M. Pattabiraman's Blog, page 262

Mutual fund investors do not want the truth! They want fantasies of guaranteed returns!

I have been posting one video a day for the last 40 days and YouTube has taught me about what mutual fund investors want during this time that Facebook (Asan Ideas for Wealth) did in years. Mutual...

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Becoming a competent & effective financial advisor: My journey so far

In this guest post, fee-only SEBI registered investment advisor, Swapnil Kendhe discusses his ongoing journey towards becoming a competent and effective financial advisor. One of the first lessons...

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Would you like to guest blog for freefincal?

Did you ever feel like writing about money management or finance but never got down to it? Are you a budding blogger with a great idea looking for some visibility? This year I would like to start a...

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Seven ELSS Funds that have beat Nifty large Midcap 250 Index

Here are seven ELSS mutual funds that have beat consistently outperformed Nifty large Midcap 250 Index over the last 3, 4 and 5 years. Again, only 7 out of 31 ELSS funds have qualified. If you are...

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My Handpicked Mutual Funds January 2019 (PlumbLine)

PlumbLine is my list of handpicked mutual funds. This was started in Sep 2017 for beginners to accompany the freefincal robo advisory template. This is the January 2019 edition. There are seven...

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Nine momentum stocks with low volatility for 2019

Here are nine stocks with momentum and low volatility for 2019 from the Nifty 100. This list will be published/updated on a monthly basis. Readers interested in momentum investing combined with low...

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The trouble with health insurance room rent sub-limits

Health insurance room rent sub-limits must be clearly understood before purchasing a health cover else it can hut real bad. In this post, I describe my experience with my mother’s ear surgery...

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Only Five Large Cap funds have comfortably beat Nifty 100!

Here are 5 large cap funds that have beat the Nifty 100 Total Returns Index. Rather, only 5 out of 36 large cap funds studied in the Dec 2018 freefincal equity fund screener have managed to beat...

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ICICI Prudential India opportunities fund (NFO): Avoid or wait & watch

The NFO of ICICI Prudential India opportunities fund (open-ended) is set to open on Dec 26th 2018 (to Jan 9th 2018). This fund is a thematic special situations fund with high risk than a diversified...

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My personal financial audit 2018

Every December I take stock of my financial goals and evaluate where I stand. I have been publishing this since 2013 and this is the 6th edition and 1st video version. My goal is only to point out...

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