investing in india

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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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    Vakrangee is imploding. SEBI is asleep

    Came across this news https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/vakrangee-profit-plunges-99-yoy-in-sept-quarter/articleshow/66433257.cms&ved=0ahUKEwiiyrHu6a7eAhUBpI8KHS5LB7EQqQIIJygBMAE&usg=AOvVaw3VSxtGXh9vu6G5TQV-gBH9 Almost...
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    The cost of raising a child in India: School costs ₹30 lakh, college a crore

    Parents always knew raising a child in India – with its broken model of education – is expensive, and turning more so. Actual numbers support this belief. As per ET Online research, the overall expenditure of schooling a child in India in a private school from age 3 to age 17 is a whopping Rs 30...
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    Will I never know the NAV of the MF I'm applying or redeeming?

    When I invest in a MF, the NAV date is same day or next day based on cutoff time. But for either of the days, I don't know the NAV. I'll only come to know the NAV after 9 pm for same day NAV and next day 9pm if applied after cutoff. Same is the case with redeeming. E.g., If I'm investing in...
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    My journey of prepaying home loan - 2020-2023

    In Feb 2019, I took a home loan of 30 lakhs at an interest rate of 8.95% for a period of 25 years (300 months) from HDFC. This meant I would end up paying a whopping 44 lakhs as interest on the 30 lakh loan. That's 74 lakhs, a staggering amount that a lot of borrowers do not take into account...
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    Analysis on Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer and Chemicals Company (GNFC)

    Line of Business GNFC is a state owned fertilizer and chemical company. It's revenues are 70% from chemicals and rest 30% from fertilizers. Chemical catalogue consists of multiple products like weak nitric acid, acetic acid, TDI etc. It is also the only manufacturer of TDI in SEA.\1])...
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    Saudi Arabia’s PIF set to pick up 2.33% stake in RIL’s Jio for $1.5 billion

    Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) is all set to pick up a 2.33 per cent stake in Indian oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries' Jio, for an estimated $1.5 billion. If PIF comes on board, Jio Platforms will have diluted 25 per cent of its equity, the report said...
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    P015 - Lessons learned from 30 years of banking

    I am trying to talk about a simple basic service that many of us have no clue on how to structure properly or don’t have the time . I have banked across PSU / Private / Foreign banks in India , and US and Singapore . Here is the lesson I have learnt from it In the intervening period I have...
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    P Chidambaram: Franklin Templeton’s decision you wind up 6 mutual funds is a matter of grave concern to investors and the industry

    He is explained how similar situation was handled in 2008.
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    Making sense of financial results - how does one go about understanding it (NHPC as an example)?

    (I'm a newbie) https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachHis/a51e3df4-e9e7-413c-922a-9de714c38012.pdf What is the difference between Year Ended and Quarter Ended https://i.imgur.com/tRlFtv5.png https://i.imgur.com/hS6eGgI.png Profit before Exceptional items, Movements in Regulatory...
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    Comparing health insurance super top-up plans

    I have been on the lookout for a super top-up health insurance plan. I wanted to get it early this year, when covid was at its peak. However, upon some research I realized that super top-up plan needs to align with the base health insurance plan - most probably on the same date or at least on...
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    Stock In The News Today

    Sharekhan FNA Maruti Suzuki, M&M: Korean company Kia Motors (sister company of Hyundai) is targeting the SUV and MPV segment in India and is targeting 5% market share over the next three years. The company has capacity of 3 lakh units which is based in Chennai. Entry of Kia would further...
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    Let's settle the issue of ETF's and liquidity once and for all - Here's my analysis of six Indian ETFs and thier trading volumes

    I've heard many arguments here about ETF's and liquidity etc. I think they are genuine concerns and needs to be looked into with a little more depth. I've taken six ETF's here - one's that I have currently invested in. I prefer ETF's to mutual funds as I get to track their history in a Google...
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    What does a CA do exactly w.r.t personal financial planning?

    Are there any other professionals that can help with better financial planning?
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    [ELI 15] Why UTI Nifty 50 instead of other house bluechip funds?

    Why is Nifty 50 or Nifty Next 50 is recommended in this sub instead of funds like Axis bluechip funds. Looking at the performance charts since 2013, 1lakh invested today is UTI Nifty 50 - 2.16 L Axis Bluechip - 2.6 L Mirae Large cap - 3.0 L
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    Is the market PE high right now?

    Lots of discussion in this sub about whether it is good time to invest or not. The arguments seem to me, mainly qualitative. I think I can summarize the arguments below For markets being overbought/valued PE > 22 has usually given poor 3Y, 5Y returns in the past. This is somewhat controversial...
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    Conquered 1cr milestone today by investing in Mutual funds

    Old contributor to this sub. Hustled hard for last 6 years and managed to reach this milestone just by savings from salary :) This post is not to show off, but just to motivate that investing time in increasing your skills can grow your portfolio much faster than spending time earning extra...
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    Adani Group: How The World’s 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History (Hindenburg Research)

    EDIT: Adani group has released an official statement in response to Hindenburg report. Including a link to their official tweet for everyone's reference: Sharing this article here as I feel it might be of interest to a lot of us who're invested into Adani group companies, either directly or...
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    Motilal S&P 500 Index Fund: 1 month on

    So it's been 1 month since MOAMC opened The S&P 500 Index Fund. The Index is up 9.4% in last 1 month however the Fund is only up 4.2%. Isn't this an abnormal tracking error? What am I missing? Edit: Apparently I was missing a lot. The difference is much lesser and even the same was on account...
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