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The 2021 Arthgyaan Year in Review

Posted on 29 Dec 2021
Author: Sayan Sircar

Tags: Review

3 mins read

This blog completes its first year with 100+ posts in 10 months. Here’s looking back.

The 2021 Arthgyaan Year in Review

How it all started

Arthgyaan was started in March 2021 to simplify goal-based investing and personal finance. The blog helps you create a system for reaching your financial goals by sharing simple, actionable advice backed by research and analysis. Our tagline is “Supporting everyone’s personal finance journey”.

This blog is a single-person effort. You can find more details on the About page. Our readers are located worldwide.

You can start reading here: Start here.

Recent articles:

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<p>This article helps you estimate the returns from your investments to help you decide how much you need to invest.</p>

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<p>This article extends the concept of a target date fund for one-time goals like house downpayment for investors in India.</p>

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<p>This article explains how retirees should allocate their investments between equity, debt and cash buckets for their post-retirement portfolio.</p>

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Topics covered

Portfolio view for all goals

Over 10 months, more than 100 articles have been published that cover various topics. Some of the popular ones are:

Behavioural finance
Children’s goal planning and future
Goal setting and portfolio construction
Loans and house purchase
Asset allocation
Choosing investments suitable for your goals
Retirement and FIRE
Product/Fund/NFO reviews
Various calculators for retirement, creating corpus via SIP and others

These are the five most popular posts according to page views:

How to climb the wealth ladder in India? - 1 lakh, 1 crore or 10 crores: how much do we need to be wealthy and what we should do at every step of the wealth ladder
What percentage of my salary should go towards retirement? - This post answers a common question asked by investors regarding investing for retirement.
How to choose debt instruments for retirement? - This post describes suitable debt instruments for both pre and post-retirement investing.
12 mistakes that interrupt compounding: what to do instead - This post is about how to avoid common mistakes that interrupt compounding.
I am 25 and want to FIRE by 40. How much should I save per month? - This post shows a worked-out example for someone starting their career to plan for FIRE.

Tools and calculators

There are multiple popular and useful tools and calculators available:

Comprehensive goal-based investing calculator that can handle all goals like retirement, FIRE, children’s education/marriage and home buying. The tool will show you the asset allocation for each goal and the SIP amount. It will even show the minimum term insurance coverage you need
Simple web-based single-goal planner that will help you find out the asset allocation and SIP amount for a single goal
Risk profiling tool that you should use before investing in your goals
eBook: 30 essential personal finance concepts
Excel-based SIP calculator

Next steps for 2022

2022 is expected to be a more significant year, focusing more on choosing investments, portfolio construction, and dealing with case studies from readers and questions. Here’s wishing you all happy holidays and a happy new year. 2022 will be great!

Now that 2022 is over, here is the next year in review: 2022 year in review.

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Discover an article from the archives

Worked out case studies for goal-based investing

Case study: how this double income recently married family can perform DIY goal-based investment planning

This article shows how a young just-married couple can invest for future goals using the Arthgyaan goal-based investing tool.
Case Study: How should couples in their 40s with a new baby plan their financial future?

Did you welcome a bundle of joy in your 40s? This article will discuss ways of planning the child’s (and your’s financial future)
Case study: how this double income single kid family can perform DIY goal-based investment planning

This article shows how a very typical salaried couple with one child can invest for future goals using the Arthgyaan goal-based investing tool.

Previous and next articles:

<p>This article will help investors know what to look for when choosing a gold mutual fund to take exposure to gold as a part of their portfolio.</p>

Choosing Investments Gold Mutual Funds

How to choose a gold mutual fund?

This article will help investors know what to look for when choosing a gold mutual fund to take exposure to gold as a part of their portfolio.

Published: 26 December 2021

6 MIN READ

<p>This post sifts through 38 options to find the best ELSS funds for investing in 2022.</p>

Choosing Investments Tax Mutual Funds

What are the best tax-saving ELSS Mutual Funds in 2022?

This post sifts through 38 options to find the best ELSS funds for investing in 2022.

Published: 1 January 2022

4 MIN READ

Latest articles:

<p>This article helps you decide when to prepay your home loan - at the beginning, middle or end of the total loan period.</p>

House Purchase

Should you prepay your home loan at the beginning or at the end of the tenure?

This article helps you decide when to prepay your home loan - at the beginning, middle or end of the total loan period.

Published: 19 March 2023

2 MIN READ

Portfolio Construction

How much returns should you estimate for your goals?

This article helps you estimate the returns from your investments to help you decide how much you need to invest.

Published: 15 March 2023

4 MIN READ

Topics you will like:

Asset Allocation (19) Basics (8) Behaviour (10) Budgeting (10) Calculator (14) Case Study (3) Children (11) Choosing Investments (31) FAQ (4) FIRE (11) Gold (6) Health Insurance (4) House Purchase (14) Insurance (14) International Investing (8) Life Stages (2) Loans (9) Market Movements (10) Mutual Funds (22) NPS (5) NRI (5) News (6) Pension (6) Portfolio Construction (42) Portfolio Review (24) Real Estate (4) Retirement (33) Review (11) Risk (6) Safe Withdrawal Rate (5) Set Goals (26) Step by step (9) Tax (19)

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