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Hi Reetika, im aged 50 and have retired early. Was an NRI till 2024 and in 2025 returned to India. I was keen on investing in the mutual fund market and thus took the plunge. There were 2 aspects of my investment, a) Capital Appreciation , b) Income Growth towards monthly expenses. I had initially planned my monthly expenses post tax as 3 Lacs but having stayed here for a year Im looking at a figure of 2 lacs pm post tax. The corpus that i had set aside to invest was 7.5 Cr out of which I have done the following investments. 1) Chola Finance Perpetual Bonds 50 lacs . Coupon rate is currently 9.25 2) Sriram FD's 30 lacs @8.30 % for 3 years 3) Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund - 42 lacs 4) HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - 43 Lacs 5) ICICI Prudential Opportunities Fund - 17 lakhs 6) Nippon Large Cap Fund - 10 Lakhs 7) HDFC Multi Asset Active FOF - 50 Lakhs 8 ) ICICI Prudential Multi Asset Fund - 1 cr 9) ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - 1 cr 10 ) SBI Balanced Advantage Fund - 50 Lakhs 11) SBI Gold Fund 10 Lakhs In total it comes to 5.02 Cr. Investments started in May 2025, mutual funds under regular growth. I am yet to invest further in equity funds along with multi asset and fof. Whilst im ok in investing further im just not getting the confidence in equity as of now. Maybe as im a new entrant these jitters but somehow i dont want to committ further to equities given the current situation. Please review my portfolio and suggest any changes , also whats a good time to start on SWP from my BAF funds ? The BAF i invested in Sep 2025. Request you to also suggest my further investments ( amount wise ) in the different funds and how do i time them. Many Thanks
Ans: Hi,

Your 2 aspects of investment are completely ok. But the approach is not correct. The funds you have mentioned are overlapped and not recommended. A portfolio like this doesn't generate good returns for capital appreciation.
Are you taking anyone's help to choose these funds? If yes, you need a better professional. If no, work with a CFP to guide you.

Investing in equity markets now is ok. Understand your concern due to recent volatility and market movements but there's a away to invest in equity. you should connect with a Certified Planner to help you with your existing 5 crore investment ( yes it needs reallocation as soon as possible) and to allocate remaining 2 cr as per your profile.

SWP from BAF is not an ideal way of SWP. There is a different strategy altogether for covering your expenses of 2 lakh pm. So please hold on to do SWP for now. Things will become more complicated and your goal of capital appreciation can vanish.

Please connect with 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.

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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.

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Ans: Hi Sanjay,

It is great that you are investing since 2017. Long investments and patience always gives results.
You can easily achieve your goal corpus by the time you turn 58, if investment done correctly.
The funds you mentioned have so much overlapping and scattered. It needs rework and complete reallocation. Maximum of 5 funds should be there. Take the help of a professional to align your portfolio with your goal and customized profile.
A random portfolio like yours can create an opposite impact.
Also try to increase the monthly SIP by 10% each year. This will take care of inflation power.

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.

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