I am a regular reader of your section. Can you please review my portfolio? All are direct growth funds. I am 38 years old and planning for long term investment for 10+ years to create wealth for my children's education and retirement.

I have divided my portfolio into large cap, mid/flexi cap and small cap based on my risk appetite. I am not investing in DEBT MFs as I prefer PF, PPF and FDs for Debit investments.

1. MIRAE ASSET LARGE CAP - 5000

2. HDFC INDEX SENSEX FUND - 3000

3. UTI NIFTY NEXT 50 - 3000

4. MIRAE ASSET EMERGING BLUE-CHIP - 4500

5. AXIS MID CAP - 3000

6. PARAG PARIKH FLEXI CAP - 3000

7. UTI FLEXI CAP - 3000

8. AXIS SMALL CAP - 3000

9. NIPPON INDIA SMALL CAP - 3000

10. DSP BLACKROCK TAX SAVER - 2000 (Stopped SIP for this and diverted amount to Mirae Asset Large Cap)

I am also planning to invest additional 10k and considering below options to give exposure to different markets/ sectors. Can you please provide your thoughts on this?

1. Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 Fund of Fund - 4000 

2. Mirae Asset NYSE FANG+ ETF FoF - 4000

3. ICICI PRUDENTIAL TECHNOLOGY FUND - 2000. 

Or, shall I consolidate investment on any of the above good existing funds?

Ans: Hello;

1. Immediately let out the commercial shops on long lease with yearly rent hikes. This is crucial to fund your loan EMI.

Assuming this to yield rental income of 70 K per month.

You will still need to shell out 15 K for the EMI amount from your income.

2. So after deducting EMI cut from your monthly pay we are left with
70 K.
Earmarking 30 K for your regular expenses, I suggest you start a monthly SIP of 40 K in a pure equity mutual fund with yearly top-up of 11% minimum.

This may grow into a corpus of 1.47 Cr after 10 years part of which you may utilise to settle off the overdue loan amount.

3. The balance corpus left after settling the loan is expected to be around 54 L. At this stage you will need enhance monthly sip to 1.5 L with 13 % yearly top-up for the next 10 years.

4. The corpus from SIP after the next 10 years may be 6.3 Cr. The balance corpus of 54 L may grow into a sum of 1.83 Cr. Both added will give you a comprehensive corpus of 8.13 Cr, as desired. ( A modest return of 13% from pure equity mutual funds is considered).

Happy Investing!!

*Investments in mutual funds are subject to market risks. Please read all scheme related documents carefully before investing.

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Ans: Hello;

If ELSS is required for availing 80 C benefit then it's okay. But then you may limit the the monthly sip into this scheme at 12.5 K per month(1.5 L pa)

Split 50 K equally for monthly sip between a
Flexicap(PPFAS flexicap) and a Large and Midcap fund(Kotak Emerging Opportunities Fund).

Allocate 20 K to HDFC Mid-Cap opportunities fund.

Allocate balance 17.5 K into Nippon India Small cap fund.

For a 20 year horizon this is my suggestion.

Happy Investing!!

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Ans: Hello;

Please provide the following details so as to help you better:

When was NSC investment done?
When was KVP investment done?
Term of loan and extent of principal repaid till now.
Any EPF/EPS and/or NPS corpus?
Any ongoing SIP in mutual funds?

Thanks;

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Affordability: The cost of health insurance increases with age. Buying it earlier ensures lower premiums and wider coverage options.

Term Plan Enhancement: While your Rs 75 lakh term plan provides a safety net for your family, enhancing it can be considered later. The priority should be to ensure you're protected against health-related risks first, as they are more immediate and recurring.

So, start by getting comprehensive health insurance for yourself and your family. Once that's in place, you can review your term plan and consider enhancing it based on your future financial goals and liabilities.

Ans: Hello;

My suggestion is instead of taking more home loan you should utilize your corpus for home finance requirement so as to reduce total EMI.

A monthly SIP of 2 L will yield you a corpus of 8.16 Cr in 13 years time frame.(A modest return of 13% is from pure equity funds is assumed).

If you are keen to achieve your target in 10 years then the current monthly SIP needs to be topped up by 13% minimum each year to reach 8 Cr in 10 years.

I am assuming you utilise the existing 1 Cr corpus towards loan prepayment/reduction hence target calculation done for 8 Cr instead of 7 Cr.

Happy Investing!!

*Investments in mutual funds are subject to market risks. Please read all scheme related documents carefully before investing.

Ans: Hello;

My suggestion is instead of taking more home loan you should utilize your corpus for home finance requirement so as to reduce total EMI.

A monthly SIP of 2 L will yield you a corpus of 8.16 Cr in 13 years time frame.(A modest return of 13% is from pure equity funds is assumed).

If you are keen to achieve your target in 10 years then the current monthly SIP needs to be topped up by 13% minimum each year to reach 8 Cr in 10 years.

I am assuming you utilise the existing 1 Cr corpus towards loan prepayment/reduction hence target calculation done for 8 Cr instead of 7 Cr.

Happy Investing!!

*Investments in mutual funds are subject to market risks. Please read all scheme related documents carefully before investing.

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