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    Motilal S&P 500 Index Fund: 1 month on WITH DATA

    tl;dr sharing a spreadsheet I made comparing returns of Motilal Oswal S&P500 index fund and S&P500 total returns index since the fund's launch. A recent post on this sub comparing the returns of S&P500 total returns index and Motilal Oswal S&P500 index fund got some traction. The numbers looked...
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    Investing notes influencers don't tell you

    Feel free to add yours, here are a few from my end: U don't know how you would react to catastrophe so plan your portfolio and fail safe accordingly. Most of today's influencers were not there the day Bear Stearns died (some were probably not born, and most don't know what I am talking about)...
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    GST Collection Sets Historical Record, Exceeds Rs 1.87 Lakh Crores in April-2023: PM Modi Expresses Joy

    The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection for April-2023 has set a new historical record in India, exceeding Rs 1.87 lakh crore. This is an increase of 12% compared to the same period last year when the GST collection was Rs 1,67,540 crore. The Finance Ministry reports that CGST collection is...
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    Fi Money/Jupiter just for tracking expenses. Will it work or I’ll have to pay something/ have issues?

    Basically I’m on iOS and there’s no automated expense tracking from SMS like walnut/axio on android Doing it manually is tough and I tried it for a month and eventually stopped tracking my expenses itself. I’ve just started college and I want to maintain this habit Now I’ve come across Fi and...
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    Noob Q about my salary slip

    Hi everyone! Sorry this is a noob question.. i know.. 😅 but I got my salary slip and it has everything, Basic+PF contribution etc etc.. what I don't understand is ADA. What is ADA? Is it Dearness allowance? And why isn't it written as DA just?
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    What's a personal finance tip or hack that should be common knowledge but isn't?

    I'll start: when leaving a company, and if you were enrolled into its group health insurance (paying user; free ones don't apply), you can talk to the insurer and convert/merge it into an individual policy to take advantage of the PED years accrued there. Here's a bit more information on ET.
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    Zerodha has moved to PIN, TOTP based 2fa for login!

    More detailed post here: https://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha/bulletin-latest-at-zerodha/an-all-new-login-flow-for-kite
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    Behavioural lessons learned over 30 years of investing

    These are some important lessons I have learnt over 30 years of investing from a young age . These are my experiences , so I cannot really post hard data or do analysis . They have become part and parcel of what I think Get rid of all membership programs , frequent flyer miles, restaurant...
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    RBI is piloting an eRupee. Here's a fun read about how this plays into the banking system

    First published this on my newsletter Boring Money. Do visit the original link and subscribe if you like read this! I write about finance in India in a way that's fun and enjoyable but doesn't dumb down the subject matter. Finance can be fun! https://boringmoney.substack.com/p/rbi-cbdc-erupee...
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    Beware of chinese loan app scams in India

    just watch this documentary from BBC about how Chinese loan app scam are happening in india, i see lot of post here about the mobile app loan they are stuck in and how they are harassed, i hope others don't fall into this trap .
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    Returns: LIC vs Gold vs Nifty

    Recently my father's LIC Money back policy policy matured and he received a return of around 126000 INR, although he considered this a success even after investing an amount 6560 every year for 20 years, I was skeptical around the return. So I decided to compare that with returns of other...
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    How unrealistic is expecting 1% per day gain in serious active intraday trading ?

    Total noob here, and I must confess also totally blinded by monetary needs. A little background first. Currently working in one of those shiitty soul-sucking 9-5 jobs for a pay of measly 15k a month, while watching people doing less than me getting twice as much, just makes me wanna give up...
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    Offering assistance for Income Tax Return filing for A.Y 2023-24

    Hello everyone, If anyone wants to get their ITR (Income Tax Return) filed for A.Y 2023-24 for non-audit cases (ITR 1, 2, 3, 4, and TDS return), I'm here to assist you at a reasonable price. We can help each other out. Currently, I'm going through a difficult phase in my life dealing with...
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    SEBI's Analysis of Profit and Loss of Individual Traders in F&O

    From https://www.sebi.gov.in/reports-and-statistics/research/jan-2023/study-analysis-of-profit-and-loss-of-individual-traders-dealing-in-equity-fando-segment_67525.html Losers 9 out of 10 individual traders in equity F&O segment incurred losses. 90% of the active traders incurred average...
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    The Indian government restricted FDI in media so BBC bypasses it by creating a new Indian entity fully owned by Indians. A fun read

    Original Source: https://boringmoney.in/p/bbc-creates-a-new-entity If you like what you read, please visit the original link to subscribe and receive future posts in your inbox. -- A thing that governments do sometimes is restrict the amount of investment foreign companies can make in certain...
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    Facebook buys 9.99% stake in Reliance jio for 5.7B $

    https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/breaking-facebook-invests-5-7-billion-in-reliance-jio-5174861.html
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    Our markets are much more resilient by design compared to US - Thoughts

    Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware of GME and how Melvin Capital got short-squeezed out of their positions. More details on the pinned post by mod : I am now appreciating how well designed our markets are. We are following some of the best design practices from long...
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    A [you know who]'s foreign funds + Jindal Poly Films' lawsuit

    https://boringmoney.in/p/-funds-jindal-poly-mystery TLDR: A news leak from Reuters says that SEBI has found the foreign funds that invested in A guilty of non-disclosure. These funds want to settle with SEBI, which *may* be the end of the matter. However, this will not answer the all-important...
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    Why does the Indian government not provide stimulus checks like the US?

    We recently found that RBI has decided to print a hell lot of money, in terms of rupees 'x' lakh crores. However, is there any way the government pays normal tax payers like you and me directly in our bank accounts like the U.S government does? Isn't it time that all we taxpayers directly...
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    Issue with calculating Tracking Error for Index fund

    Hi all, I am using the NSE definition here: https://www.nseindia.com/products-services/indices-tracking-error (stdev of fund less TRI daily return annualized via sqrt250) I have taken Nifty 50 TRI data from here...
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