2. Whose Money is It Anyway?

3. Personal Finance Approaches Tax-savings first Product-first Returns-first Needs first Products-last Tax-planning incidental Goal-based investing

4. What is goal-based investing?

7. Permanent loss in capital

9. We cannot expect more because we cannot invest enough!

10. With 8% inflation 12% return  5000 monthly investment 6% return  ~10,000 monthly investment Takes 19 years to achieve goal What if I invest 10,000 pm in an instrument that offers a real chance to beat inflation? Can achieve goal 9 years earlier.

11. Inflation in India: Some Real Numbers Jan 1995 to May 2014

12. kyunki saas kabhi bahu thi yojana

13. Your Retirement Other long-term goals Accident insurance Term Life insurance Emergency insurance Health insurance Inflation insurance

14. Returns do not matter!

15. Rs 1 grows at 8% for 20 Y ~ Rs. 4.7 Rs. 1 grows at 12% for 20Y ~ Rs. 9.6 Difference ~ 107% Rs 1 grows at 8% for 5 Y ~ Rs. 1.5 Rs. 1 grows at 12% for 5Y ~ Rs. 1.8 Difference ~ 20%

16. Power of non-compounding Power of compounding does not matter for ~ 5Y or less

17. Saving vs. Investing ~ 5 years Saving Investing Choose not to Worry Inflation Returns Choose not to worry Importance of beating Inflation, grows with duration Importance grows With duration Taxation Choose not to worry Importance grows With duration

18. Why not have some equity exposure? Is not 5/7 years long-term?!

19. Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5 10%9%8%7%6% Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5 10%

20. Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4year 5CAGR 10% 10.00% Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4year 5CAGR 25%7% 10.05% Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4year 5CAGR -25%  21%  9.96% Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4year 5CAGR -25%7% -0.34% Illustration: Volatile Compounding Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4year 5CAGR 25%-25%7% 2.81%

21. Liquid Mutual Funds Savings bank account linked to bond market Invests in short-term bonds (4- 91 days) Sensitivity to interest rate change: low Risk of default: low Least volatile among volatile asset classes

22. HDFC Liquid Fund

23. Average Arithmetic average ~ 7% Standard deviation ~ 2% CAGR ~ 7% (12 year) Difference ~ 0.02% HDFC Liquid Fund

24. 200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013 7.14.964.365.36.58.128.95.295.158.89.569.28 5.644 5.848 6.636 6.822 6.792 7.252 7.54 7.616 Discrete Rolling Return Understand risks before investing

25. Continuous Rolling Return- 2Y 2048 Two year intervals bet April 3rd 2006 to Dec 4th 2014 April 3 rd 2006 to April 2 nd 2008 April 4 th 2006 to April 3 rd 2008 April 5 th 2006 to April 4 th 2008

26. Continuous Rolling Return- 2Y

27. Debt oriented balanced funds ( 65% equity) AMC suggested investment horizon 3-5 years

28. 1 year rolling return

29. 3 year rolling returns

30. 5 year rolling returns

31. 7 year rolling returns

32. Understanding the nature of stock market returns

34. Sensex Total Returns Index: 1979 to 2013

36. 5%

37. S&P 500 Total Returns Index: 1871 to 2013 Source: http://www.moneychimp.com/features/market_cagr.htm 12%

38. Sensex Total Returns Index: 1979 to 2013

39. Normal Distribution Source: http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/standard-normal-distribution.html

40. Mutual Fund Star Ratings Source: MorningStar.com

41. Sensex 1979 to 2013 15 year CAGR Transformed Distribution: Square Root 14% +/- 4%

42. Higher risk does not imply higher return! Return Risk Standard Deviation

43. Higher risk does not imply higher return! Return Risk Standard Deviation FD Debt mfEquity mf Gold

44. How Important is Mutual Fund Selection?

45. Large Cap funds 10-year old funds: 34 13 index + LIC Nomura+ JM fund 10 year SIP XIRR Baroda Pioneer Growth: 14.45% UTI Equity: 17.68%

46. Mid and Small-cap funds 10-year old funds: 20 17 + Sahara+Escorts+Taurus 10 year SIP XIRR ICICI Value Discover: 24.23% Kotak Mid-cap: 18.03%

47. Essentials of a good portfolio Minimalist : We must be able to justify the presence of each asset class or instrument. Minimum number of asset classes Minimum number of stocks, equity funds or debt products This will typically make the folio diversified among and within asset classes

48. Simple portfolio ideas Equity (60%)  10% return 1.Single Large Cap fund 2.One large cap +one mid/small cap fund 3.Single Large and mid-cap fund 4.Single equity oriented balanced fund Debt (40%)  8% return (pre-tax) PPF for 15+ Y goals for options 1,2 & 3 (do not max!) Ultra-short-term liquid funds for less than 15Y goals Banking debt mutual funds Long-term goals (10+ years)

49. Simple portfolio ideas Equity (0-40%)  8% return 1.Single Large Cap fund 2.One large cap +one mid/small cap fund 3.Single Large and mid-cap fund 4.Single equity oriented balanced fund 5.Single debt oriented balanced fund Debt (100-60%)  8% return (pre-tax) Ultra-short-term liquid funds for less than 15Y goals Banking debt mutual funds Medium-term goals (5-10 years)

50. Simple portfolio ideas Equity (0-10%)  expect nothing! 1.Single Large Cap fund 2.One large cap +one mid/small cap fund 3.Single Large and mid-cap fund 4.Single oriented debt balanced fund (5Y) Debt (100-90%)  6-7% return (pre-tax) FDs, RDs Ultra-short-term liquid funds for less than 15Y goals Banking debt mutual funds Short-term goals (0-5 years)

51. Return expectation Equity allocation  60% Debt allocation  40% Equity expectation  12% (after tax) Debt expectation  6-7% (after tax) Portfolio expectation 10%(60%) + 7%(40%) = 10% (approx.) Investments are assumed to start simultaneously

52. Years to goal Present cost Inflation Post-tax rate of return of portfolio10% Future Cost Amt invested so far Post-tax rate of return on current investment Future value of curr. Inv. Annual increase in monthly invest. % Initial monthly investment required Annual increase in monthly invest. % Initial monthly investment required Goal Planner

53. How many funds should I hold? Minimum: 2-3 funds! (all goals combined into one) Maximum: No of long-term goals (10Y+) x (1 or 2)

54. How to select an equity mutual fund? Decide on the strategy. (1)Why are you investing? (2) What kind of portfolio will you be using?

55. Equity mutual funds: How to select/evaluate

57. Upside Capture ratio: When the benchmark has given a positive return (> 0), has the fund outperformed it? Higher (> 100%) the upside capture ratio, the better. UPC = 120% => 20% out-performance during up-market Downside Capture Ratio: When the benchmark recorded a loss, that is a negative return (< 0), did the fund record a lower or higher loss? Lower the downside ratio (<100%), the better. DCP = 85% => 15% out-performance during down-market

58. Equity mutual funds: How to select/evaluate

59. Source: http://thefundoo.com/welcome/articlepage/44/Are+you+invested+in+the+Ideal+Outperforming+schemes%3F

60. Rolling returns analysis 3Y Fund (blue) Vs benchmark 5Y

61. How to select a debt mutual fund? Understand risks interest rate risk  capital gain/loss credit risk  accrual

62. How to select a debt mutual fund? Interest rate risk Credit risk

63. How to select a debt mutual fund?

67. Portfolio with 50% equity and 50% debt

68. Asset Allocation

69. Maximum Loss: worst case scenario

70. Asset Allocation Time FrameConservativeModerateRiskyMad-Max < 5 YearsFD/RD~ 10% Eq 30-40% Eq> 60% Eq 7 YearsFD/RD10-20% Eq40-50% Eq>60% Eq 10 yearsFD/RD40% Eq>60% Eq100% Eq 10-15 Years<40% Eq60% Eq80% Eq FD/RD 100% Eq >15 Years< 60% Eq60% Eq80% Eq FD/RD 100% Eq Time FrameConservativeModerateRiskyMad-Max < 5 YearsFD/RD/Debt~ 10% Eq 30-40% Eq> 60% Eq 7 YearsFD/RD/Debt10-20% Eq40-50% Eq>60% Eq 10 yearsFD/RD/Debt40% Eq>60% Eq100% Eq 10-15 Years<40% Eq60% Eq80% Eq FD/RD 100% Eq >15 Years< 60% Eq60% Eq80% Eq FD/RD 100% Eq

71. Retirement Planning

75. Corpus ~ 300 times current annual expenses Corpus ~ 38 times annual expenses at retirement

78. Invest as much as you spend each month for retirement!

80. Financial Goal Tracking Be obsessed over goal planning entries not over mutual fund corpus