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Freefincal Q & A: Tracking financial goals with a single porfolio

Each week I answer generic questions from readers. Here is this weeks edition.  The Hindi version You Can Be Rich Too is now available for pre-order at Amazon. Meanwhile, GameChanger has got...

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Want To Lose Weight? Eat More Fat!

A "delicious diet" need not be an oxymoron. It is possible to eat plenty of tasty food and yet lose weight! Here is an account of the vegetarian low carb, high fat, high protein diet that I am on....

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June 2017 Equity Mutual Fund Screener with SIP, Lump Sum Returns (1-11Y) & Capture Ratios

Each month, I publish equity mutual fund lump sum and SIP returns; upside capture, downside capture and capture ratios over 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 year periods. This can be used as a screener to...

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June 2017 Equity Mutual Fund Outperformance Screener

Use this screener datasheet to choose mutual funds that have consistently outperformed a category benchmark over every possible 3,5,7 year periods from April 3rd 2006 to June 2nd 2017. Includes a...

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GameChanger is now available at Amazon: Paperback and Kindle

My second book, Gamechanger: Forget Start-ups, Join Corporate and Still Live the Rich Life you want, co-authored with Pranav Surya is now available at Amazon as paperback (₹ 199) and Kindle (free in...

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How I Track Financial Goals Plus Two add-ons To the Portfolio Tracker

Here is a short video of how I track my financial goals - progress to early retirement and my son's education. I have also linked two add-ons - a PPF tracker and advanced retirement calculator that...

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Freefincal Q & A: How to compare returns from a FD and a MF?

Each week I try and answer generic questions from readers. Here is this weeks edition. You can use the form below to ask your question and I will respond next week. Some news: 1 If you have ordered...

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Reader Beware! Four Ways in Which Bloggers Make Money

Here are four ways in which bloggers can make money. As readers, it is important to be aware and also beware of the methods adopted before we take a website/blogger or blog article seriously. The...

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Download Historical Total Returns Index Data of 52 NSE Indices.

This is an update to the fantastic Nifty One-stop shop created by Pranav Date. Now you can download historical total returns index (TRI) data (dividends assumed to be reinvested) of 52 NSE Indices....

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Financial Goal Tracker on Google Spreadsheet – Version 3

Here is version 3 of a Google spreadsheet that allows you to track mutual funds and stocks and map them to different financial goals. This is entirely developed by friends. Version 1 was by Guhan...

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