This GST is not recoverable from end beneficiaries viz. Investors. They are only earning Rs.82 (against income earned of Rs.100).
On top of that margins have been squeezed in this industry by lowering expense ratios etc.
Luckily, I invested all my savings from 1991-2000 in equities and not in FDs/debt funds. This one right move resulted into
1) I could resign from Govt. job in 2000
2) I became financially independent by 2006
3) My dividend income is more than annual exp. of my family by 2016.
Buy equity as you buy a house or gold for the family. Even Public Provident Fund (PPF), you hold for 15 years.
There is only one term; that is long term.
If all the loss making companies like R Power, JP Group co's, Suzlon, those infra co's etc went private and IPOd again, they be worth 10 times their current value.
Today, I got a cold call from an RM and was offered “18% fixed returns”.
Beware. “Fixed” returns that are substantially higher than prevailing interest rates… are usually not so fixed.
Personal hack: Whenever I buy something I don't need, I take the same amount and invest it. So if I were to spend 50k on a holiday, I need to invest 50k into mutual funds. This makes me re-evaluate my spendings. Plus over time I can recover my holiday cost by my returns.