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50 decisions you can make with a financial plan
A financial plan aims to address these and make your portfolio and your actions more focused towards what is important to you.

Vipin Khandelwal
May 4, 20184 min read


What can derail Mr Sharma’s retirement?
Do you have enough saved up for your after retirement life? Have you anticipated possible scenarios? What if something goes wrong?

Vipin Khandelwal
Apr 17, 20184 min read


How Saina Nehwal invests, worries me (again)!
Saina Nehwal's public acceptance of her investment style sends worrying signals given her popularity. Beware.

Vipin Khandelwal
Mar 15, 20185 min read


Best Mutual Fund – The Funny Money Show
The Funny Money Show is a lighter take on the investment world. This time I explore staring a new mutual fund - Best Mutual Fund.

Vipin Khandelwal
Feb 22, 20183 min read


And the award goes to ULIPs, but should you invest?
Does a ULIP score over a mutual fund? Here's a detailed comparison of features, costs and benefits to help you make a decision.

Vipin Khandelwal
Feb 9, 20186 min read


Why I will still NOT invest in NPS?
Is NPS a tax efficient cost effective option for retirement planning? Vis-a-vis mutual funds? Here is an analysis.

Vipin Khandelwal
Feb 6, 20185 min read


Be cautious with debt funds in 2018 – Interview with Arvind Chari
In 2018, as interest rate cuts start coming in, should you be investing in bond or debt funds? Arvind Chari shares his perspectives.

Vipin Khandelwal
Jan 1, 20185 min read


The tricky aspect of saving for your child’s education
How much do you need to save to provide the best possible education to your child? Does it conflict with other goals? Let's find out.

Vipin Khandelwal
Dec 26, 20173 min read


The most important life & investing lesson from Alice in Wonderland
Here's an important lesson from the famous story Alice in Wonderland. Find your Why and your doubts will melt away.

Vipin Khandelwal
Dec 19, 20172 min read


Nifty Next 50 – Is this the Gold for passive investors?
Nifty Next 50 is a unique index in terms of its positioning and diversification. Can it be the only fund in your mutual fund portfolio?

Vipin Khandelwal
Dec 12, 20174 min read


The Acid test of your stock portfolio
Most stock investors fail at delivering a decent result for all the effort they take. Now here's a test for you to find out if are there?

Vipin Khandelwal
Dec 8, 20174 min read


Alternative Investment Funds – A primer
As AIFs become more popular, let's take a primer on what does this instrument mean and how is it different from a mutual fund or PMS.

Vipin Khandelwal
Dec 6, 20174 min read


How to save Rs 1 crore for your dream startup? A no nonsense guide
My personal experience on how you can go about saving a decent money to bring your startup to life. Yes, it's hard.

Vipin Khandelwal
Dec 1, 20177 min read


HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund – The manipulation begins
Let's find out if the New Fund Offer HDFC Housing Opportunites Fund is going to benefit you or only the HDFC Fund House. An analysis.

Vipin Khandelwal
Nov 20, 20173 min read


No rules, no gains
An investor can only win in investing with rules. No Rules, no Gains. Else, your behaviour will always subvert your long term goals.

Vipin Khandelwal
Nov 9, 20174 min read


Retirement planning – How strong are your sails?
Here's a comprehensive calculator which helps you see your retirement planning more than a bunch of hunches. Check it out today.

Vipin Khandelwal
Nov 8, 20173 min read


NRIs Investing in India – How to avoid problems with your investments!
NRIs Investing in India – Here's a checklist of how to avoid problems with your investments related to process, accounts, KYC and investing!

Vipin Khandelwal
Nov 2, 20174 min read


Investing in NPS – Sending your money to life imprisonment?
Investing in NPS brings in years of waiting and a lot of inflexibility in how you get to treat your money? Should you still invest in it?

Vipin Khandelwal
Oct 25, 20173 min read


Your personal finance life is complicated. Here’s the A4 test.
The Ultimate A4 test to find out how have your made your personal finance life complicated. This will be the start of the change you need.

Vipin Khandelwal
Oct 23, 20173 min read


Value Investing – a primer on stock investing
What is Value Investing? Here's a primer on what really matters to a stock investment based on value investing principles.

Vipin Khandelwal
Oct 13, 20176 min read

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