Elon Musk is an unreal personality. Believe it or not, the man controls the stock market using twitter. And if you are an influencer of that level, world keeps a regular eye on your purchases, investments and your future plans. In this post I would discuss one such incident that caught my attention lately in […]
Before starting to invest in stock markets, I had heard bubble in some different context altogether. When I was a kid, roadside vendors used to sell those kits. You blow into them after dipping it into a solution kind of thingy and there were bubbles all around. Even today, as I purchase something for my […]
In what context have you heard the word emergency? Emergency landings? Emergency wards in Hospitals? State of Emergency declared in a country? What are the cohorts between all these examples? (1) The situation being described is definitely unwanted. (2) It is unprecedented and probably caught the people involved, off guard. (3) There’s a sense of […]
PPF or public provident fund is one of the oldest and probably the most famous investment schemes backed by the government. Ever since it’s inception in 1968, PPF has constantly gained popularity. Even today, if you (a Gen-Z) would seek investment guidance from your parents and grandparents, PPF will definitely pop up in that conversation. […]
You are a smart investor but have burnt your hands in equity markets in the past. So, you tend to take the mutual funds route usually. But, by the virtue of your job, or may be general interest, you know about a space more than an average joe. For example, I worked for Vodafone for […]
I was once in a feedback session organized by our HR. This session intended to get some insights of our expectations from the organization. A guy next to me suggested the interviewer, “Our rents increase every year by a fixed percentage, so why shouldn’t there be a minimum threshold for salary increments?”. It was one […]
Now you know what CAGR and XIRR is. Followed by very diligent research, you have shortlisted top 5 mutual funds you plan to invest in. Of course, you have an eye for the detail. No way you skipped the cute little text that says ‘expense ratio‘. But since, there was ‘at most’ a difference of […]
A few days ago, I tried to cover an important metric for evaluating returns: CAGR. But one may wonder, that CAGR is used to evaluate returns over a period for lumpsum investments. In all likelihood, we don’t invest lumpsum amounts. More than often it is in the form of monthly investments a.k.a SIP. We invest […]
We all have those neighborhood LIC uncles who pop up every now and then. You may be running some errands, or just taking a simple stroll and THERE HE IS! He would come up some schemes like, pay X amount and after 25 years, I would give 4x your principal. And you instantly get super […]
