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Nifty Valuation Tool: Find out if the stock market is expensive or cheap in multiple ways

Use this nifty valuation tool to find out if the stock market is expensive or cheap using PE, PB, Div Yield, Bollinger Bands and much more.  The idea to try and understand the state of the market...

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Please help me complete this MF FAQ E-book for beginners

This week marks the 7th birthday of freefincal.  Last year, for the 6th birthday, I put together the re-assemble: basics of money management e-book. For this year, I would like to release a free...

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Do not start dreaming of a bull run even IF exit polls are right!!

So, happy about today’s market movement? Sorry, but you need to stop dreaming about a bull run even if the exit polls for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections are right, IF, that is.  Do watch...

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Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 Fund Review: A smart choice to save tax

This is a performance of Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 Fund, an ELSS mutual fund that qualifies for tax saving under section 80 C. In Jan 2019, I had featured this as one among the seven...

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How have Active Equity Mutual Funds Performed: May 2019 Report

Let us find out how actively managed equity mutual funds have performed against reperesentative category benchmarks using the May 2019 Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener. The screener compares...

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May 2019 Equity Mutual Fund Performance Screener

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

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Filing Equity LTCG in ITR2 (AY 2019-2020) is messy! Here is a way out!

From the financial year 2018-2019, long term capital gains above Rs. one lakh from stocks and equity mutual funds are taxed at the rate of 10%. The assessment year 2019-2020 is the first time when...

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Can NRIs invest in PPF in 2019?

Yes, NRIs can invest in PPF accounts that were opened when they were resident  Indians in 2019. They will get the same interest rate as everyone else. The confusion arose when the ministry of finance...

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The Kerala flood revealed old share certificates! This is how I converted them to Demat form

This time on reader story, we have an account of old share certificates revealed by the Kerala flood and how FB group Asan Ideas for Wealth admin Ashal Jauhari, helped a reader (who prefers...

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ICICI Prudential Multicap Fund Review: Can it be the only equity fund in our portfolio

If you explore the list of multicap mutual funds, something strange might catch your eye.  ICICI Prudential Multicap Fund started in October 1994 has only an AUM of about 3600 Crores. Let us find out...

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