Index Funds have been a red hot equity passive Mutual Fund strategy in the last 10 years!

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Passive vs Active Mutual Fund Strategy

Active Strategy:-

Active investing, as its name implies, takes a hands-on approach and requires that someone act in the role of a portfolio manager.

The goal of active money management is to beat the stock market’s average return

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Passive Strategy:-

Passive investing entails a non-active role on part of the investor.

When you invest in a diversified portfolio with low costs and a long-term horizon, it tends to deliver returns comparable to the market average.

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What are Index Funds?

Index Fund invests in stocks that imitate a stock market index like the Nifty, Sensex.

These are passively managed funds which means that the fund manager invests in the same securities as present in the underlying index in the same proportion.

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The relentless rise of Index funds:-

The assets under management (AUM) of passive products will grow eight times from the current levels of ₹3 trillion to ₹25 trillion by 2025

Passive assets will grow to constitute 37% of the overall assets in the MF industry by 2025

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ETFs or index funds: Which should you choose?

Both ETFs & index funds are passive products that track an underlying index.

ETFs track a particular index, such as the Sensex or the Nifty, and trade on a stock exchange, just like stocks
Liquidity can be a problem in ETFs

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Index Funds track a particular index, such as the Sensex or the Nifty 50, however, they are like mutual funds and are bought and sold back to a Mutual fund company.

Costs are higher in index funds than in ETFs

However small retail investors should stick to index funds!

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The underperformance of Active funds:-

Significant underperformance of actively managed over the last 10 years as can be clearly seen below!

Nearly 67% of Large-cap funds underperformed the index over a 10-year horizon

This gives additional impetus to index funds

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Index funds makes sure you dont underperform the markets!

Therefore following an Active+Passive Mutual fund strategy is a must

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Some Index Funds Available to invest:-

1. Nifty 50 Index Fund
2. Nifty Next 50 Index Fund
3. Nifty 100 Index Fund
4. Sensex Index Fund

A list👇

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Advantage of Index funds:-

1.Cost

Most active funds charge anywhere b/w 0.8% to 1.2% of AUM on the Direct Plans

Index funds are available for as low as 0.06% to 0.30% of AUM

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2. Underperfomane wrt benchmark

There is no guarantee if the Active fund will outperform even after paying higher fees

Index funds make sure u get market returns and lower the probability of underperformance wrt index

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3. No bias investing

Index funds follow an automated,regulation-based investment method.

This eliminates human discretion/bias while taking investment decisions.

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4. Broad market exposure

These funds invest in a proportion similar to that of an index ensures that the portfolio is diversified across all sectors.

Thus, an investor can seize the probable returns on the larger segment of the market through a single index fund.

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Things to keep in mind while buying index funds:-

Tracking error(TE):-

TE is the difference between the scheme’s return and the benchmark index’s return.

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While index funds try and replicate an underlying as close as possible, there is likely to be a gap due on account of factors such as expenditure incurred by the fund, cash balance, or portfolio deviation.

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No room for Alpha:

By investing in an index fund, the investor is signing up for returns that will be in line with that of the index which the fund is tracking.

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Conclusion:-

🧪Index funds are a great low-cost equity passive Mutual strategy
🧪Your equity Mutual Fund portfolio must have both active+Passive funds
🧪With index funds the chances of underperforming the benchmark are very less

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What to do when u first save money?❓

Do u straight away invest in equities/shares?🤔

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Step No 1.-

Golden Rule of Finance-

Expenses=Income-Saving

🧪In the starting years as an investor save as much as u can.
🧪Cut down as much as u can on discretionary spending.
🧪Initial years are tough as capital comes in slowly and seeds for compounding are being laid

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Step No 2:-

Buy a health insurance:-

Health insurance will protect your portfolio against undue shocks of unforeseen hospitalization

A detailed review of how to buy health insurance is


Step No 3:-

Buy a Life Insurance(If required):-

Evaluate the need for life insurance.

If need be buy a term plan.

A detailed review of how to buy life insurance is


Step 4:-

Evaluate ur life goals

Goals can be:-
🧪Retirement
🧪Buying a house
🧪Child's Marriage
🧪Child's Education

Evaluate the year in which the goal will be achieved with the amount of estimated amount

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