Index investing is the most simple way of taking exposure to equity markets, often referred to as passive investing. When you invest in stocks forming an Index assigning funds in stocks on the basis of the weightage they carry in the underlying index, then your investment will mimic the returns of the index.

Last couple of years have been quite challenging for investors in equity and equity-oriented hybrid funds. Even those who have been investing through SIPs are seeing negative returns in their portfolios. While handling the current market like situation can be quite tricky for investors, they must avoid making abrupt decisions to protect their financial future. Needless to say, investors need hand-holding during these turbulent times to keep their investments on track to achieve their defined investment goals. 

Increase in ROE can be caused by many of the factors like higher profit margins, higher capital turnover, higher financial cost ratio, higher financial structure ratio and, lastly, due to change in tax structures.Since shareholders are interested in return on the money they have invested, they should prefer to invest in stocks with higher ROE.

"Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years."

Warren Buffett

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Making money on the stock markets is not easy!This is the very reason why equity investment provides windfall gains if you are among the few who do it right. 

All of us aspire to create wealth over time so that there are sufficient financial resources at every stage of our lives.

A bucket list usually has two types of goals, that is, those that are self-indulgent like holidaying at an exotic location or buying a latest gadget, and those that are more purposeful, like further studies. Since it may not be possible for you to focus on all of them, the key is to prioritize them and make the list achievable.

It is also a well-known fact that investing is a process that requires patience, perseverance and knowledge as well as the discipline to achieve investment success on a consistent basis. All these traits can be learnt over time, and hence,starting to invest early helps. Unfortunately, not many take investment seriously at a young age and, hence, they pay a heavy price by compromising their important long-term goals like having a dream retired life. 

Valuation as measured by PE ratio is a strong indicator of how cheap or expensive a stock is as compared to its peers or as compared to its historical multiples. When companies trade at a high PE ratio