India’s GDP grew at 6.7% in FY18, down from 7.1% in FY17, the slowdown being attributed to the lingering effects of demonetization and the GST roll-out last year. The temporary slowdown due to these two major reforms was...Read More

A college friend bought a property in one of the suburban areas of Mumbai for Rs 30 lakhs in 2002. He recently sold the property at Rs 1.5 Crores – a profit Rs 1.2 Crores on an investment of Rs 30 lakhs. Many of my other friends were...Read More

The retirement years are supposed to be the golden period of one’s life. These are years to enjoy the fruits of all the hard work you put throughout your student and working life. Relieved from the stress of your career and your children...Read More

In our previous post on this topic, Is Value investing the right investment style for you: Part 1, we discussed how different investment styles relate to our investment needs and risk attitudes. We also discussed in the previous post...Read More

In Advisorkhoj, we advocate a structured approach to investing. When making any investment decision, the first question that you should ask yourself is, “what is the investment objective”? Is it capital appreciation or income or both? You...Read More

In January, the Nifty rose nearly 600 points (nearly 6% rally) and in the first 7 days of February, it fell nearly 500 points. The ferocity of the correction seen over the past few days may have spooked some new investors, but for long...Read More

Investors can save up to Rs 46,350 in taxes per year by investing up to Rs 1.5 Lakhs in eligible schemes under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act 1961. There are broadly two types of tax savings schemes – risk free or low risk...Read More

In the first part, How is Systematic Withdrawal Plan better than Dividend Option: Part 1, we discussed how dividend options in mutual funds work. We also discussed several incorrect perceptions about mutual fund dividends...Read More

At www.advisorkhoj.com we get many queries and comments from investors daily; usually, we get more than 400 queries and comments from investors and advisors every month. Though responding to all the investor queries and...Read More

Real interest rate is a very important concept in economics and finance. Unfortunately, many retail investors do not make investment decisions based on real interest rates and as result, they make sub-optimal investment decisions...Read More