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Confused About Money Decisions? Good News is Confusion Cannot Be Removed!

Are you one of those guys who has trouble making money decisions? Join the biggest club on Earth! I have some good news and some more good news for you. The good news is that everyone is confused...

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A Tool To Compare Mutual Fund Performance The Right Way!

"Which is the best way to compare my mutual fund with other funds from the same category?". The best way would be to not compare the performance of the funds that you hold with others. The second...

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Freefincal Q/A: From Retirements Buckets to Mutual Fund Portfolio Turnover Ratio

Each week I try and answer generic questions from readers. Here is this week's edition in which we cover topics ranging from the retirement bucket strategy, mutual fund portfolio turnover ratio and...

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The Bond Yield Curve as an indicator of what’s going on with the economy

The yield curve is a plot of current yields of bonds from the same type of issuer versus their respective maturities. Observing the bond yield curve is a way to find out what is going on with our...

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Why are Long Term Gilt Funds Falling?

Many Investors, especially senior citizens, who purchased long term gilts funds (or their cousins, dynamic bond funds) after seeing recent double-digit returns, are puzzled and even worried about why...

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Moneycontrol Stock Price History Update for Stock Analysis Spreadsheets

Freefincal has two automated stock analysis and valuation spreadsheets. One that obtains financial data from screener.in and another which obtains financials from morningstar. Both sheets also get...

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Should I Invest A Lump Sum In One Shot Or Systematically via STP

The systematic transfer plan (STP) is a way for an asset management company to lock into some "business", just as jewel shop does with a "gold scheme". It can be used to withdraw from one mutual fund...

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Freefincal Q/A: Financial Strategies for Young Earners

Each week I try and answer generic questions from readers. Here is this weeks edition. You can use the form below to you ask your question. In case you have missed yesterday's post because of the UP...

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Personal Inflation Calculator

The official inflation numbers, be it the consumer price index or the wholesale price index have little or no relation to how much our expenses increase each year. The main reason for this is because...

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Want To Get Rich? Write Yourself A One Crore Cheque!

Now, why stop at one crore? Make that a Ten Crore Cheque. If you are wondering whether you have landed at the wrong site or if something is wrong with me, not to worry. I am not any more mentally...

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