3 year old portfolio ( MF + Direct Stocks )

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Hows your Portfolio performing in these times

Software Developer

Hows your Portfolio performing in these times- Grapevine

Hows your Portfolio doing in these times

Every month my salary gets credited I barely spend 20% of it the rest of it is just sitting around in my bank account it's already above 5L. I keep thinking of investing it in stocks/mf but it's a lot of work 😔 

What do you guys do with your salary, it would be great if you can share your investment strategy and how do you keep yourself motivated to stick to it

What should I do with my money

Software Engineer

I’ll go first. 

1. What kind of investor are you? 
I am an opportunity investor, and I do buy good stocks whenever they are in reasonable valuations. Below are my monthly numbers. 

2. Where’s the majority of your investment portfolio ?
I have three RE investments and one of them has loan. And I’m planning to buy a property in Goa or HP. 

3. What’s your monthly investment breakdown?

1.7L/ Month (approx) 

60k - SIP (mutual funds)
60k - stocks (smallcase, us stocks using vested) 
30k - as opportunity fund, this is transferred to a different bank account 
10-20k - for experimental investments in crypto, nfts, and some trading. This is a new segment and I don’t have much experience in this and that’s why starting small here. 

4. Anything else you want to share? 

I am learning to invest on a daily basis. Reading, videos and podcasts are my sources. Some of my tops picks are Whiteboard finance (Marko), My first Million and Smart Passive Income, finance with Saran, and Akshat Shrivastava.

Where and how much are you saving/ investing per month?

Consulting Director

27YO. I have been investigating for the past 1 year ...every month 5k in stocks, 2k for hdfc, 3k for Infosys..Current portfolio of 87k..6k in profit....will expand when salary increases after switching..share your portfolio .

Do you invest in direct stocks? If yes, how do you measure a company's performance/due diligence ? do you simply invest in large caps ? Share your portfolio guys !

Any exciting Mutual Fund investment stories with long term investing ? How much returns have you made in 10-15 years of duration ?

Mutual Fund Success Stories

Has anyone invested through any PMS?

Investor

Please review my portfolio.

Salary: 54K
YOE: 1
Invest: 17K per Month

Emergency Fund: 1L (In Savings Account)
MF + NIFTY + Gold: 1.85L
EPF: 72K

Total NW: 3.57L

Need Suggestions!

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My portfolio. I have SIP with nifty 100 for the last 22 months. I am thinking of starting a midcap SIP. What do you suggest?

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Nifty again at ATH, 5% up since I last posted the update. 1000 point move in 11 days, already. How high will it go?

NIFTY50 at All Time High again! How's your portfolio looking?

Product Manager

It's been close to a year since I am earning a salary and this is what I do:
1. Invest a little less than 30% straight into MFs. I have three ongoing SIPs- small cap, flexicap and a Large + Midcap fund. (Planning to increase the amount further into these and not start a new sip)

2. Max out 80C by putting the entire limit in PPF, this is on top of what is by default deposited into EPF.

3. A little (inconsistently) into direct stocks as and when I find or get to know about a decent trade opportunity.

4. An LIC ULIP plan that my father made me subscribe to 🙂 (hopefully will end in a couple more years)

Tips from experienced folks will be much appreciated.😄

How do you invest your salary?

Backend Engineer

Current return is 24.64% . I feel like I’m playing too safe.

Should I change something ?

Senior Software Engineer

What would be the best investment options for a Conservative spending style ? Assuming I'm 30 and have a package of 20 LPA. I prefer bulk investments where I don't have to look into the market conditions regularly to update my investments. 

Any advice will be greatly appreciated ☺️

Best investment options for a Conservative spending style

Test Engineer

How down was your portfolio in terms of your salary today?

Consultant

1. Real estate (invested value)
2. Liquid cash
3. Other Investments (invested value)

The wealth should not be inherited.

I'm 30. No house, 10L in cash and 5L in mutual funds. No inherited weath.

How much wealth have you created yourself?

Seeing the comment section,I realise I am broke.

Frontend Engineer

Hi need suggestiona on investing 3 lakshs on stocks and mfs suggest me some good mf or stocks for 5 years atleast in don't touch

A noob question mf and stocks for long term as on 2024

Age - 33
YOE - ~ 10 years in Marketing

Zero exposure to US stocks. 
Zero exposure to Crypto.
Have a house (~45 lacs) for parents in a Tier 2 city which I haven’t added here. 
No liabilities (finished an education loan and a home loan)

Recently started investing in NPS and will continue to do (~1.5 lpa) and accumulating SGB (~2.5 lacs, the screenshot doesn’t capture gold correctly) from the past 6 months.

Question - is there merit in talking money out of EPF and reinvesting in Mutual Funds? What is the general view. 

Open to any other suggestions. TIA!

Seeking Advice - Portfolio Check

I've completed 1 year in my first job. I've tried saving and investing some money, help me decide what I can do better:

Income: 22LPA

PPF: 3 Lakh
EPF: 2 Lakh
MF: 5 Lakh
Saving Account: 4.5 Lakh

Income for new FY post increment: 29LPA

I did these savings based on some advice from my elder brother.

I'd like to spend more this year though, with some travel and going out more, maybe even purchase a scooty/bike and a PS5 😁 - would these expenses be justified?

Apart from improving my savings & investments and 
still being able to afford a few luxuries, I want to know if I should get any of these:

- Health Insurance - Only 5 Lakh cover from company for me and my parents (note - parents are getting old)
- Life Insurance - Do we really need it, I'm still 24?

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