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Ankur Kapur
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What is a SIP?
You must have heard someone say this, but what does SIP mean? Is it a brand? Some new trend? Let’s understand what is an SIP. You must...
Ankur Kapur
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Power of Compounding
Many of us may have heard about the concept of compound interest. However, it starts only when we start managing our finances as working...
Ankur Kapur
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Direct vs regular mutual funds
A direct plan is what you buy directly from the mutual fund company, whereas a Regular plan is what you buy through as an advisor,...
Ankur Kapur
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Can NRIs invest in Indian Mutual Funds?
Yes, NRIs can invest in Indian mutual funds. A lot of people in India are either coming back to India or going out. There is a certain...
Ankur Kapur
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Investing in mutual funds for the first time
Mutual fund investing is a long-term attempt and should be connected to your financial goals. There is no exceptional strategy that will...
Ankur Kapur
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Are Mutual Funds better than PMS
A mutual fund is an investment vehicle consisting of a portfolio of stocks, bonds, etc by a professional fund manager. The money is...
Ankur Kapur
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Tax Saving using SIPs
While Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) have an array of benefits, one of their main advantages includes the possibility of tax saving,...
Ankur Kapur
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Taxation of Mutual Funds
In India, tax is applicable only on the realized capital gains. Let’s understand how taxation works for debt and equity mutual funds....
Ankur Kapur
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How does the money grow?
The key to making money in stocks is to stay in the market, giving time in the market is the best predictor of your performance....
Ankur Kapur
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Invest in Mutual Funds in your 50s
Turning 50 is a momentous milestone in an individual’s life. It doesn’t only represent that you will be near the top of your career, but...
Ankur Kapur
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Mutual funds for beginners
A mutual fund is a pool with a certain investment objective. This investment objective is laid out in the factsheet and other details...
Ankur Kapur
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Do not invest without knowing the risk!
Risk means the degree of uncertainty or potential financial loss inherent in an investment decision. In simple terms, the risk of losing...
Ankur Kapur
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What is a mutual fund?
A mutual fund is a pool of money to meet a certain investment objective. This pool of money is directed by the fund manager who chooses...
Ankur Kapur
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Trying to simplify finance, does it work?
These days there are so many finance influencers on YouTube, authors of personal finance books, and online and in-person courses on...
Ankur Kapur
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How can US and Canadian NRIs invest in India?
Mutual funds, AIFs etc. are not tax-efficient solutions for the USA and Canada-based NRIs. There are more straightforward options to...
Ankur Kapur
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WACC, the most debatable topic in Finance
Any asset can be valued by discounting its future cash flow via a discount rate. This discount rate is called the weighted average cost...
Ankur Kapur
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Investing in Mutual Funds
There are hundreds of schemes across different categories of mutual funds. It is hard for an investor to identify which scheme is better....
Ankur Kapur
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Why equity investing can’t be taught but only learnt?
It is not unusual for investment professionals to get teaching assignments. I still remember I had the first assignment within a week of...
Ankur Kapur
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How much is good enough?
Over the last decade, I had the opportunity to manage the money of a lot of successful people in the corporate and startup world. The...
Ankur Kapur
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Knowing the expectations treadmill trap
Just like a treadmill, if you continue to increase the speed, at one stage you either push the ‘emergency stop’ button or you may fall....
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