
Five big changes in the NPS
Understand the changes to NPS that could alter how you invest and how you exit.

Understand the changes to NPS that could alter how you invest and how you exit.

If there’s one thing all mutual fund investors are clear about, it’s that SIPs are a great thing. Every time you have money to invest, it is not a given that you use SIPs (or STPs). There are times when it’s perfectly fine to be making lumpsum investments.

This is the second in our 2-part series on managing your portfolio when you near your goal. In this second and concluding part, we shall answer if you should have equity in your portfolio, especially in your retirement.

Some of the common questions we are asked when people near their goals are:
• How close to the goal should I start moving out of equity?
• Should I move out of equity entirely?
• Should I move out by selling lumpsum or should I do a STP/SWP?
• Should I move to debt funds or fixed deposits?
• If I leave some money and move out of only some funds, which category of funds should I move out of?

This article was originally published in May 2021. We are now republishing it for the benefit of our newer subscribers. With investors gaining a greater

This women’s day, we decided to urge women to be more money-minded, by sharing the lessons that we’ve personally learnt from managing our own money for the last 15-20 years. If you missed our Twitter Spaces on why women should be money-minded, here are the key takeaways.

Here are 4 practical tips on what not to do during a market correction and to navigate the rough road ahead. Russia’s attack on Ukraine has added fuel to simmering commodity prices and stoked fears about Fed rate hikes. Therefore, Indian stock markets seem to be correcting in the right earnest.

One of the key factors that is most often looked at when considering it as an investment avenue, is the PPF interest rate history to get an idea of the returns one can expect. Here is a look at the PPF interest rate history, in the context of the other key features of the PPF scheme, and its positives and negatives.

Neobanks are banks that are 100% virtual. What makes these Neobanks in India interesting is that they simplify the whole banking process.

Here’s looking at the different routes of how to invest in gold so you can pick the one that works best for you. The first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of how to invest in gold is jewelry. But in reality, jewelry is entirely the wrong answer for how to invest in gold.

Financial Freedom is a term that means different things to different people. But to simplify, can we call it the stage in one’s life when money is no longer a source of worry? This again means different things to different persons. A very rich man may be financially sated. An ascetic may also be in the same situation. So let me stop splitting hairs. Let us use this term with reference to people who are not born with a golden spoon (enough wealth for a few generations) and have to work for a living and make their way up the money tree. I suspect most of us will fall in this category.

Speculation must be like seasoning on a dish – a little bit goes a long way, and the sure fire way to ruin the taste for it, is to overdo it. What is speculation? Before I defend my opinion, let me clarify what I mean by speculation. To me, speculating on investments should be a combination of these things: It should be short-term oriented. By short-term I mean, anything where you can see the results within 6 months. Investing in a micro-cap fund as part of your MF portfolio is not speculative in my mind. But betting on a stock to go up (or down) in a time-frame of 3-6 months would be speculative.
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