If you are not fond of actively managed funds, an investment in a Nifty 50 index fund provides you exposure to a diversified equity portfolio. However, Nifty 50 consists of stocks from different sectors (banking, pharma, energy, commodities, IT, consumer goods, automobiles etc). Here is the sectoral breakup of Nifty 50 (as on December 31,2020). Can we better the … [Read more...] about Nifty 50 vs. Portfolio of Banking + Pharma + IT stocks: Which is better?
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Adding Gold and International Equity to the Portfolio: Does it enhance Portfolio Performance?
Do you believe in working with an asset allocation approach in your portfolio? Do you rebalance your portfolio at regular intervals? Is there a merit in dividing our portfolio in assets with low correlation? In this post, let us construct a multi-asset portfolio combining domestic equity, international equity, and gold and see if delivers superior performance compared … [Read more...] about Adding Gold and International Equity to the Portfolio: Does it enhance Portfolio Performance?
Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index: How has it performed compared to Nifty 50?
Over the past few weeks, we have tested investment ideas and compared the performance against the bellwether indices such a Nifty 50. In some of my previous posts, I have Compared the performance of Nifty Next 50 against Nifty 50.Considered the data for the past 20 years to see if the Price-Earnings (PE) multiple tells us anything about the prospective returns. It does or … [Read more...] about Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index: How has it performed compared to Nifty 50?
Nifty 50 vs Nifty Next 50: Performance Comparison
Nifty Next 50 index funds have gotten popular over the last few years. As expected, the index caught the fancy of investors on the back of strong performance from 2014 until 2017. However, not many investors benefited from this because there were not many index fund options to invest in this index. Not that the funds would have attracted money because the AUM chases the … [Read more...] about Nifty 50 vs Nifty Next 50: Performance Comparison