Gift Your Child Financial Freedom!

Actual Question:

Hello Anand. I agree that mutual funds cannot be looked at for short term. But is it practical to set a term horizon for 30–50 years? Most of us young professionals in late twenties/early thirties would be 60–80 years old by that time. So is mutual fund only applicable for retirement planning or can we realise goals in 10–15 years?

Answer:

Dear Friend!

Good results will certainly be produced in 10–15 years. There is no doubt about it. But the spectacular compounding benefits will only be produced after 30 years. Please read the article Miracle of Compounding to understand why it is so. 

Therefore, the best takeaway from this discussion is a parent can invest for the children a lump sum of say Rs.1,00,000/- at the time of birth and by the time the child grows-up to about 35 years the corpus will be so huge that the child (now a grown-up) is financially free. 

Can there be any better gift a parent can give?

Thank you,

With Best Regards

Anand

Is Thematic Investment Good?

Actual Question:

Will thematic investing work In India? Is there a company or a website who helps you invest thematically in India?

Answer:

Dear Friend!

Thank you very much for raising a provoking question. The debate will not only benefit you but a great number of others.

Thematic investment and many other such fashionable names are self-aggrandising innovations of fund mangers to further their personal prospects, actively supported and propagated by funds to somehow attract investors.

Picture shows an investor puzzled by various investment themes peddled by mutual funds

Warren Buffett does not engage in any theme based investment activity. He simply invests in companies that have a sustainable business model, growth, and profits; when such investment opportunities come at a reasonable price. As simple as that.

Every investor can generate significant wealth simply by either investing a single, one time investment of Rs.1,00,000/- or by systematically investing, with strict discipline, without fail, a sum of Rs.5000 to 20000, in a low cost index fund or an exchange traded fund, for a period of 30–35 years.

My dear friend please realise that time generates the spectacular wealth and not human intelligence.

Related topics:

• Miracle of Compounding
• What is an Exchange Traded Fund?
• How to Choose the Right Mutual Fund to Invest?

 Thank you,

With Best Regards

Anand

Market Prediction and Predictor Slide

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Look At the Business Aspects of the Investment

"We are not looking at the aspects of the stock, we 're looking at the aspects of the business."

Warren Buffett

Growth and Value are Inseperable

'Most analysts feel they must choose between two approaches customarily thought to be in opposition: "value" and "growth."... In our opinion, the two approaches are joined at the hip: Growth is always a component in the calculation of value.'

Warren Buffett

Predictions Tell More About the Predictor

"A prediction about the direction of the stock market tells you nothing about where stocks are headed, but a whole lot about the person doing the predicting."

Warren Buffett

Difference Between Wise and Fool

"What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end."

Warren Buffett

Ignore Political and Economic Forecasts

"We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and businessmen."

Warren Buffett

Price to Earnings (PE) Ratio Calculator

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One Year Results are Not Relaible

"Do not take yearly results too seriously. Instead, focus on four- or five-year averages."

Warren Buffett

Hindustan Zinc Dividend Yield Translates to 18.43%

On 22 March 2017, Hindustan Zinc Ltd. declared a special interim dividend of Rs.27.5/share which on a face/ nominal value of the share of Rs.2 translates into a 1375%. This translates into a stellar dividend yield of 16.43%, tax-free!

Our ‘Portfolio 2K15’ holds as on day (25^th March 2017) 136 equity shares at an average holding cost of Rs.167.39 (current market price Rs.323.25). Therefore a dividend per share of Rs.27.50 translates into a dividend yield of 16.43% - the icing on the cake is that this dividend is entirely tax-free.

Let us look at the situation from a slightly different angle. The dividend per share of Rs.27.50 on an average holding cost of Rs.167.39 means that the cost of our investment has already been recovered to the extent of Rs.27.50 leaving the average cost holding at Rs.139.89 (167.39 – 27.50), which will further boost the future dividend yields, both regular and special.

Please note that for Hindustan Zinc, being a wonderful company it is, declaring such special dividends is becoming a regular habit. The company had declared a special dividend of 1200% or Rs.24 per share just last year!

After deducting the dividends earned from Hindustan Zinc after this Portfolio 2K15 has been created, the dividend yield after adjusting all the dividends so far amounts to a whopping 18.43%, tax-free.

Assuming that Hindustan Zinc will declare another special dividend next year to the same extent, our dividend yield after reducing all dividends from investment will be 22.60%! Please see the picture below.

Hope Diamond Versus Rhinestone

"It's far better to own a portion of Hope diamond than 100 percent of a rhinestone."

Warren Buffett

Sometimes Markets Get Divorced from Reality

"Periodically, financial markets will become divorced from reality."

Warren Buffett

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Calculator

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