A reader wanted to know if he could invest his entire retirement corpus in mutual funds (of varying risk) and draw an income from them via systematic withdrawal plans — a discussion. Short answer: It ...

This ETF screener is based on tracking errors and tracking differences (ETF return minus index return). The screener will help users evaluate how efficiently an ETF ...

This is a tricky question to answer! On one corner is a technical answer: Using reasonable return expectations for equity and debt (after tax!) and considering the inflation for my goal, I can arrive ...

Nine years ago, I resigned from my job at a private bank to pursue my MBA. During this time, I came across an online content and community forum called Women’s Web. I started writing content for them ...

Several readers have asked us how to invest as the market reacts to the US tariffs. Regular readers would know what our stance is. The following is for those new here. The short answer is that your ...

The latest freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener is now available. Use it to screen for consistently performing equity mutual funds. You can screen based on fund category & benchmark and ...

Broach the subject of retirement planning to a young earner, and you might get a response like, “I have just started earning. Let me enjoy life for a while and worry about this later.” When that ...

Many investors recognise the importance of equity investing pretty late. Even if they have some SIPs running, the amounts are quite small compared to their fixed-income investments (EPF, FDs, etc).

This is a National Pension Scheme Fund Screener to shortlist consistently performing NPS schemes. You can also spot NPS schemes with a higher return than a benchmark at a lower risk. This is similar ...

We publish a list of stocks with low volatility and momentum each month. We provide data for BSE 500 and BSE 100 stocks. There are now three different screener files available. (1) Stocks with low ...

A reader asks, “Does investing Rs. 1.5 Lakhs in PPF before April 5th make sense anymore since I will be choosing the new tax regime?” – a discussion. The short answer is that dropping everything and ...

Notice something bizarre? The final amount is the same in both cases!! How is this possible? 1 L x (1+10%)^15 = 4.17 Lakh. Here, ^15 means (1+10%) is multiplied by ...