Personal Finance Learnings from the Pandemic

1. Personal Finance Learnings from the Pandemic.. “Never waste a good crisis” – Winston Churchill

2. 2 1) Prepare for the worst.. Emergency fund Health insurance Life insurance “Plan to survive reality. Future filled with unknowns is everyone’s reality” – Morgan Housel

3. 3 2) Your savings are the ONLY thing you can count on.. YOUR MONEY CYCLE Income – Expenses = Savings Or Income – Savings = Expenses Choose well.. “Save money and money will save you”

4. 4 3) Living is not expensive, lifestyle is.. • Lockdowns taught us that we don’t necessarily have to spend more to have a good quality of life • Spending money just to show people how much money you have is the surest way to have less money • Ego < Income • Beware of lifestyle inflation • Impulse purchases, entertainment, shopping are all controllable and discretionary expenses • They can instead be channelized into savings and long-term wealth creation “Stop buying things you don’t need to impress people you don’t even like” – Suze Orman

5. 5 4) Can you count on Low & Falling FD Rates for your Savings? Consumer Basket 1990* 2000 2010 2015 2020 CAGR 14 SBI 1 year FD rate TOTAL SPENDING PER ANNUM 23,759 68,923 151,279 280,064 427,619 10.1% 12 10 Price of gold, INR/10 grams 3,409 4,528 18,268 26,335 50,104 9.4% Units ( Grams) of gold to consume my basket 70 152 83 106 85 8 6 BSE SENSEX 730 4,659 15,585 26,557 47,751 14.9% Units of BSE-30 Index to consume my basket 33 15 10 11 9 4 Fixed Deposit Basket Index Value (Value of initial investment Jan 1, 1990 =1000) (SBI 1 Year Deposit Rate)* Units of FD Basket to consume my basket 2 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 1,064 2,220 3,550 4,628 5,814 6.0% 22 31 43 61 73 Source: FD Interest Rates | Compare Fixed Deposit Interest Rate Today (myloancare.in) Bloomberg, SBI, Data as of July 2021 Past performance may or may not sustained in future Quarterly compounding and Tax rate on Fixed Deposit assumed to be 30% “Inflation takes from the ignorant and gives to the well informed” – Venita VanCaspel

6. 6 5) Survival of the fittest Debt is a disadvantage: • Income: not guaranteed • Debt repayments: guaranteed “If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments” – Earl Wilson

7. 7 6) Liquidity & marketability are hallmarks of a good asset Cars or designer watches or clothes are not marketable. They are things not assets Money locked into land and property or other hard assets is not easily realized in a crisis Financial assets like shares and mutual funds are liquid and are very handy

8. 8 7) Focus on what you can control.. WHAT WE CONTROL WHAT WE DON’T CONTROL How much we save and for how long Asset allocation Investment returns WHAT WE RARELY FOCUS ON WHAT WE ONLY FOCUS ON

9. 9 7) Focus on what you can control.. WHAT WE CONTROL WHAT WE DON’T CONTROL How much we save and for how long Asset allocation Investment returns WHAT WE RARELY FOCUS ON WHAT WE ONLY FOCUS ON

10. 10 How much we save • Managing your lifestyle and maximizing your savings can have the same impact on your net worth as increasing your investment returns • And its more in your control For how long we save Time in market beats timing the market. The former is in your control Start as early as possible and be patient to enjoy the effects of compounding In the graph, we compare two people who invested $10,000 with no additional investments and earned a 10% return every year. The only difference between the two people, however, is that Person 1 began investing at age 20 and Person 2 began at age 30 Please mention this is for illustrative purpose only to explain the concept of compounding

11. 11 7) Focus on what you can control.. WHAT WE CONTROL WHAT WE DON’T CONTROL How much we save and for how long Asset allocation Investment returns WHAT WE RARELY FOCUS ON WHAT WE ONLY FOCUS ON

12. 12 What is Asset Allocation? Asset allocation involves dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories like equities, bonds, property, commodities and cash

13. 13 Why Asset Allocation matters.. There have been years when equity markets had a brilliant run, years when only bonds were dependable, and years when gold shined the brightest, and these periods did not typically overlap 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021* Sensex 49% Sensex 49% Gold 26% Sensex 83% Gold 23% Gold 32% Sensex 28% Sensex 11% Sensex 32% Bonds 9% Bonds 13% Sensex 30% Gold 8% Gold 16% Gold 28% Sensex 11% Gold 20% Gold 16% Bonds 9% Gold 24% Sensex 19% Bonds 7% Gold 12% Bonds 4% Bonds 14% Sensex -4% Gold 11% Gold 5% Sensex 7% Sensex 14% Sensex 17% Bonds 1% Bonds 4% Bonds 7% Sensex -52% Bonds 4% Bonds 5% Sensex -24% Bonds 9% Gold -5% Gold -8% Gold -7% Sensex 3% Bonds 5% Bonds 6% Bonds 11% Bonds 12% Gold -3% Past performance may or may not sustained in future The chart ranks the best to worst performing indexes per calendar year from top to bottom *Data as of July 2021 Past performance may or may not be sustained in future. Based on S&P BSE Sensex; Domestic Gold prices and CRISIL Composite Bond Fund Index Imagine someone holding an all equity portfolio in 2008, or holding none in the equity rally that followed? Source: Bloomberg

14. 14 2020: A Reminder On Virtues Of Asset Allocation Past performance may or may not sustained in future

15. 15 Combine Asset Classes for better Risk Adjusted Returns One asset’s down cycle is balanced by another asset’s up cycle Risk-Return Equity +Debt +Gold * Equity + Debt ** Equity Debt Gold 11.13% 11.13% 12.80% 7.18% 11.45% CAGR 9.37% 13.45% 22.02% 3.27% 17.34% Annualized SD 21% 36% 56% 6% 25% Maximum Drawdown 0.524 Sharpe Ratio 0.365 0.299 0.293 0.302 Time frame is November 2004 to July 2021. The period is taken from 2004 since the asset allocation weights are calculated based on normalizing the historical monthly equity and debt indicators. Given the normalization time frame used in the strategy, data availability for certain parameters beyond the time frame analyzed was a constraint. Compiled by Quantum AMC *Equity-Debt-Gold in ratio of 40-40-20. **Equity-Debt allocated in 60-40 range Based on Sensex Index, Crisil Composite Bond Fund Index, and Domestic Gold Prices Note: Past performance may or may not be sustained in the future The most diversified strategy yields similar returns with the lower volatility, compared to a pure equity strategy

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