5 CRUCIAL Things to Know Before Investing In Mutual Funds | Kushal Lodha #245

➡ Recommend A Guest For Our Podcast Here - https://forms.gle/eotmhzWMx6KpJQH86 ➡ Join This Group To Be Invited To Future Offline KwK Events in Mumbai: https://chat.whatsapp.com/F3MbHDPwTwC... I asked Feroze how he went from earning ₹1.5-2 lakhs monthly as a teacher to taking a 90% pay cut for banking. He did the math: the best teacher earned ₹2.5 lakhs at peak, but the best private banker made ₹4.5 crores—a 400x growth opportunity. That calculation convinced him to take the risk despite everyone's warnings. I asked about his biggest wins and losses. His worst investment was a private equity real estate deal that returned just 4% IRR when properties were multiplying 4-5x elsewhere. His best was a COVID-era structured product delivering 28% IRR, and Anand Rathi shares he bought from panicked sellers during the pandemic—not for profit, but to keep his word to clients.​ I asked how he identifies winning mutual funds. He revealed his "Holiday NAV" framework—calculating what a fund's NAV would be if the manager was on holiday all year. If the holiday NAV is lower than actual, the manager added real value. For example, Manish Gunwani of Bandhan added 8.6% value in one year through his decisions alone. I asked about his model portfolio, which delivered 4.13% compounded excess returns over Nifty for 11+ years—that's 140% more wealth than just buying Nifty. I asked about Anand Rathi's incredible retention—only 2 people left from 300 senior employees. The secret? No sales contests ever. Instead, they close business on March 25 every year and take the entire team on fully-sponsored foreign holidays with families, regardless of performance. 💡 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more such insightful conversations with top achievers from across the world! #kushallodha #InvestingWisdom #StockMarketIndia #WealthCreation #LongTermInvesting #FinancePodcast #InvestmentStrategy ➡ Order my book 'Acing CA' here: https://www.amazon.in/dp/8195816886?r... ➡ Order my book 'Unlocking Unicorn Secrets' here: https://www.amazon.in/dp/0143461605?r... Follow Kushal Lodha on Social Media: 📝 LinkedIn:   / kushallodha548   📷 Instagram:   / kushallodha548   📱 Twitter:   / kushallodha548   Follow Feroze on Social Media: 📝 LinkedIn:   / feroze-azeez   📷 Instagram:   / feroze_azeez   📱 Twitter: https://x.com/feroze_azeez Timestamps: 00:00 Trailer & Introduction 02:06 Feroze’s Early Career before moving to finance 04:52 Taking a pay cut to join a banking job 11:29 Net Worth Excel Sheet 14:40 Recovering people’s money 17:22 Advice for investors on maintaining an excel sheet 18:49 How Feroze started his investing journey? 20:28 Feroze’s IRR on investments 21:22 Best & Worst Investments 30:49 Why Anand Rathi Closed its Real Estate Fund? 32:35 Why retail investors should avoid certain funds? 35:08 Framework for investing in mutual funds 39:01 Discussion on Specific Mutual Funds (Quant, Motilal Oswal) 43:18 Anomalies in the stock markets 54:24 Interview Questions for Finance Aspirants 01:01:42 Attrition Rate & Retaining Employees 01:05:51 Mis-selling in the industry 01:14:36 Lumpsum v/s SIP 01:16:34 Feroze’s personal asset allocation 1:23:28 Legitimate Tax Saving Tips 1:33:48 What would Feroze ask himself? 1:35:56 Conclusion 1:36:29 Outro #kushallodha