P Saravanan
Financial planning: Five steps towards financial freedom
Discuss and take important actions such as paying debt, gaining control over spending, saving for children education, retirement, tax planning, early retirement, and the like.
Investment tips: How portfolio choice can help you make money in volatile times
During market volatility, an investment portfolio constructed by optimising expected returns based on the level of market risk would be effective
Index funds: A good bet for risk-averse mutual fund investors
These funds are affordable and well-diversified, and they generate good returns over a period and sometimes outperform actively managed funds.
Confused over investment plan? Follow these 5 solid tips
Investments have three characteristics: safety, income and growth. The first thing you need to decide is which of these three characteristics is most important
Retirement Planning: What is the right retirement corpus for you?
The kind of post-retirement lifestyle you envisage, family circumstances, your health status—all influence what kind of a nest egg you will need for your sunset years.
Financial Planning: 5 tips for handling unexpected expenses
Once the essentials such as shelter and food are covered, look to cut back on non-essential expenses wherever possible. Perhaps a few months away from Amazon Prime or Netflix would not be too bad if it means you are free from
Financial planning: Steps to take when your baby comes home
Creating a secured financial future for the newborn is one of the most important things young parents should do, but very often many of them do not know what to do and where to begin.
Financial planning: Have you got a financial wellness check-up done?
No financial stress, living within your means, a manageable loan burden, a strong financial foundation and being on track to meet your long-term financial goals are some of the hallmarks of financial wellness.
Should you go for an NCD? Check the pros & cons
NCDs are an ideal alternative to bank fixed deposits and debt funds provided they are issued by reputed companies and have higher credit rating.
Mutual funds: What information ratio tells about your fund manager’s performance
Information ratio measures the fund’s performance relative to its benchmark and adjusts it for market volatility. If the ratio is between 0.61 and 1, then it is a great investment.
Investing in stock markets? Be cautious if promoters are pledging shares
The risk for investors arises when the promoters have pledged either all or a significant percentage of their holding as it could trigger a volatile price movement in a falling market.
Integrity risk: A new danger that faces investors in stock markets
Every business has its own associated risks but vanishing companies pose integrity risk
Know how fusion investing unlocks value
Fusion investing attempts to integrate traditional and behavioural paradigms to create more robust investment models.
How to repay loan: The snowball method can be the magic to live an EMI free life
Is it possible to lead a debt-free life as most of us are burdened with car loan, education loan, personal loan, credit card outstanding, etc?
Side pocketing: Here are pros and cons for retail investors
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) permitted the mutual funds who have an exposure to troubled assets (such as IL&FS) and certain funds giving negative returns, to use side- pocketing tool.
Financial Planning: Decide on your savings goal at the year’s start
To conclude, by adopting the above, you are positioning yourself in the best possible place for achieving financial success, but it takes extreme discipline, dedication and repeated sacrifice.
Investment planning: Diversify portfolio to minimise political risk
As investors cannot avoid geopolitical risks, they must keep their eyes and ears wide open on political matters, both national and international.
Government Securities: Are G-Secs better than fixed deposits for retail investors?
Investing in government securities is one of the safer investment options available to individual investors because these are risk-free instruments and provide portfolio diversification and are available for longer investment
Buying insurance from agent? Top 3 things you should always keep in mind
With mis-selling quite prevalent in the insurance industry, it is good to do some fact-checking on the agent and the policy before signing on the dotted line
How R&D creates value for the firm and, ultimately, the investor
Companies invest every year significant amount on research and development (R&D) activities because they want to grow by developing new products and services.
Market volatility: No need to worry for sustainable business models with good marco-economic factors
Mean reversal is a popular theory in investment science which states that asset prices and returns eventually return back to the long-run mean or average.Accordingly, the Indian stock market could probably undergoing a revers
Beware of these risks! 5 pitfalls to avoid while using mobile banking services
The use of mobile phones is at an all-time high and mobile banking is one of the fastest growing segments in banking.
Fixed income: Know how downgrades impact debt funds
If the downgrade is for short-term instruments, you need not worry too much as maturity of these instruments is one or two months away. If it is for long-term bonds, then check the percentage of your fund’s assets invested
Stock markets: Four simple steps to assess a company’s future performance
Assess the company’s goal and strategy, sales outlook, product-market strategy and investments, and future profitability to determine its long-term sustainability.
Stock markets: Investing in a cash-rich firm? Check the source of cash
As an investor, you should know why a firm’s cash pile has goes up. Look at the cash flow statement and not the balance sheet to know the source of such funds.
Price/Earnings to Growth: Over-valued stocks? Look at PEG ratio
A share with a very high P/E might be seen as overvalued and not a good choice. But, if you compute the PEG ratio, assuming it has good growth estimates, it could actually yield a lower number, indicating that the share is a
Financial Planning: Check your risk tolerance level before investing
Often, many think that they are aggressive investors but, in reality, they behave like moderate investors. So, in this process they end up selling some shares when the market falls.
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