Why retail investors fail to get market beating returns?

The BSE Sensex has delivered phenomenal compounded returns in last forty years or so. The Bombay Stock Exchange index moved from a mere 100 in 1979 to 50000 by 2021.   This means that if an investor had invested Rs. 100 in the index way back in 1979, it would be worth approximately Rs. 50000 today.   But not […]

Conquering your financial goals

Goals-based investing is a framework to translate financial goals into forecast future expenditures and allocate money to separate portfolios designed to meet those specific goals. The process of goals-based investing follows a cycle. Adam McCullough, senior manager research analyst for Morningstar, tells you how to go about it with a very specific example. Specify well-defined […]