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Mutual Funds Or Stocks??

Is investing money in mutual funds good or should I go for stocks? A lot of investors have become wise enough to understand that it makes sense to invest when the market is down. Most of the investors are willing to take advantage of the current economic downfall. But the biggest question is: Should we invest in mutual funds or stocks? I had a similar doubt before I did my research last year. Please read this answer till the end and you will get your answer: What if I tell you that there are high chances that around half of the companies in Nifty 50 would vanish in the next 10 years? Some of them would even go bankrupt. Shocked? Not possible? What if I tell you that this is what has happened in the last 10 years. 22 out of 50 companies in Nifty 50 in 2009 do not even exist in Nifty 50 in 2019. Yes, you heard it right. 22 companies!! What are these companies? In 2009, did you imagine that Reliance Communication would go bankrupt? Did you imagine that Suzlon would be such a b

Lok Sabha Election 2024

Hindi Heartland States (Total - 245 seats) The BJP led NDA in 2019 swept these states winning 212 seats and BJP alone won 183 seats which is near to 200. 7 out of 12 states in this region are bipolar between BJP and Congress which consists of 146 seats. They will sweep MP (29) and CG (11) very easily in any scenario given their track record in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections. The biggest state in this region/entire India UP sends 80 Lok Sabha seats and BJP has won 71(+2) in 2014 and 62(+2) in 2019. This time they won’t be facing SP-BSP-RLD alliance which costed them few seats last time. They will win 70+ seats. BJP will sweep UK(5),HP(4), RJ(26) and Delhi(7) for third consecutive time. In worst case they will loose one seat Mandi in HP and in Haryana if they contest in alliance with JJP their tally will reduce by <=3 as they have to allot seats to JJP. They will most probably give 3 seats for them because in 2014 when they contested in alliance with Kuldeep Bishnoi