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FinEdge is India's leading tech enabled investment management company and manages over 1400 crores of goal-based investments for its 20,000 clients spread across 1700 cities in the country.

Our team combines deep financial planning experience with behavioral insights to help investors make smart, goal-aligned decisions.

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Your Child’s Education Goal: A Step-by-Step Investment Guide

Every parent wishes for a bright and secure future for their child, and that includes a quality education. Achieving this goal requires advanced and proactive planning to ensure you’re financially prepared to support your child’s aspirations. In this article, we will explore why it is important to plan for your child's education and some best practices for the same.

Why is a SIP Investment Calculator beneficial?

With the rapid rise in online financial planning, more and more smart investors are choosing SIP investments as their investment avenue of choice for meeting their long and short term goals. As a thumb rule, SIP’s work best when you dispassionately keep them running despite the ups and downs of the markets.

Goal-Based Investing - What if Investments are not Linked with Financial Goals?

Investing using a goal based SIP calculator is an approach to investing that aligns the investor’s financial goals with their investments. The idea is that an investor’s investments should be tailored to their individual life goals, such as retirement, college savings, or buying a home. The goal-based investing approach encourages investors to analyze their financial goals and create a portfolio that is tailored to meeting those goals.

What is three common Mutual Fund myths?

As the Mutual Fund industry continues to grow with overall assets touching the Rs. 39 Lakh Crore mark, here are a few commonly held myths that any good mutual fund investment planner will ask you watch out for before you invest.

Three biases that could impact your Financial Planning

When it comes to financial planning, behavioral biases can be your biggest obstacle. The sunk cost bias, conservatism bias, and action bias often prevent investors from making rational decisions, leading to poorly diversified portfolios, missed opportunities, and unnecessary costs. Recognizing and addressing these biases is key to successful financial planning.

The benefits of ELSS investment for the salaried class

ELSS Funds (Equity Linked Savings Schemes) are one of the best options for saving taxes under Section 80C. In a nutshell, an ELSS is an equity-based, diversified tax saving mutual fund scheme with a hard lock-in period of 3 years.

5 Most Effective Ways to Get Your Financial Life on Track in 2023

To get your financial life on track in 2023, focus on key strategies like creating a budget, cutting unnecessary expenses, building an emergency fund, starting a SIP in ELSS for tax-saving investments, and investing in personal growth. With careful planning and the guidance of a financial planner, you can achieve financial stability and work toward a secure future.

Three Things That Could Surprisingly Affect Your Debt Mutual Fund Returns

The 95 Lakh Crore Fixed-Deposit base in India is witnessing an exodus these days. With key FD rates falling to near 6 per cent levels, more investors are turning to debt mutual fund investments to park their low risk funds.