Which is better – Index Funds vs Actively Managed Funds [2021]?

In last decade, index funds have gained lot of popularity. What makes index funds attractive is their low cost. Compared to actively managed funds, index funds has lower expense ratio. ‘HDFC Index Fund – Sensex’ is one of the better index funds. It has an expense ratio of 0.3% (Regular Plan), and 0.1% (Direct Plan)….

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“REIT India” is Finally A Reality in form of “EMBASSY REIT”

“Embassy REIT” is India’s first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). It’s IPO has been issued on 18th-Mar’19, and will remain open till 20th-Mar’19. Through this IPO, Embassy REIT wants to raise capital worth Rs.47,500 million (Rs.4,750 Crore). I have already written few basics about REIT. I’ll suggest you to give a glance on it as…

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How To Do Detailed Analysis of Profit Margin of Companies?

I was doing a detailed analysis of profit margin of few Indian companies. Two names that came to my attention were HEG and Graphite India Why my stock screener flagged these companies to me? Because between a period of Mar’2014 and Nov’2018, in a span of 4.5 years, these stocks were giving a return of…

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Interesting Things About Dividend Yield Formula

The formula which is used to calculate dividend yield is simple. Dividend yield equals dividend per share divided by price. But what makes the dividend yield formula interesting is the “price” placed in the denominator. How? What we generally consider ‘price’ is actually “current market price” of stock, right? But pro stock investors generally consider…

Building Financial Literacy The Kiyosaki & Dave Ramsey’s Way…

It is essential to build ones financial literacy. Why? Because in todays world almost every human activity is in some ways dependent on money. We need money to get access to even bare necessities of life like food, clothing, and shelter. Our spending needs, does not stop with necessities only. We also need money for…

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I want to invest Rs.5000 per month for next 20 years. How to plan for it?

I was about to leave my office one Friday evening, and this thought came to my mind that, How to plan and invest Rs.5000 per month for next 20 years? The objective was to start investing in general as a good habit, which eventually can also build a corpus. The time horizon was long, so…

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How home buyers can use RERA website to invest in good property?

How the information stated in RERA website helps the potential home buyers? Before we go into those details I would like to say that the presence of RERA (a regulator) itself is a big “protection” for the home buyers. Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) acts as a regulator of the real estate sector in India….