Risk Free Equity Investment must be sounding bizarre statement. You must be thinking Risk Free Equity Investment is not possible at all. After recent turmoil in the stock market, i was wondering whether it is possible to invest in equity with ZERO risk. The answer is YES. Next thought in your mind is what's the big deal; i can invest in Capital Protection Funds. I agree, but here we are discussing direct equity exposure. As i shared in my post on capital protection funds that approach of a fund manager is bit conservative. Secondly, after recent developments debt mutual funds can deliver ... Read More
Asset Allocation – What to do now?
Asset Allocation is the biggest headache for any investor. The financial planners suggest a model asset allocation. There is a famous saying that one size does not fit all. The concept of model asset allocation is vague and farce. It does not take into account all the factors that influence investment risk. A bad mix of asset allocation may destroy your wealth at a faster rate. An asset allocation mix of the investors of the same age and income level can be entirely different. In past, i have observed extreme portfolio allocations. The risk-free investors are heavily invested in traditional ... Read More
Arbitrage Mutual Fund – The Right Choice
Arbitrage Mutual Fund is a unique type of mutual fund. If i tell you that i invested in an equity mutual fund that is almost 100% risk-free. You will think, have i gone mad?. The answer is NO. Arbitrage Mutual Fund is an equity mutual fund but provides USP of a debt mutual fund i.e. capital safety. Investors invest in Arbitrage Mutual Fund as an alternative to Debt Mutual Fund or during volatile times. Utterly Confused!!!. I also got confused when i first came to know about this product. As i discussed in my post, Debt Mutual Funds - 7 Hidden Risks that contrary to popular perception, debt ... Read More
Mutual Fund Dividend – Is it your Income?
Mutual Fund Dividend is one of the most popular mis-selling points. At the same time, Mutual Fund Dividend is USP for fund houses. It is one of the key reason for the popularity of a scheme. In many cases, the popularity of the mutual fund scheme is directly proportional to the frequency, and quantum of Mutual Fund Dividend declared. The investment advisers are not kind enough to explain the novice investor that Mutual Fund Dividend is being paid from the investment only. Mutual Fund Dividend is entirely different from Stock Dividend. Financially, the dividend declared on a stock is truly your ... Read More
Equity Investments – Why i Quit?
Equity Investments are subject to market risk. You must have read this disclaimer thousand times cautioning investors about Equity Investments. We can handle RISK but when we anticipate DANGER, it is better to QUIT. Today was very beautiful day till 1 PM, but suddenly markets crashed by 300 Points. The CRASH came immediately after European Markets opened for trading. It was swift and sudden. The index/Nifty has broken its crucial support level of 7750. It was quite SHOCKING and ABNORMAL behavior from Market. Few days back, i cautioned my readers about the imminent threat but was praying that ... Read More