
Hi Ritika,
I am 44-year-old (with old parents aged 73 years and 69 years respectively), with an overall experience of 20 years and currently out of work. I have financial outlay of around 1 lakh INR per month. I have following accrued around 2 CR INR in savings/investments in mine and parents’ name.
Self
1. Cash/Bank Balance: 7,79,345 INR
2. Gold: 16,00,000 INR (at present Value)
3. Private Equity Investment: 3,00,000 INR (Current value not known)
4. EPF: 1,91,694 INR (Pension fund certificate to be issued)
5. PPF: 4,34,647 INR (maturing on March 31, 2027)
6. NPS: 7,17,082 INR (Present value, only money can be withdrawn)
7. Mutual Fund: 39,55,990 INR (present value) (Presently no SIP active)
a. Kotak Midcap Fund Growth - 462074.39 INR
b. Canara Robeco Large and Mid Cap Fund Growth - 232882.56 INR
c. Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund Growth - 39890.59 INR
d. UTI Floater Fund Growth - 140843.37 INR
e. ICICI Prudential NASDAQ 100 Index Fund Growth - 4778.28 INR
f. HDFC Hybrid Equity Fund Growth - 208010.52 INR
g. ICICI Prudential Focused Equity Fund Direct Growth - 158680.09 INR
h. Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund Growth - 906784.26 INR
i. SBI Gold Fund Growth - 229485.03 INR
j. Tata Large & Mid Cap Fund Growth - 525368.51 INR
k. UTI Mid Cap Fund Direct Growth - 146678.84 INR
l. Kotak Focused Fund Growth 500067.79 INR
m. Mahindra Manulife Large & Mid Cap Fund Growth 199775.29
Parents (Both senior citizens)
1. Cash/Bank Balance: 21,85,343 INR
2. SCSS: 60,00,000 INR (receive quarterly returns 1,22,400 INR)
3. FD: 40,80,650 INR (approx. monthly return 26,500 INR)
4. RD: 2,06,397 INR (one expiring on Dec 04, 2025 and another around June 22, 2026)
5. Mutual Fund: 39,55,990 INR (present value)
Mother
a. HDFC Flexi Cap Direct Plan Growth - 5505.76 INR
b. Nippon India Large Cap Fund Direct Growth - 5361.17 INR
c. HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth - 5303.59 INR
Father
a. HDFC Flexi Cap Fund Growth - 4611.13 INR
b. HDFC Mid Cap Fund Direct Growth - 5414.97 INR
c. Nippon India Growth Mid Cap Fund Direct Growth - 5150.97 INR
d. HDFC Transportation and Logistics Fund Growth - 5024.97 INR
e. HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Growth - 4364.43 INR
f. HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund Direct Growth - 5297.8 INR
Please let me know how can I rejig these investment/savings, so that I can fetch necessary returns to run my expenses, without depleting my existing corpus.
Ans: Hi,
I am so sorry to hear about your situation. But you have a very good corpus (whole family) at your age. This can easily fund your expenses till you find a job. Let us analyse the aspects in detail:
1. Cash - 7.7 lakhs in your account. This amount can fund you for 7 months. You can easily prepare for your job & give interviews without worrying for money.
2. Gold - Good but keep it without any thought of selling it.
3. Private equity - 3 lakhs. Direct equity investment is not recommended due to high exposure and continuous monitoring. You can shift this entire amount into mutual funds.
4. Mutual Funds - 39.5 lakhs. A very good corpus at your age. But the funds you mentioned are highly scattered and overlapped. This is one example of a portfolio that we will not recommend. This needs a serious rework. Work with a professional to realign all these funds and amounts keeping in mind your profile. Otherwise it will not give good returns.
And avoid doing the same by yourself as you need to focus on getting a job instead of trying to correct your portfolio. A professional's job is to do it for you.
Your parents assets:
1. Cash - 21 lakhs - quite big amount to keep as cash. Keep minimum of 5 lakhs as cash and do FD of remaining funds.
2. SCSS - 60 lakhs - good, continue.
3. FD - 40.8 lakhs - good but the interest is quite low and taxable. Instead consider putting this money in debt mutual funds.
4. Mutual Funds - both parents have very small amounts in a lot of funds. It is of no use. You can redeem all these funds and choose only 1 fund - HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund for your parents money.
Hopefully you will get a job in 7 months without worrying the need to cover your monthly expenses, and will take a professional's help to work on your portfolio to align it and generate the better returns.
Hence do consult a professional Certified Financial Planner - a CFP who can guide you with exact funds to invest in keeping in mind your age, requirements, financial goals and risk profile. A CFP periodically reviews your portfolio and suggest any amendments to be made, if required.
Let me know if you need more help.
Best Regards,
Reetika Sharma, Certified Financial Planner
https://www.instagram.com/cfpreetika/