Library Module 14 of 21

How to use Scholarly Investing's tools — fund screener, portfolio builder, macro dashboard, ETF screener — to do the analysis a Bloomberg-paying institutional investor would do

The Dashboards as Your Bloomberg

The previous twelve modules give you the analytical framework. This module shows you how to deploy that framework with the platform tools — to do, in 30 minutes a month, the kind of analysis an institutional asset manager pays a Bloomberg subscription (₹15-30 lakh per year per terminal) and a research team to produce.

The platform's tools cover the essential workflow:

  1. Fund screener (/mutual-funds/) — sortable by precomputed Sharpe, Information Ratio, alpha, tracking error, beta, and 1Y/5Y returns for ~16,000 Indian mutual funds, updated daily from AMFI NAV data.
  2. Portfolio builder (/portfolio/) — efficient frontier optimisation across 9 benchmarks (Indian and international equity, gold, fixed income), with user-supplied Capital Market Assumptions.
  3. Macro dashboard (/macro/india/) — RBI repo rate trajectory, CPI inflation, GDP growth, full Indian yield curve, 10Y-2Y spread, INR/USD, key macro indicators.
  4. ETF screener / Benchmarks (/etfs/) — tracking error, expense ratio, returns for Indian ETFs across broad market, sector, commodity, debt-sovereign, debt-PSU, and international categories.
  5. Financial planner (/finplan/) — ratio analysis, goal planner with backwards-SIP, loan analysis, investment evaluation.
  6. AI tutor (chat drawer on every Learn page) — grounded in modules + NISM workbooks + FINS5517 lectures + your portfolio (with paid tier).
  7. Q&A archive (/learn/qa/) — community questions and answers, searchable, free.
  8. Glossary (/learn/glossary/) — every term defined in plain language.

This module walks through each one with concrete prompts. By the end, you should be able to do a complete monthly portfolio review using the platform alone.

Now apply this — open the fund screener →


After this module you can: Use the fund screener for IR-based fund selection and factor decomposition, run efficient frontier analyses on the portfolio builder, read the India macro dashboard for cycle phase and yield-curve signals, and combine these views into a coherent monthly review process.
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