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“Most investors focus on returns. The best investors focus on the questions they ask before they invest. This piece explores the five questions that define the difference between a portfolio built for performance and one built for the right kind of performance — for your situation, your timeline, and your life.”
Alpha8 Wealth — 24 May 2026
Why your portfolio's alpha starts with the questions you ask
Most investors focus on returns. The best investors focus on the questions they ask before they invest. This piece explores the five questions that define the difference between a portfolio built for performance and one built for the right kind of performance — for your situation, your timeline, and your life.
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The cost of commission: how product bias quietly erodes wealth
A forensic look at how commission-based distribution structures create systematic misalignment between financial practitioners and their clients — and what the data shows about the long-term wealth impact of advice shaped by product incentives rather than client outcomes.
Estate planning for business founders: what most families get wrong
Business founders face estate planning challenges that salaried individuals do not. This piece examines the most common structural gaps — from inadequately structured succession plans to the absence of buy-sell agreements — and offers a framework for thinking about the problem comprehensively.
NRI wealth in India: navigating FEMA, taxation, and repatriation
For Non-Resident Indians with significant assets in India, the regulatory and tax landscape is genuinely complex. A clear-eyed overview of the key considerations — NRI versus NRO account structures, repatriation limits, taxation of Indian-source income, and the planning moves worth making before a return to India.
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