Having Rs 1 crore when your child turns 18. How would that make you feel? I am sure pretty good. 18 is the age which would be pretty close to when your child would have just begun his/her higher studies.…
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Nifty 50, as you know is made up of 50 stocks of different weightages. And generally, it is accepted to be a well-diversified index that represents the Indian markets sufficiently well. But in recent times, the skewed weights of few…
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I couldn't pick a better word than 'unforgettable' to define March 2020. Ofcourse, another possible choice was 'Bloody' due to the sudden crash in Indian (and global) markets. But the speed and the sharpness of the fall was such that…
Many people treat 5 years as long term. I don’t. But generally, 5 years is a sufficiently long period when it comes to investing in equity and comparing the returns with safer debt options like debt funds, PPF, fixed deposits,…
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Everybody wants to retire, but nobody wants to plan for it properly. Right? Most people’s strategy of retirement planning is ‘Hope’. And you would agree too that hope, isn’t the best of strategies. Not surprisingly, whenever we talk about retirement…
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Like previous years, I have once again revised the Nifty PE-Ratio & Return analysis to include fresh data (up to December 2018). Now, this analysis has data spanning from early-1999 to late-2018, i.e. full 20 years. This analysis uses one…
Read More Nifty P/E Ratio & Returns: Detailed Analysis of 20-years (1999-2019) Updated
I am planning to regularly track AMC level AUM data going forward. So hopefully, with each iteration, the information and details will increase. Please do note that the AUM figures are average quarterly figures published by AMFI. The table below shows…
Last few weeks haven’t been easy. And unless you are a perfect timer, chances are that your portfolio would be down. By how much? The cut would be less for those who decided to leave the party early and comparatively…
[Update]: Annual Nifty Returns updated on 31st December 2024 to show full-year actual returns. What were Nifty 50 annual returns in 2024? Or you may have more general questions like: What have been Nifty annual returns? What have been Nifty…
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One of the problems in raising concerns about valuations is that you can end up looking like a party pooper. And if future markets movements do not happen in line with what you are expecting, you can even end up…
Updated - Nifty monthly returns data updated till October 2017. Many people want to know the monthly returns generated by stock markets. Though these monthly returns don’t matter much to the long-term investors, it still makes for an interesting data…
I have this peculiar problem. I start feeling uneasy when stock prices keep rising. And many people close to me find this odd as they think that me being an investor, rising prices should make me happy. But that is…
Edited: An updated and more detailed analysis is published in 2019 and is available here. This is the detailed annual analysis - comparing Nifty P/E with Investment Returns. It compares returns earned (during various periods ranging from 3 to 10…
Indian stock markets have moved up quite a bit in last few months. Not only in absolute sense, i.e. index levels but also in terms of valuations. Last I checked, the bellwether Nifty50 was trading at a PE of 24.…
Sounds like a title of some Technical Analysis writeup? I don’t blame you. 🙂 But rest assured it is not. Infact, this will be an entertaining post for you if you are interested in giving some thought to PE-Based investing. In…
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