Investing Insights

4 Tips to Achieve Your Financial Goals Through SIP’s

The ubiquitous “Mutual Funds Sahi Hai” campaign has fuelled an increased interest in Mutual Fund SIP’s (Systematic Investment Plans) over the past few years. The industry’s monthly SIP inflows stood at Rs. 15,814 crores as on August 23 as Mutual Fund assets grew significantly over the past five years. If you’re one of the thousands of investors who are using SIP’s to achieve their financial goals, here are four things to keep in mind.

When should you start with Retirement Planning?

Don’t be fooled by all those advertisements featuring retired couples sipping cocktails on a sunny beach. Retirement Planning is serious business; and a mix of social, cultural, and economic factors are making it a more critical element of your financial planning with every passing day. Unfortunately, recent research also shows that only about 50% of us are habitually saving for our retirement planning.

5 Reasons to Get Professional Help for Retirement Planning

Retirement planning is an important financial decision that can have a huge impact on one’s financial future. It requires careful planning and analysis in order to ensure that one’s retirement savings are maximized and that one’s retirement lifestyle is secure. Unfortunately, many people attempt to tackle this process on their own, without the help of a professional. This can be a mistake, as there are many reasons to get professional help for retirement planning.

How to use Mutual Funds for Retirement Planning

Mutual Funds offer flexible, customizable options for efficient Retirement Planning at various stages.

5 Behavioural Traps That Could Hurt Your Mutual Fund Investments

Learn 5 key biases impacting long-term mutual fund returns to boost your investment success.

What makes a Good Investor?

Good Investors are made, not born! Upon close examination, we find that there are a few common delineating characteristics that all good investors possess. Why not start inculcating them today?

Chasing Returns vs. Wealth Creation

Creating Wealth from your investments is all about return maximization, right? Wrong! It may surprise you to know that your pernicious little habit of always trying to maximize portfolio returns may in fact be what is impeding your ability to generate long-term wealth. Here’s are four reasons why.

5 Tips to use Mutual Funds for your Financial Goals

All of us have Financial Goals. Some may be aspirational, such as buying a new card or upgrading our home. Others may be uncompromisable – such as a child’s education, or building up a nest egg before we finally hang up our work boots. Regardless of the kind of goals at hand, they all require advance planning and structured, disciplined saving in order to reach fruition.

Shift in trend; 62% of Indian fathers now prioritize their daughters' education and empowerment over early marriages: FinEdge Financial Goals Study

At 30, the highest priority goal for fathers is to buy a home (26%), with only 6% of them actively planning for their children's futures at this stage. Only 1 in 5 respondents prioritize their retirement over their child's education; proclivity for retirement planning is slightly more pronounced in the south zone

The 5 things all great Advisors expect from their Clients

While much has been said about the traits of great Financial Advisors, the fact remains that the Client-Advisor relationship is a deeply symbiotic one, whose long-term success is contingent upon the attitudes and actions of both parties involved. Here are the five things that your Financial Advisor expects from you to ensure that your investing experience a great one.

Should you invest into NFO’s (New Fund Offers)?

AMFI's ad campaign boosts mutual fund interest, but investors must cautiously assess NFOs amidst SEBI's re-categorization.

5 Reasons Why You Should Occasionally Review Your Portfolio

Enamoured by AMFI’s impactful “Mutual Funds Sahi Hai” campaign, new investors flocked to Mutual Funds in droves between 2015 and 2018. As first timers, many of these investors are unaware about the importance of regularly having their portfolios reviewed by a professional Financial Advisor.