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Factors that helped me achieve financial freedom

SEBI registered fee-only investment advisor, S R Srinivasan (SRS) discusses his journey to financial freedom for the benefit of freefincal readers. This is the second part of his guest post. In the...

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How I achieved financial freedom and became an Investment Advisor!

SEBI registered fee-only investment advisor, S R Srinivasan (SRS) discusses his journey to financial freedom for the benefit of freefincal readers. You may recall that he recently wrote about the...

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Axis Midcap Fund Review: Invest or give it some time to perform?

This is a performance review of Axis Midcap Fund. We find out how consistently it has performed against its benchmark and peers to find out if one can invest based on recent good performance or give...

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Corporate Tax Reduction: Will it revive the economy?

The reduction in corporate tax to 25.17% with no minimum alternate tax (MAT) for domestic companies (that are not incentivised) and 17.01% (plus no MAT) for new companies announced on 20th Sep 2019...

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Before you check your mutual fund gains tonight remember this!

So, happy about your stock market gains today? Before you check your mutual fund gains tonight remember this! We seem to be going two steps forward and three steps back. Nothing to cheer about. Also...

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How lifestyle inflation can impact our financial stability

We often focus a lot on regular inflation while planning for our goals and cash flows. But a very important aspect which gets missed is ‘Lifestyle Inflation’. This is the concept where a person...

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How many equity mutual funds beat the benchmark in September 2019?

We find out how many equity mutual funds beat category benchmarks in September 2019. We also find out how many did so at lower risk! The category benchmarks are those used in the Sep 2019 Equity...

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Want lower risk & higher return mutual funds? Spot them easily this way!

Do you want mutual funds that have got a higher return than a benchmark at lower risk? Then here is an easy way to spot them! In order to do this, I must first define “return”. This is...

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Sep 2019 Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener

The freefincal Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener (Sep 2019) is available for download. Use this screener file to easily find best-performing equity funds among 300 equity funds that have...

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Axis Small Cap Fund Review: Should this be part of your portfolio?

This is a review of Axis Small Cap Fund that has recently caught the attention of mutual fund investors. At the time of writing, it is the only fund with a positive one-year trailing return. So...

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