I am 43 years old and would like to invest till I retire at 58 and expect a decent return of at least 12%.

Please find below my mf basket, and advise whether the funds in the basket are good ones or not.

• Axis Long term Equity Fund (Tax Saving) Direct Plan Growth - 500/M
• Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax relief 96 Direct Plan Growth - 500/M
• PGIM Midcap Opportunities Fund Direct growth - 1000/M
• Axis Small Cap Fund Direct Growth - 500/M
• Parag Parikh Flexi cap Direct Growth - 1000/M
• Quant Active Fund Growth Option Direct Fund - 1000/M
• ICICI Prudential Commodities Fund Direct growth - 300/M
• Kotak Bluechip Diect growth - 1000/M
• Navi Nifty Next 50 Index Fund Direct Growth - 500/M
• Tata Digital India Fund Direct Growth - 1000/M

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Ans: Hello;

Current expenses of 65 K will reach a level of around 1.35 L in 15 years from now when you reach 50 age.

Even if you put entire 65 K in pure equity mutual funds for 15 years it looks tough to generate fixed monthly income good enough to cover your expenses fully at that time.

Hence my suggestion is you get into semi-retirement after 50 and continue some vocation or profession of your choice to also keep you occupied and generate some income for the next 10 years.

However I propose that you start a monthly sip into a combination of pure equity mutual funds for 45 K for
the next 15 years. (10 K each in flexicap, multi cap and large & midcap fund and 5 K in small cap)

This may yield you a corpus of around 2.27 Cr assuming modest return of 12%. This may provide you a post tax monthly income of around 96 K. You need to suppliment this through your alternate vocation.

Also start a monthly investment of 20 K into NPS with the intent to continue it till 60 age. At 60 this may grow into a corpus of around 3.8 Cr considering modest return of 8%.

The combined corpus of 6.07 Cr may yield you a monthly income of around 2.2 L post tax which is in line with your inflation adjusted expenses for 25 years.

Happy Investing;
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