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WhatsApp Payments-What is it and How to use it

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has now permitted WhatsApp to launch its payments service in India in a graded manner. In this article, we look at the features of WhatsApp Payments...



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Passive Income Automation: An Example

Here is an example of passive income automation. It seems obvious when you think about it, but not enough people pay attention to the fact that if income has to be really passive, then a major part...



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Nifty 50 stocks with weights for November 2020

Nifty 50 stocks with index weightage and market capitalization are tabulated for November 2020. These 50 out of the 1600 companies traded on the NSErepresenting 65% its float-adjusted market...



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Nifty is close to all-time high but here is why you should not stop investing

On Nov 6th Nifty closed at 12263 within striking distance of its Jan 14th 2020 close of 12362, something that no would have believed a few months ago when on March 23rd we saw the biggest intraday...



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Diwali edition of Sovereign Gold Bonds available bet 9-13th Nov 2020

Series VIII of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21 will be available from November 09-13, 2020 with Settlement date November 18, 2020. During this period, the price will be Rs. 5177 per gram for offline...



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Flexi-cap mutual funds: new scheme category – what investors should do?

SEBI has today announced a new equity scheme category: “Flexi cap fund”. This comes after Septembers announcement of multicap asset allocation rules (25% each of large, mid and small cap...



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Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener November 2020

The freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener (November 2020) is now available. Use it to screen for consistently performing equity mutual funds. You can screen based on fund category &...



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Now everyone can get income-tax exemption for payment of deemed LTC fare

The Government launched an LTC (Leave Travel Concession) Cash Voucher Scheme for Central Government employees on 12th October 2020 to enable employees to purchase goods and services instead of...



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Three Nifty index funds with lowest tracking error (Nov 2020)

From this month, we shall be publishing a tracking error report of index funds (ETFs to be added later). The data is available for free and will be presented in an intuitive, easy-to-understand...



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Equity MFs are too risky with no guarantees why should I invest in them?

Each time we point out that Sensex or Nifty returns have reduced considerably over the last decade and caution investors to lower expectations, there are always a few comments that go, “why to...



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