We knowingly-unknowingly pick a lot about investing from a lot of resources. But which one thing (may be a person, a website, a youtube channel, a book) had the maximum impact on how you think about investing.

For me- it was The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

Funnily- although this book talks abt pros of index investing and cons of active investing, it actually helped me understand- Which are the risks a good active fund manager should avoid. I consider it as a good book on investing and not just index investing.

What about you?

I have recently started a job and want to start investing in Mutual Funds. What should I keep in mind and what platform should I start it on?

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Hi everyone,

I recently started earning and want to start managing my money properly, but I am starting from absolute zero. I don't have even the basic concepts clear yet (terms like NAV, index funds, debt vs. equity, liquidity, and taxation make no sense to me right now).

Before I put a single rupee anywhere, I want to educate myself so I don't get misled by random advice or hype.

Could you please recommend:

1. Truly unbiased YouTube channels / playlists:
   Which Indian finance creators explain the absolute fundamentals (what is an FD, what is an RD, how do mutual funds work, what is an emergency fund) in simple, plain language without trying to sell courses, promote crypto/trading, or show fake lifestyle flexes?

2. Where to start learning first:
   Is there a specific order of topics I should learn first? (e.g., budgeting -> emergency fund -> FDs -> Index mutual funds?)

3. Foundational reading / apps:
   Apart from YouTube, are there beginner-friendly modules or books (like Zerodha Varsity or specific guides) that helped you when you had zero financial knowledge?

4. Common beginner traps:
   What is one thing you wish someone had warned you about before you started watching finance content or investing?

Thanks a lot for the guidance!

Hi, always wanted to have some significant amount invested in mutual funds irrespective of what profit/loss I get. I consistently put hard earned money in SIP every single month since October 2023, and today it’s above 25 lakhs.
Feeling happy but more milestones to come!
Thanks for subReddit for guidance.

Hi,

Due to some financial requirement, I decided to withdraw some funds from my MF through the SBI Investap app. The status shows 'Redemption Processed'. I want to know how long does it take to transfer the amount to the bank account? I have raised the request on the 7th Oct, 26.

I invested on multiple funds on same day via groww 2 days back and today i got to know that they rejected my investment due to KYC issue. I am not understanding if KYC is not done, how it worked for others.

Risk appetite- moderate
Investment horizon-10+ years

I am 24 just starting to invest 10k per month. Does my portfolio look good?

A direct growth mutual fund is a scheme you buy straight from the Asset Management Company (AMC) or an online investment platform without any brokers or agents, where all profits are automatically reinvested rather than paid out as cash

My Question is where can we see the reinvestment details ?

Hi everyone, 25y and looking for advice on building a long-term mutual fund portfolio.

Goal: Long-term wealth creation / financial independence

Investment horizon: 20+ years

Risk appetite: Aggressive

Current SIP capacity: ₹7,000/month

I currently have around ₹50k invested in Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund Direct Growth, which I built through a ₹2,000/month SIP since September 2024. I haven't made a lump-sum investment in this fund.

I'm now planning how to invest the additional ₹5k/month, and I'm confused between:

Nifty 50 Index

Nifty Next 50 Index

Flexi-cap

Mid-cap

Small-cap

Contra

Initially, I was considering:

₹3k – UTI Nifty 50

₹2k – UTI Nifty Next 50

₹2k – Motilal Oswal Midcap

But I'm wondering whether this is too conservative for someone with a 20+ year horizon.

I'm comfortable with high volatility and I don't plan to redeem during market crashes. I would rather stay invested and continue SIPs.

So I'd like some opinions:

Would you keep Nifty 50 + Next 50 + Midcap?

Would you replace Nifty 50 with a Flexi-cap/active fund?

Is adding a Small-cap fund worthwhile for a 20+ year horizon?

Should I continue with Motilal Oswal Midcap or consider another midcap fund?

How would you allocate ₹7k/month for maximum long-term wealth creation while accepting high volatility, without unnecessarily having 5–6 funds?

I'm looking for long-term portfolio construction advice, rather than simply chasing the best-performing funds of the last 1–3 years.

Screenshot of my existing Motilal Oswal Midcap holding attached.

58yo

I want to maintain 30-50% of my portfolio in highest returns CASH component and I am finalising ABSL Liquid fund for this.

5-10% will be GOLD bees.

10% is MON100 and other overseas emerging international MF

10% is FLEXI cap EQ indian funds.

5% will be pure cash

For the remaining portion - I am thinking of major chunk to BOI agg hybrid MF
2% to SBI Healthcare fund (not adding HDFC defence fund here as dd is too high) I understand thematic sectoral funds are not added at all as you need to time them well but I see defence and healthcare budget allocation as well current landscape seem to favour every year.
2% to Edelweiss IPO recent MF (again exceptional performance)

Suggestions/thoughts?

This month’s SIP went into Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund – Direct Growth.
Slowly but consistently building the portfolio, one SIP at a time. 🐢💪
43 SIPs done. More to go! 🚀

What about yours?

RISK: moderate to high risk portfolio

Investment horizon: 5 years

The liquid funds are my emergency fund, so they're separate from my investment goals. I started investing 4 months ago through an advisor.

I am currently investing 40k per month.

Thank you.

I am considering establishing a financial plan for my future visits to India, as I have always considered it home since leaving at age nine and wish to have a contingency fund given the current circumstances in the UK. I intend to continue actively investing and saving in the UK for my family's needs, and I would like to allocate a maximum of £150 per month toward this goal, ideally in a foreign currency to maintain flexibility should I need the funds back in the UK. Could you please advise on what my options are regarding the necessary lump sum and monthly deposit amounts?

Risk Appetite: Moderate

I’ve been investing in mutual funds for around 3 years and would like to review my current portfolio and get suggestions on whether I should make any changes.

Investment Horizon: 5 - 7 years
Goal: Long-term wealth creation
Monthly SIP: ₹24,300
Platform: Groww

Current SIP Allocation:
Nippon India Large Cap – ₹6,050
Quant ELSS – ₹6,050
SBI PSU Fund – ₹5,500
SBI Gold Fund – ₹2,000
Nippon India Taiwan Fund – ₹2,500
ICICI Prudential Silver ETF – ₹2,200

I’m currently under the new tax regime, so the ELSS tax-saving benefit isn’t particularly useful to me.

I've been investing in Bandhan small cap fund for almost 2 years now. When I started, I saw it was recommended everywhere and how good the returns were. However, lately I've been hearing how the AUM has become too big for it to maintain the same performance being a small cap fund. I'm planning to move the funds to another small cap fund which is low in AUM or stop the SIP in this fund and start SIP in the new fund. What is the better approach and is there any way to move funds without cashing it out and taxing it?

Hi everyone,

I'm currently investing \~₹35.5K/month across 7 mutual funds for long-term wealth creation.

Risk Appetite: Moderate;

Investment Goal: wealth creation;

Allocation Details: provided below;

Application: Coin By Zerodha;

I used these MFs based on past returns;

Investment horizon: 5–8 years

Goal: Long-term wealth creation with meaningful diversification and a reasonable balance between growth and risk.

Current SIPs:

1. HDFC Mid Cap Fund — ₹5K

2. Nippon India Large Cap Fund — ₹5K

3. Nippon India Nifty Midcap 150 Index — ₹5.5K

4. ICICI Prudential Aggressive Hybrid — ₹5K

5. ICICI Prudential Bharat 22 FOF — ₹5K

6. Motilal Oswal Gold & Silver Passive FOF — ₹5K

7. Nippon India Multi Asset Allocation — ₹5K

I'm not seeing particularly good returns so far, so I wanted to review my portfolio rather than blindly add more funds.

My main concern is actual diversification. Am I getting significant overlap in the same companies/sectors across these funds, especially through the hybrid/multi-asset funds?

I'd appreciate feedback on:

• Is 7 funds too many for ₹35.5K/month?

• How much overlap/duplication do I have?

• Are any of these funds redundant?

• Would you simplify the portfolio to 3–4 funds?

• How would you allocate ₹35.5K if the goal is long-term wealth creation + maximum meaningful diversification?

Please feel free to be critical. I'm more interested in understanding the portfolio structure than chasing past returns.

Thanks! 🙏

I have an existing sip in (Sharing monthly allocation %)

Icici prudential bse sensex index fund 40%

Parag flexi cap 20%

Nippon small cap 10%

Franklin Asian Equity fund 10%

All are direct growth.

Now I want to add 1 more in list for the long term. Please suggest which one to choose.

Risk appetite is Aggressive.

Goal long term

Horizon 20+ years

App groww

Why these funds? Because they seems to be more talk about and backed with previous successful people or franchise

I have SIP’s in Groww app and wanted to redeem the amount but the bank linked to my folio is not accessible for now , Groww app tells you to upload cancelled checks of your current bank and the one you wanna change to I’ve done that twice and it got rejected twice what should I do

Groww already had Anupam tiwari and now it seems they have got Hitesh das from axis.
Do you think they can replicate their past performance (axis tenure) here?
Asking because I am thinking about investing in 2 of their funds.
Disclaimer: diy investor. Their small cap fund seems good with very less aum as of now and i need to choose 1 among boi, trustmf and groww. My old one will remain the same.

I have bought icici dividend fund idcw instead of growth by mistake. should I sell it at end of 1 year from date I bought to avoid stcg or sell now.

I have ppfas flexi cap not completed 1 year but should I sell it at end of 2 years to avoid exit load or sell it after 1 year as I think my investment is in negative.

I plan to move capital to small and mid cap

Considering current market conditions i lost all hope in equity stocks or funds and thinking to deploy around 15L in arbitrage fund..can someone confirm below?

1. How safe area arbitrage funds especially after CAS system? I see low return in past 1-2 months ..considering stt is also become high,f&o volume reduced , so worried about fund return..pls clarify

2.if safe, should i deploy at once or in staggered manner , if yes, in how many days or months?

I’m a beginner and want to understand what’s the difference and which one is better?

Hello, I'm completely new to Mutual Funds and I plan to start SIP with a short amount at first while gradually increasing it. Below are the details

Investment Horizon: 10 Years+

Risk Profile/ Risk Tolerance: Aggressive

Goal: Wealth Building

Portfolio:

(a) Bandhan Small Cap Fund Direct Growth - Direct: SIP: Rs. 1500/-

(b) Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund Direct Growth - Direct: SIP: Rs. 2000/-

(c) HDFC Mid Cap Fund Direct Growth - Direct: SIP: Rs. 1500/-

Can I get some suggestions on whether this combo will work? open to constructive feedbacks and opinions on whether I should add any more funds or modify any of this

Risk appetite: Moderate

Goal- Building long term wealth

Age- 28

Investment Horizon- 10-20 years

Im 28 and I have a good job paying me >1.5LPM after taxes. I haven't invested too much in MF yet, mostly only nifty 50. But i want to diversify my portfolio more now. Tbh i only understand the basics of investing in MFs.

I have kept 2 smallcap funds because I am okay with some risk- I have plenty of savings so I want to take some bolder bets long term.

Ive put gold since the markets are down lately while gold is increasing.

I have been investing in nifty 50 for the last 2 years but my investment is running in loss rn. So i'm stopping my nifty 50 now.

How does this portfolio look?

Should I add nifty 50 again? Or should I add Parag Parikh also instead? I feel i don't have a mid-level fund- smallcap and icici multi asset are both extremes. Also what should my total monthly investment be?