What to do when u first save money?❓

Do u straight away invest in equities/shares?🤔

A simple thread🧵explaning how u can systematically create a structured portfolio on ur own.

Hit "Retweet" to educate maximum retail/small investors

Lets go👇

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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 here👇:-

https://t.co/2vsWcH1ZZE

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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 here👇:-

https://t.co/3Q0bwfqVZM

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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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Step 5:-

Evaluate ur Risk Profile:-

Create a statement of asset and liability

Based on how aggressive of ur goals....evaluate how much risk u can really take.

U can also approach various financial planners to evaluate ur risk profile.

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Step 6:-

Create an emergency corpus:-

Emergency corpus helps u fight against any unforeseen emergency that may require financial assistance.

Deploy the fund in fixed deposits or debt mutual funds

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Step 7:-

Asset Allocation:-

Based on ur risk profile create a % allocation to

1. Equity
2. Debt
3. Real Estate
4. Gold.

A detailed thread on how to go about asset allocation here:-

https://t.co/nRXioviFy6

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Equity:-

🧪Create the desired allocation to equities as part of asset allocation
🧪If u do not know how to analyze shares do not go direct equities and invest in mutual funds
🧪Create a mixture of index funds+active funds
🧪SIP a mutual fund for 10 years at least.

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🧪When going direct equity...do not take advise from social media like youtube/twitter.
🧪Constantly evaluate ur portfolio 3-6 months to make sure the portfolio is going in the right direction.

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Debt:-

🧪Stick to fixed deposit if tax planning allows it
🧪Stick to short term debt funds when investing in debt mutual funds
🧪Avoid credit risk funds

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Real Estate:-

🧪Should be at least 10% of the portfolio
🧪However do not make the mistake of putting 80-90% in this asset.
🧪REITs can be a better option than physical real estate

A detailed thread on REITs:-

https://t.co/sMXkxZjtMN

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Step 8:-

Re-evaluation

Constantly keep re-elevating at regular intervals of 3-6 months.

Also re-evaluate the portfolio at any big life changes that u may have.

This will ensure u are aligned to ur goals

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Conclusion:-

🧪By following simple processes u can make a great portfolio
🧪Be systematic tabulate everything down
🧪Buy adequate insurance cover
🧪Maintain emergency corpus
🧪Diversify across all asset classes
🧪Constantly keep re-evaluating

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