Smart Investing by PGIM India Mutual Fund
Episodes
18: Ep 018 - What Rising Prices Mean for Markets, Money and You
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Inflation impacts every single one of us. You’ve probably heard the term often, especially when the government releases monthly CPI data and market...
17: Ep 017 - Retirement Planning with Mutual Funds
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Retirement planning is a delicate balancing act between longevity and mongevity. One is the act of living longer for which one needs to focus on healt...
16: Ep 016 - Fund Return vs Investor Return
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many investors miss noticing the difference between investment returns and investor returns. Sounds the same, right? Well, not really. The number yo...
15: Ep 015 - Which Investment Style Does Your Fund Follow?
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us have heard of large-cap, mid-cap, or small-cap funds, right? But did you know how a fund manager picks stocks – their style – can als...
14: Ep 014 - SIP or Lumpsum – What Works in a Volatile Market
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Equity markets have been volatile in the recent past. Sharp corrections are a good opportunity for investors to invest lumpsum or top up their existin...
13: Ep 013 - 5 Powerful Ways To Manage Your Debt Effectively
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Indian household debt has been increasing over the past three years, shown an RBI report. It increased to 41% of GDP in FY24 from 37.9% in FY23 an...
12: Ep 012 - 5 Strategies to Tackle Market Volatility
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember March 2020 when the stock market experienced one of the fastest crashes in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic? The Indian market saw drawdo...
11: Ep 011 - The 5 biggest mutual fund myths
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of the mistakes often investors make stem from a lack of awareness and myths that people believe to be true about mutual funds. In this episode,...
10: Ep 010 - 6 Investing Mistakes to Avoid
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The first rule of an investment is don't lose money. And the second rule is don't forget the first rule.” - Warren Buffett. This quote rem...
9: Ep 009 - 5 steps to implement a goal based investment plan
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Goal based investing concept is easier to understand but very few investors follow a methodological and bucketed way of managing their finances. In th...
8: Ep 008 - Analyzing Fund Returns
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Analyzing and interpreting fund returns can be a challenge, especially for novice investors. In this episode, Lisa Pallavi Barbora and Ravi Samalad h...
7: Ep 007 - Sector funds
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you have been observing the market, PSUs shares have been in the limelight in the last one year. As investors, one may be tempted to invest in PSU ...
6: Ep 006 - Active or Passive: How to Make a Choice
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When one sets out to invest in mutual funds they are not thinking active or passive, rather they just want to invest in something that fits in their r...
5: Ep 005 - How to Select Equity Funds For Your Portfolio?
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In life we are inundated with choices – whether it’s the choice of clothes, the colour and brand of cars, perfumes, the list can go on. Clearly, t...
4: Ep 004 - 5 smart ways to use Systematic Transfer Plan & Systematic Withdrawal Plan
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Systematic Transfer Plan (STP) and Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP) are tools offered by mutual funds that provide great convenience and flexibility t...
3: Ep 003 - Best of both worlds – How Hybrid Funds give you an edge
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hybrid Funds are gaining traction and that is evident by the steady growth in assets in this category. The AUM of hybrid funds category has doubled fr...
2: Ep 002 - The what, how and why of asset allocation
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A 1986 study titled Determinants of Portfolio Performance by Brinson, Hood and Beebower showed that asset allocation explained 93.6% of the variation ...
1: Ep 001 - 5 steps to Build your Emergency Fund with Debt Mutual Funds
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An Emergency Fund helps you tap into your savings when you have to incur an unplanned expense or take care of your non-negotiable monthly expenses dur...