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The SIP you stop in a bad month is the one that cost you most

Every mechanism that makes a SIP work depends on it continuing through exactly the periods when stopping feels most sensible. Here is what pausing actually does to the arithmetic — and why the instinct is so hard to resist.

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Everything else we have published.

Eight funds, one portfolio: a short note on overlap

Holding more schemes is not the same as being diversified. A practical way to tell whether your funds are doing different jobs or the same job eight times.

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What a degree in 2041 will actually cost

Education costs have historically risen faster than headline inflation. Planning against today’s fee is the single most common error we see in a child’s education goal.

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Regular plan or direct plan: an honest comparison

Direct plans cost less. That is a fact, not a debate. Whether the difference is worth what you give up is a separate question — and the honest answer depends on you.

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New pieces are published as we write them, not to a schedule.We would rather publish six useful things a year than fifty filler posts. If there is a question you would like answered properly, send it to us — a good number of these started as a client’s email.

Everything published here is general information and commentary. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation to buy or sell any scheme, and not tailored to any individual’s circumstances. Prenam Asset Distribution LLP is an AMFI-registered Mutual Fund Distributor (ARN-371383) and is not a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser. Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks — read all scheme-related documents carefully before investing.

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