Podcast: Is robo-advice right for you

Why is our reaction to robo-advice different than our reaction to human advice?  Two terms -...

Podcast: Is robo-advice right for you
What is defensive investing, and why is it right for you

Swapnil Kendhe is founder, SEBI registered investment adviser (RIA) and a fee-only financial...

What is defensive investing, and why is it right for you
Franklin winds 6 debt funds due to COVID impact

Franklin Templeton AMC  announced yesterday that it will wind up six bond funds that took credit...

Franklin winds 6 debt funds due to COVID impact
5 practical hacks to survive a market crash!

  We are living through a few such weeks which may come to define this decade. And it...

5 practical hacks to survive a market crash!
Budget 2020 simplified for personal finance

Budget 2020 measures that affect personal finance and nothing else.   1/ Tax rates - most...

Budget 2020 simplified for personal finance
Small cap, index funds and robo-advisory – a chat with Mint

Our founder and CEO Gaurav (@rustapharian) speaks with Neil Borate of  Mint about the big...

Small cap, index funds and robo-advisory – a chat with Mint
Franklin (FT) Ultra Short Term Fund down 4%+ on 16th Jan – What happened?

Unusually for a fund in its category (Ultra Short Term Funds), Franklin Templeton (FT) reported a...

Franklin (FT) Ultra Short Term Fund down 4%+ on 16th Jan – What happened?
Have you done your 2020 financial health assessment?

As we step into 2020, an analysis of 2019 is inevitable – it has been a year of ‘learnings’....

Have you done your 2020 financial health assessment?
No Policy Sixer from RBI!

RBI keeps the repo rate unchanged at 5.15 % Both the market and market participants were in for a...

No Policy Sixer from RBI!
Nov 2019: Kuvera recommended portfolio update

First, for those who are new to Kuvera, a quick recap. We have recommended a portfolio since Jan...

Nov 2019: Kuvera recommended portfolio update
Vodafone Idea paper – more pain for Debt MF Investors?

There has been a lot of turbulence in the telecom space for quite some time now. The unprecedented...

Vodafone Idea paper – more pain for Debt MF Investors?
One Year since IL&FS meltdown and the latest PMC Bank crisis

Such has been the nature and scale of the IL&FS meltdown and its ripple effects on the overall...

One Year since IL&FS meltdown and the latest PMC Bank crisis
Confused between STP and lump sum? Here is a way out!

Swapnil Kendhe is founder, SEBI registered investment adviser (RIA) and a fee-only financial...

Confused between STP and lump sum? Here is a way out!
Ratings downgrade, credit risk and assessing debt funds

Latest developments - Defaults & downgrades   On September 13, 2019, Brickwork Ratings...

Ratings downgrade, credit risk and assessing debt funds
How are you feeling about your investments?

Another turbulent month is gone and once more we, the investors on Kuvera, showed that we...

How are you feeling about your investments?
What to do when markets fall 2% in a day?

What to do when markets fall 2% in a day? This week started with a wobble. The Nifty index was...

What to do when markets fall 2% in a day?
Is it easy to beat the market Index returns (Nifty, Sensex etc)?

Beating the stock market Index returns is incredibly hard. The experts on financial TV and...

Is it easy to beat the market Index returns (Nifty, Sensex etc)?
Mutual Funds – Analyzing Risk & Return Statistically

Karunesh Dev is a former banking professional turned writer and personal finance educator. He...

Mutual Funds – Analyzing Risk & Return Statistically
Avoiding Fund Overlap in Equity Mutual Funds

Karunesh Dev is a former banking professional turned writer and personal finance educator. He...

Avoiding Fund Overlap in Equity Mutual Funds
Annual Appraisal Advice

Annual appraisals are the right time to take one of the most important decisions for long term...

Annual Appraisal Advice