Here’s a compilation of Personal Finance threads I have written so far. Thank you for motivating me to do it.
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Market PE at 40 and yet the market is not falling, why? Getting asked this question multiple times. Here's a thread covering ‘very basic’ premier on valuation for my retail investor friends.
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Liquidity is fueling the stock market rally says everyone. What is this liquidity? How does it get created? How does it fuel stocks, commodities? (Thread)
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China’s electricity problem explained in the 🧵 below, do ‘re-tweet’ & help us educate more investors
China has orders some industries to shut down & some to operate 2-4 days a week, as power cuts become a daily routine (1/12)
“Why increase in yield is creating panic for equity markets globally?” 🧵
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Learn about the STEEL SECTOR in this thread
The demand for steel is generally only 1.2 times the GDP & there is no significant growth in our GDP but still the sector has rallied relentlessly, lets try & understand
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What’s happening with the real estate sector in China & will you see a 2008 because of China’s Evergrande looking at a possible bankruptcy?
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My new 🧵 on ‘How India is fighting against inflation’. This thread will answer most of your questions around macro-economics.
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Is the latest RBI policy suggesting that interest rates will start going up?
I think yes! Let me explain in the below 🧵 which is going to be your crash course on how RBI manages liquidity.
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What moves the
#Gold
price? 🧵
It is said that gold is an Inflation hedge. But if you look at the historical data points, Gold has not really been able to live upto the expectations, lets discuss.
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In a business where the buying & selling price is fixed by the government, how is that the sugar stocks are rallying so much?
A thread 🧵 to learn how the sugar sector works. Do re-tweet and hence us educate more investors (1/n)
𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 & 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐬 🧵
I still everyday meet investors who think Bitcoin & Blockchain are the same & this thread is specifically for them
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#Cryptos
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With a 50,000 SIP/month, it will take you ~9 years to accumulate the first 1cr
BUT, it will only take you half the time, ~4.5 years to accumulate the next 1cr
AND, only 3 years to accumulate the next 1cr
Start Early, Invest More & let compounding do it’s magic.
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Bank FD rate: 6%
Tax Slab: 30%
Net Post Tax: 4.2%
Inflation: 5.6%
Post inflation return: -1.4%
Just because 'you think' your capital is secured, does not make FD's risk free.
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🧵What if I tell you that you can get a Free Term Insurance along with your Mutual Fund SIPs? It’s called SIP Insure. This thread is a primer on how it works.
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Is residential real estate a good investment for monthly cash flow?
The answer is a NO.
- Residential real estate in India does not generate higher than 2-3% rent yields
- Plus there is a maintenance cost of the property
- Plus there is an assumption that it will always be
In such a low interest rate scenario, what if I tell you, there is a product, which pays 8.5%, tax free, default risk free & also gives you deduction under 80C, would you invest?
Follow this thread on EPF v/s VPF
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A basic premier on the banking sector, demystifying commonly used terms,
CASA
Wholesale Banking
Net Interest Income (NII)
Cost of Liability
Advances Growth
Gross v/s Net NPA
Provisions
SLR/CRR
Capital Adequacy Ratio
Net Interest Margin (NIM)
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Should you buy Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB)? If yes, should you buy the new tranche at 5561 or some older listed tranche & which one of the 62 tranches issued so far & why? A detailed 🧵 👇
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A thread on National Pension Scheme (NPS)
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What is SWIFT & What are the financial sanctions on Russia. A quick small informative 🧵
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Why increase in Bond yields is creating panic in the equity market? Also, how does Gold generally react in such times?
A Thread!
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In bull markets, everyone is a stock picker and thinks, mutual funds are for kids. It only takes one fall to realise, how difficult it is to beat the index.
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Reliance Retail cancels all shares outside of promoters and will pay Rs. 1362 per share to shareholders.
Until yesterday this was trading between Rs. 2500-2700 in the unlisted space
A basic primer on the Indian Paint sector
With the listing of Indigo paints, JSW entering the paint sector & now Grasim announcing to invest 5,000 cr in the sector, lets explore,
-Products
-Industry
-Company
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22 years old Mansi met with an accident and lost a leg. 8 years later she is crowned no. 1 para badminton player. And now Barbie has released OOAK (One Of A Kind) doll in her name. Is there anything you cant do if you have the will?
Should you add more in Equity or redeem right now?
A thread 🧵to guide retail on why & what should they do at these historic market highs.
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Does increase in Inflation & hence interest rates lead to a fall in equity? While theoretically yes, practically the last 20 years of data shows otherwise
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Fixed Income investment strategies (Thread)
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It’s a misconception that FD, RBI Bond, PPF etc have no risk. The reason we don’t see the risk in them is because for us, risk ONLY means loss of capital. (1/n)
The Patanjali salt packet says that it was extracted from a 250 million year old salt rock bed in the Himalayas.
The expiry date say, best before 2022.
So glad they extracted it on time!
Portugal has made it 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 for your boss to send you texts after work hours
UAE has announced a 4 & a 1/2 day working week
Your thoughts on
#WorkLifeBalance
?
Index Funds v/s ETFs
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(1) While index funds and ETF’s look similar, there are multiple differences you need to keep in mind before investing in either of them. Let me highlight the important ones (1/n)
Met a friend lately who definitely is much more talented & focused than I am but has not been able to break through on the career front (i.e. - deserves more)
This got me thinking, how many of us actually value the role of luck in our lives?
Any thoughts or experiences anyone?
Yes Bank’s additional Tier 1 bonds, written off. Lakshmi Villas Banks Tier 2 bonds, written off. Understand what & why of ATI and Tier 2 bonds in this thread.
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Personal Finance 101 – My learning’s about investing
This topic is for everyone, whether you manage your money yourself or through your advisor, it will go a long way in managing your finances.
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There are 1500+ schemes in mutual funds spread across multiple categories. To build the right portfolio, you need to understand the categories well. It’s less about the scheme & more about the category you choose in Mutual Funds.
This 🧵 is all about the Equity Category. Do
In this
#IPO
frenzy market, lets talk (Thread) about some basics around
-Angle/VC/PE
-Allotment process
-IPO Funding
-Grey Market
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🧵 on the global macros,
(1) What’s happening to Yields & Currencies globally?
(2) Why is the $ going up?
(3) Why is INR performing better than most currencies?
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#StockMarket
#Markets
In a low interest rate regime, it gets difficult to invest in FDs to meet cash flow requirements. This leads 4 many to look for alternative methods. A popular one pitched right now is SWP from MFs. Lets decode the do's & dont's
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Today is the last day to reduce your tax liability for this year.
No I am not talking about the 1.5L of 80C or 80D. I am talking about Tax Profit & Loss Harvesting. 🧵 (1/8)
Direct Stocks or Mutual Funds?
Investor - I want to invest in Equities
Me - How long can you stay invested, how much risk can you take & what’s your return expectations?
Investor - Can stay invested for 10 years, okay with volatility and return expectation is 13-15%
Me -
What better day to discuss Gold, isn’t it?
Topic - Physical Gold v/s Digital Gold v/s Gold ETF v/s Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB)
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After writing on Banking & Paints, this thread focuses on the 'Logistic Sector'. Idea is to give a small start to the retail investors looking at investing in this space from where they can build on.
This thread covers,
- Macro
- Business Model
- 3PL & 4PL
- Valuation (1/n)
Adani Enterprises, Adani Port & Ambuja Cement under ASM framework in NSE
0 leverage & full margin requirement even for intraday
When was the last time you remember seeing an index stock in ASM?
Assume you want to retire at 60 with a corpus of 5cr
If you start at age 40, you will need an SIP of 55,000 to accumulate 5cr
If you start at 45, you will need to do a 1,05,000 SIP
Every 5 year delay increases your required savings rate by 100%
Start early!
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🧵 on FED's policy,
- US Fed increased rates by 0.75% on expected lines
- Will also keep reducing the balance sheet on expected lines BUT
- Equity, Yields & DXY all showed risk off signs?
Reason is the ‘Dot Plot’, let me explain
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"Should we invest or wait now that the markets are at an all time high?" - an investor asked.
I dint want to sound technical & hence told him about India's liquidity story. Do 're-tweet' this quick small 🧵, retail will benefit I think (1/8)
RBI announced allowing the retail investors to buy-sell government securities directly. In this thread lets explore the What, Why & How of ‘Retail Direct’
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AMCs who bought Zomato in the IPO
SBI, Axis, ABSL, Kotak, Nippon, Mirae, UTI, Motilal Oswal, Franklin, HDFC, ICICI, IIFL, IDF , Sundarum, Tata, Edelweiss, BNP, HSBC, Principal & Invesco
Name the first AMC that comes to your mind which dint apply for it?
If at 18,400 Nifty you dint want to reduce equity and rebalance the portfolio, why the panic at 16,600?
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as a full time gig is not for everyone!
(Thread) With Kotak launching its International REIT Fund of Fund NFO, it is worth revisiting our old thread on Real Estate Investment Trust (
#REIT
). The Idea is to educate readers on REIT & share our view on the Kotak
#NFO
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India inflation at 6.7% is ~10% off the RBI range, western world is 400% off their range.
GDP growth in India will be amongst the fastest globally.
Forex reserves at best.
PMI contracting in US & Europe vs India at over 50
What more macro comfort do you want as an investor?
(Thread) Understanding Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) – This is for education purpose and the story is made up to simplify the concept, don’t take it at face value (1/n)
DOW was up 400 points yesterday because it is presumed that the DEBT CEILING deal has been reached.
- But what’s the debt ceiling about?
- Is US going to default on its debt?
Lets understand it in this 🧵. Do ‘re-tweet’ & help us educated more investors (1/13)
Are you a Mutual Fund investor? Heard about Fund of Fund (FOF) lately in a couple of NFOs?
This 🧵 talks about some interesting insights you should have about FOFs as an investor
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- With the fastest growing GDP
- Amongst the top forex reserves
- Most controlled inflation environment
Credit rating agencies give India the lowest investment ratings at BBB- sighting fiscal deficit & debt
BUT how is US a AA+ with everything wrong there? Anyone?
This rally is not stopping till $ starts moving up!
There are many such interesting threads pinned to my profile, do give it a read. Happy Learning. (END)
At market high when the confidence is low in equities, investments move to hybrid products. This 🧵 👇covers almost everything you need to know about ‘Hybrid Mutual Funds’.
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Parag Parikh Long Term Equity fund will be introducing 'covered call strategy' in the fund. This can be a game changer for the fund in a market that does not steeply go up or moves up gradually or stays sideways or even falls (1/n)
A investor called me & wanted to switch from his advisor to me as he was unhappy with the performance of the investments with his current advisor (1/6)
Housing Loan ~ 7%
Rental Yield ~ 2%
To roughly break even, the appreciation in RE should be ~5%
To make FD returns, RE should generate 5+6 = 11% (RE should double every 6.5 yrs)
Y do you invest?
P.S. - Calculation are extremely rough, happy to learn the other view
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How many of us here believe that because inflation and interest rates are going to go up, equities will fall?
P.S. - A very interesting thread coming up.
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- US printed $, lead to inflation
- Then, it started increasing rates & reducing the balance sheet to fight inflation
- While it is still trying to reduce liquidity hence inflation, California announced $1050 per family to fight inflation.
I don’t understand, do you?
Financial Independence,
- Expense at 30% of your income
- Investment at 50% of your monthly income
You will be financially independent in the 18th year!
A basic primer on InvIT 🧵
Hoping that this thread will help you understand the basics around why is PowerGrid InvIT coming up with an IPO & India Grid InvIT with an NCD
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While all are talking about the roaring Equity markets, Gold has silently hit the all time high.
Lets discuss what’s moving the gold prices in this 🧵
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There is so much happening,
- Rs. 2000 note withdrawn. Time till September end to exchange. Will remain a legal tender after that as well.
- Government clarifying on no TCS upto 7L of spending on Credit card
- TERs of MFs to fall drastically if the SEBI consultation paper is
With a total 50Lakh investible surplus, I would rather split that into 2-3 mutual funds & diversify across managers & style vs betting on one manager & one style with 50Lakh PMS.
What are your thoughts?
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T+1 settlement starting today. India is the only big market to do this!
So if you buy a stock, you get it in your demat the next day, and If you sell, you will have the funds by the next day.
The most common mistake I see investors do.
Imagine investing 25,000 a month for 5 years & accumulating say 20L in your investing account & suddenly there is a medical emergency at home.
Either your investment account will become zero or worst it will not be enough (1/2)
Continuing our Mutual Fund Education Series, here’s the 3rd thread; this will demystify the Hybrid Mutual Fund categories for you.
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What is SDF?
RBI has kept all benchmark rates unchanged. But it has introduced SDF ( Standing Deposit Facility) at 3.75% which is 25bps below Repo Rate of 4% which will help it absorb liquidity. (1/n)
Want performance better than Passive & cost lower than Active?
(Ans) Smart Beta Funds
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