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  B Venkatesh
The author is an investment strategist.
The opinions expressed are his own.

  • How many funds should you hold? (November 22, 2009)
  • Style and sector funds: Is passive exposure optimal? (November 15, 2009)
  • Can investment portfolios pay health-care costs? (November 08, 2009)
  • Active funds: Style drift, benchmark pose problems (November 01, 2009)
  • Retirement portfolios: Is more equity exposure at the horizon good? (October 25, 2009)
  • Rupee cost averaging scores over lump-sum (October 19, 2009)
  • Don’t fire your manager! (October 11, 2009)
  • How to take profits on the core portfolio (October 04, 2009)
  • Index funds optimal for core portfolio, yet risky (September 27, 2009)
  • Self-constructing an optimal education portfolio (September 20, 2009)
  • Constructing a portfolio with style (September 13, 2009)
  • Equal-weight allocation is simple, not simplistic (September 06, 2009)
  • Direct Tax Code neutral for retirement portfolio (August 30, 2009)
  • Map your portfolio to lifestyle needs (August 23, 2009)
  • Why a 60:40 portfolio isn’t ideal (August 16, 2009)
  • Fund selection: Looking beyond top ranked funds (August 09, 2009)
  • ULIPs: Optimal to slice insurance-investment decision (August 02, 2009)
  • Capital protection funds: What’s in it for risk-seeking investors? (July 26, 2009)
  • Dynamic asset allocation policy for core-satellite framework (July 19, 2009)
  • Savings need a systematic approach (July 12, 2009)
  • Entry load: How SEBI’s decision benefits investors (July 05, 2009)
  • Why higher equity allocation is optimal for long-term investors? (June 28, 2009)
  • Performance evaluation: Why style benchmarks are important (June 21, 2009)
  • Savings are not equal to investments: Need for financial literacy (June 14, 2009)
  • Backspreads: Attractive for discerning traders (June 07, 2009)
  • Target returns funds: Need for style-based tactical asset allocation strategy (May 31, 2009)
  • New Pension System : Is it an optimal retirement vehicle? (May 24, 2009)
  • Asset location: Constructing tax-efficient portfolios (May 17, 2009)
  • Core-satellite framework for active traders (May 10, 2009)
  • Long-term bond funds: Exposure driven by interest rate view (May 03, 2009)
  • Enhancing income through covered call-writes (April 26, 2009)
  • Money market funds for better returns (April 19, 2009)
  • Index funds: Expense ratio, tracking error are key drivers (April 12, 2009)
  • Multi-asset class portfolio: Leaning on asset allocation for optimal returns (April 05, 2009)
  • Diversified funds for core portfolio? (March 29, 2009)
  • Real estate: Rationally sub-optimal, behaviourally optimal? (March 22, 2009)
  • Are tax-saving investments optimal? (March 15, 2009)
  • SIPs: It’s about behavioural investing (March 08, 2009)
  • To hold loss-making positions or not to hold, that’s the question (March 01, 2009)
  • Split-strike conversion (February 22, 2009)
  • Bank deposits: Optimal choice for short-term exposure? (February 15, 2009)
  • Time spreads: Trade set-up for volatility bets (February 08, 2009)
  • Long-dated options: Slower time decay, higher payoffs (February 01, 2009)
  • Put spread strategy (January 25, 2009)
  • Why investors still want to buy Satyam and what they can do about it (January 18, 2009)
  • SIP moderate fear; set-up equity tilts (January 11, 2009)


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