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02/11/2022

Visualising two decades of sectoral race in the Nifty50 leaderboard 🚀

Collab with Finforall & Jupiter App

08/07/2021

What if we say you can save taxes by investing? Plus, earn a decent return on those investments! 🤔 The Oddball explains...
Indians usually lack the conscious efforts to save taxes by investing. The newly-salaried mostly go for retirement funds just because it's a part of the compensation structure.

Though these retirement funds (like EPF, PPF and NPS) are somewhat good long term investments, but their lock-in 🔒 (time period during which you can't withdraw) takes away the charm!

So, won't it be great if you could obtain equity-like returns and get tax benefits at the same time? Well, you can. 🌝

ELSS is the only type of mutual funds that give you a taste of both the worlds - tax savings and returns. Under Section 80C of the Income Tax act, with an investment of upto ₹1.5 Lakhs in ELSS, you can save almost ₹46,800 a year in taxes! And what's more, it can give you more than 10% in annual returns. 🤑

But it's sad to see that while EPF generates almost half the annual returns generated by ELSS, the wealth invested in EPF is 10 times that of the latter!

You can see The Oddball Score (percentile) to compare these avenues. We've calculated this metrics taking into consideration the returns%, lock-in period & taxability of returns. A higher score indicates a better choice.

So, time to rethink your investments, eh?

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01/07/2021

Why you must invest? The Oddball answers the question taking inflation as the antagonist 🙅🏻
Say, you had invested ₹100 in Govt. Bonds in 2011. And 10-years later, today, they matured, giving you ₹180. But wait, prices of goods too have shot up (inflated)! To buy the goods that used to cost ₹100 in 2011, you will now have to cough up ₹179 out of your returns of ₹180. Eventually, you will be left with a 'real return' of a mere ₹1 !

And that's the pain point. A survey finds that 4 in every 5 Indians don't take inflation into account while financial planning! 😥

No wonder, Indians hold over 60% of their household assets either in the form of cash or bank deposits 💸 Clearly, both have fallen short of the price rise! Even in safer instruments like bank FDs, govt. bonds or provident funds, the real returns are scarce! With an inflation of 5-7% each year, these investment avenues only lose their importance.

Also, It's heartbreaking to note that a meagre 3.7% of Indians invest in high wealth-generating stock markets, which stand at 12.7% in China & a heavy 55% in the US! 🤐

Thats why, today, we just want you to drive home the point that investment planning isn't a luxury anymore. It's a necessity. We need to save & invest, and aim for higher real returns with the likes of stock markets.

With half a year already gone, it's high time we introspect our finances. Make the second half count - 📈

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24/06/2021

With fuel prices on fire 📈, we thought of breaking down what makes a litre of Petrol so expensive in India 🤔
As of June 16, the non-tax price of Petrol 🛢️ in Delhi was about Rs 40. If you were to run some calculations, that's a mere 43% of what you pay for a litre of Petrol ⛽ Meaning, the Central & State Govt. charge about 57% of Petrol price as Taxes! 🥴
For context, USA charges a tax of 19%, Canada 33% and Japan 47% 😏

In the last decade, price of Crude oil (the raw material for petrol production) has fallen by about 20%. But you'll be surprised to know that Petrol, which used to cost around Rs 48 a litre in 2010 is now hitting a century, that's more than 100% hike in the same decade! And you can, to a certain extent, attribute some reason to it, eh? 💸

Times have changed. Besides roti, kapda & makaan, if there's anything which can be considered a basic necessity, that's undeniably - Fuel.

So, do you think the Govt.'s cashing in on fuel (for whatever reason) & a subsequent rise in fuel prices is justified? Tell us in the comments.

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18/06/2021

India has a miniscule 1% income-tax paying population. Ever wondered why? 🤔
1️⃣ India’s per capita income is Rs 1.4 lakh and the income tax threshold is Rs 5 Lakh, which means an average Indian is not required to pay income tax. In contrast, the tax-free income slab is kept below the avg. income in almost every other country, which is why most of their population has to shell out taxes.

2️⃣ India's income tax rates start at 5%. Whereas, the lowest tax in UK is 20%, Germany 14% and Mexico is 15%

3️⃣ Out of 25 crore households in India, 15 crore belong to agricultural sector, which is (more or less) exempted from taxes.

4️⃣ India has one of the highest numbers of disputes between tax administration and taxpayers, with lowest proportion of recovery of tax arrears. There are nearly 5 lakh plus disputed cases recorded until 31 January 2020.

As against popular opinion (myth), the reason behind India's meager tax-paying population is not just tax evasion but the way income tax structure has been designed and implemented. And now you know why. 😎

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14/06/2021

BYJU's recently overtook Paytm to become the most valued startup in India and the 11th most valued startup in the world. Five months into 2021, India has already added 14 startups to the celebrated 'Unicorn' tag.

And you'd be living under a cave if you aren't aware of the fund-raising frenzy of the year!

So, we thought of breaking down and analyzing data to present a comparative picture of the shelves in the Unicorns closet of India.

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14/06/2021

Only designers can design, says who? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We are a group of undesigners (you won't find a trace of design in our resume) who put a lot of effort into designing insightful infographics. And we know it's natural on your part to ask.. "why the heck should we see your creations?" Eh?

"Well, we may not be the best designers, but our data is top-notch! (pinky promise) We put in sweat and blood into researching and digging out less-known stuff, analyzing them and putting the relevant facts together to create really intriguing infographics." That's why.

And as we don't fit into your probability question of red, black & white balls, you can call us - THE ODDBALL

So, that's some icebreaker.

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