I have been actively following the P2P market in India.Having tried some of the platform with my own money I was able to short list some of the most consistent players.One big factor I consider while investing is ,how open the platform is in sharing its loan performance data .I have compiled the loan performance … Read more
I have been reviewing multiple P2P platform and been investing in 3 platform: I2I Faircent Lenden Club. 6 months Performance of my portfolio: I2I As it is evident I have made around 20% return pretax which is not bad. Defaults up till now = 0 EMI in delay = 1000 I2i lending I use to … Read more
How do we create an efficient portfolio. In my earlier post I had discussed on replication of mutual funds using ETF and also on replication of Index using options. Today I will combine all the features to create a portfolio . We take the following assumptions: Life insurance and Health insurance has been take care … Read more
Equity Derivative Trading is a vast subject and with so much of information available these days on internet it can be overwhelming at times to pick up the right content. I have tried to list down few books which I found very helpful.I am listing in the order they should be read in order to … Read more
One major detractor for mutual fund is fees.Lets say somebody has been very disciplined in investing in mutual Funds for years .He made decent money and now his portfolio value is 50 Lakh INR.What would happen if the market does not move for the next 5 years. average Expense ratio = 1.5% Portfolio Value = … Read more
The answer is .It depends!! Real ESTATE vs SIP is a question of CAGR vs XIRR .In real estate you put lumpsum ,so even at lower annual rate you make more money .In SIP you put in multiple periods so though higher rate but lower money lets say you want to buy a 1 Crore … Read more
Its much debated battle and people on both sides of the argument have their own rationales and logic.Real Estate being an illiquid asset makes it difficult to compare in a transparent and a fair way. I will try to do backtesting of real estate performance vis a vis stock market. Real Estate data I got … Read more
Everybody knows SIP are good.The rationale for SIP investing is not based on any mathematical model but psychology of consistency.It just to average the cost of investment using disciplined periodic investment. The underlying idea is that its hard to time the market if not impossible. Various methods have been devised to predict market direction but … Read more
Peer to Peer lending is a mechanism where people can invest or borrow money from other people through an online platform. These companies provide a market place for loans like Amazon and Flipkart provide for buyers and sellers. It has been very successful in US and UK.Basic Features of P2P lending are: Unsecured Lending for … Read more
We all know the benefits of doing Systematic Investment Plan(SIP) .It helps to average our buying cost and negate some of the impact of volatility.Many website allow you to calculate return if you do SIP based on average mutual fund performance. The million dollar question is how would a SIP performance look like in a … Read more
