“The way to start off will be with a rough thumb rule that you should have at least 25 times your annual money requirement as your portfolio size to build a good monthly income. So, if you want Rs 1 lakh every month, then for a year you will need Rs 12 lakh; 25 times of that would be close to Rs 3 crore.”
“Putting it together, two indicators are negative. The cycle indicator is mixed. And the past performance and earnings environment indicator is positive. So, we are not in a position to go underweight or overweight and so we will continue with the neutral stance. However, there are challenges making it very difficult to hold on to smallcap funds.”
"The asset management industry is a profitable and growing sector. The low capital requirement and high return on equity make it an attractive business. Many new asset management companies (AMCs) are entering the market, such as White Oak, Bajaj Finserve, Shriram, Helios, Zerodha, and Groww. However, it is challenging for new AMCs to differentiate themselves from existing ones, especially in debt and large-cap equity categories. The focus is on differentiated strategies and better communication with investors."
WestBridge Capital, which is best known for making private investments in public equities (or PIPE deals) but also has a large exposure to startups and ..
So, net-net the broad idea would be that you will get the underlying returns from a collection of stocks, now if you are a stock picker then obviously you can do it on your own but otherwise it is far more effective to outsource it if you already have a day job and you do not want to spend your time on.