Use Google docs to track your bucks - [spreadsheet forms idea]

Each of us have our mechanisms to track how we spend money. We use Excel, various online sites and software like Quicken or Microsoft Money to track how we spend our bucks. The bottom line is to track where each penny / paisa / cent is going. So, how great would be it be, if [...]

Get stock quotes with one click in excel, and company profiles too

While trying to spell check one my sheets I have learned this cool trick to fetch real time stock quotes without any webqueries or vba or anything.

First enter the stock code in a cell (this works for US stocks only), for eg. AAPL for Apple, MSFT for Microsoft etc. Then ALT+CLICK on that cell, [...]

Here is a simple way to get Rs. 70 Lakhs when you are 55 - DONT touch your PF

Here is a simple piece of advice to literally everyone who is working: do NOT touch your Provident Fund, no matter what.
Provident fund (commonly known as PF, EPF) is a retirement benefit facility provided to Indian employees by their employers of companies that have more than 20 employees. The option is applicable for practically [...]

Tracking mutual fund / Stock portfolios using excel - howto

Would you like to spend next 5 minutes learning how to create an excel sheet to track your mutual fund portfolio?
click here to download mutual fund portfolio tracker excel sheet I have created and play with it.

NOTE: I have updated the sheet to fix a formula error, download it again if you need to.
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