Owning both India and global markets is a common way to avoid betting everything on one country's economy, currency, and market cycle. For an Indian founder, your income, your startup, and often most of your assets are already India-linked, so some global exposure can be a genuine diversifier rather than a fad. In practice many people keep the core in Indian equity and add a smaller slice of global (often US or broad international) through funds available in India. Access, costs, and especially the tax treatment of international funds have changed more than once and can differ from domestic equity funds, so check the current rules with a CA before assuming a particular outcome. There's no single right ratio, and returns in any market are never promised. The honest goal isn't maximizing returns, it's not being fully exposed to a single point of failure.
A curated summary to orient you, not advice. The resources below are the real value.
2 hand-picked resources, 1 India-specific, 2 link-checked.
Why we picked it The clearest, calmest case ever written for low cost index investing and leaving it alone. Global, but the mindset travels straight to India.
From jlcollinsnh.com by JL Collins
Open jlcollinsnh.com →Why we picked it The free, India-first walkthrough of what a mutual fund and an index fund actually are, direct vs regular plans, and how a SIP works.
From Zerodha Varsity by Zerodha Varsity
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