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Now Pre-Order GameChanger With Travel Training Kit

GameChanger, my new book with Pranav Surya is now available for pre-order at an exclusive price of Rs. 180 (ends May 21st) before it retails at Amazon next week for Rs. 249  (plus shipping). We now...

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How eating 25 pani puri’s in one-go changed my life (& will change yours too)

In this post, my GameChanger co-author, Pranav Surya offers a sneak peak into the book.  The hard copy is now available for pre-order for just Rs. 180 (offer closes Sunday 21st midnight)  before it...

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Plan to Quit As Soon As You Start Working!

It was when my seven-year-old son declared that he wanted to be a fruit seller that I realised that the .... er ... apple has not fallen far from the tree! Yes, I too had similar aspirations and I...

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My Money Story (Or is it yours?): From Despair To Control To Contentment

I am a typical middle-class Indian in terms of birth, upbringing and manner. My interest in money management and investing stems from despair and anguish and not interest or passion. In this post, I...

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Freefincal Q & A: Ways to Use Equity Savings Funds

Each week, I try to answer generic questions from readers. Here is this week's edition. You can use the form below to ask your questions.  Before we begin, for only today and tomorrow, the Kindle...

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Automated Earnings Power Stock Analysis With Screener.in data

The freefincal automated stock analyzer (screener.in edition) now has now auto-generates Hewitt Heiserman Jr.'s Earnings Power Box, thanks to efforts of R. Srivatsan, who explained how to identify...

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Using Balanced Mutual Funds As The Core Equity Portfolio Holding

It is no secret that I am a fan of equity-oriented balanced mutual funds. They are a low risk, high reward option and it is a no brainer that one should consider using them*. In this post, I discuss...

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The Trouble With Debt Mutual Funds

Debt mutual funds are not easy products to understand. The moment a bond can be traded in the middle of a tenure, the risk associated with it are often not obvious.  Regular readers would be aware...

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Why Do Stock Markets Crash?

Between Jan 21st, 2008 and July 6th, 2009, the Sensex witnessed 11 single-day falls of 700+ points. The highest was 1,408.35 points on Jan 21st. In this post, I discuss the simple arguments put forth...

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Freefincal Q & A: REITs, Pre-pay, Passion!

Each week, I try to answer generic questions from readers. Here is this week's edition. You can use the form below to ask your questions.  Kannan: Dear Pattu Sir, I am in 30% IT slab and have a home...

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