc., […]
Investing for tomorrow: The Banking and Financial Sector
The financial sector is the backbone of an economy signifying the economic strength of a country. Quoting RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das in a recent interview with Economic Times, he relates to the past global financial crisis and how the Indian economy and financial sector this time around was far more resilient in many aspects. He […]
ETFs – Everything You Need to Know
In an enlightening session with Mr. Sameer Desai and Mr. Hemen Bhatia of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd., we gained deep insight into ETFs, its core philosophy, and strategies. From our past article, you may have understood what ETFs essentially is; Characteristic of an ETF is a combination of stocks and Mutual Fund schemes. […]
Is ETF worth investing in?
Imagine the ability to hold a Mutual Fund that you could buy and sell during trading hours with the benefit of real-time trade prices like stocks. That’s precisely what Exchange traded funds or ETFs are, a combination of stocks and Mutual Fund schemes. The underlying portfolio of an ETF is an index, it is constructed […]
Magazine – July 2020
Sectors such as travel and tourism, hospitality, retail, and aviation may get impacted the most by changing consumer preferences. Sectors such as four-wheeler auto, infrastructure and capital goods, and real estate and construction have been severely impacted due to the lockdown and any recovery will only be gradual. Banking and nancials should also be under […]
Goal based investing for millennials
Hold on to that thought for a while.The Deloitte Global Millennial Survey 2020 highlighted some interesting views on the financial status of millennials. Globally, millennials before the pandemic said they were saving or investing almost 40% of their disposable incomes. 3 in 4 millennials say they actively manage and budget their monthly income to track […]
Contingency Fund – Your Umbrella for a Rainy Day
Do you have your GOK fund in place? Wondering what’s that? Well! GOK fund here stands for ‘God Only Knows’ fund and is merely a quirky term for an contingency fund. Some may even call it a ‘Rainy Day fund’; it practically defines the state of an emergency, the arrival of which is pretty much […]
Rebalancing to stay on track
If you adhere to basic investment advice that every experienced or even novice investor doles out, you would know that it is prudent no to put all your eggs in one basket. Eggs here refer to your investment and the basket is the financial instrument. The diversification of assets across varied instruments is referred to […]