Many equate equity investing with gambling. And being in equity markets for more than one and a half decades, I don’t like this idea one bit. But due to this wrong comparison, people don’t give equities the importance it deserves.…
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5 and 7 years Nifty50 Returns (Detailed Analysis 2021 with 8000+ data points)
What happens when you invest in Nifty50 and stay invested for 5 years? What happens when you invest in Nifty50 and stay invested for 7 years? For most people, the definition of long term is around 5 to 7 years.…
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Your Inflation Vs. RBI Inflation
Just yesterday, RBI informed us that India’s inflation is around 5.59%. To be honest, that doesn’t sound like a nightmare (that people in Zimbabwe have gone through - read here). But when you compare it with the ever-so-safe bank FD…
7 Best Investment Options for Salaried Indians (2021)
When we Indians start earning for the first time, the first brush with savings happens via EPF deductions. Your salary is automatically deducted and some amount goes towards your EPF corpus. Then comes the first tax-saving season. When we wake…
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Nifty at 1 lakh: By when will Nifty50 reach 100000?
Can Nifty reach 1 lakh? Ofcourse it can. Currently, it is around 16,500. Ofcourse there are many other smaller targets like Nifty@20,000 and Nifty@25,000 and Nifty@50,000 and Nifty@75,000 and then comes Nifty@100000. I recently heard a noted investor of India…
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Power of Equity – Simple example of Wealth Creation
Recently, I was talking to a relative about how he managed money when I realized that despite being young, he was somehow not too convinced about the potential of equity for long-term wealth creation. So I thought I will try…
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Stock Tip Fraud: How Penny Stock Rigging happens in India?
If you invest in direct stocks or mutual funds, I am sure you would have received tons of unsolicited bulk SMS with texts like hot stock tip, next multibagger stock pick, sure-shot bet, double your money in 15 days, insider…
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Mutual Funds Vs Real Estate: Which is better for Investing in India? (2021 Update)
Note – This is a guest post by Ajay. He has previously written on this topic (links in later part of the post) and now updates his thoughts on the basis of 2021 data. Ajay has also authored other interesting…
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How to live off Dividend Income in India (2021)?
How to earn regular income from high dividend stocks? For many, this is a dream. To have a large enough portfolio of stocks and live happily ever after on dividend income. I love dividends too. In fact, it was dividends…
Nifty 50 Sector Weight Changes Over the Years (2000-2021)
We all know Nifty 50 index constituents are regularly updated (once every 6 months, see details here). Over a period of time, these small occasional changes have led to a big change in Nifty. So the Nifty50 of the year…
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Should small retail investors invest in Startups in India?
Recently, there was a lot of noise on social channels about the rise in the number of unicorns from India ("Unicorn" is a term used to describe a startup company with a value of more than $1 billion). Here is…
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Sensex & Nifty Financial Year Returns (Updated FY2020-21)
So another financial year has come to a close. So if you want to know answers to question like what was Sensex returns in FY2020-21 or Nifty returns in FY2020-21, then here is a comparative analysis of Sensex Financial Year…
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Biggest Sensex Falls (Worst Single Day Falls: Updated 2021)
Do you want to know about the Biggest Single Day Falls in Sensex? So you are at the right place. Let me share some details of the biggest Sensex Falls in history in one day. Or as many would like…
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Biggest Nifty Falls (Worst Single Day Falls: Updated 2021)
Do you want to know about the Biggest Single Day Falls in Nifty? So you are at the right place. Let me share some details of the biggest Nifty Falls in history in one day. Or as many would like…
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IPO Mania. Looks like Easy Money. But Be Careful.
Quite a few IPOs are lined up and have been coming thick and fast in recent times. And more importantly, many of them are witnessing significant oversubscriptions. That in itself is a clear sign that appetite for IPOs is rising…