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Reading a Mutual Fund Factsheet

The numbers that actually matter when evaluating a mutual fund — and the misleading ones to ignore.

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🎯 What You'll Learn

⚠️ What the key ratios mean: alpha, beta, Sharpe ratio
🌍 3-year vs 5-year vs 10-year performance
🧠 Why past performance is not a guarantee
🔥 Benchmark comparison: the only fair test

🧠 Quick Quiz

If a fund's XIRR is significantly higher than its CAGR on your SIP, which is the more accurate measure?

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