{"id":9741,"date":"2016-08-29T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fundsindia.com\/blog\/?p=9741"},"modified":"2019-06-06T18:44:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:14:48","slug":"talk-fundsindia-ep-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/personal-finance\/talk-fundsindia-ep-1\/9741","title":{"rendered":"Talk FundsIndia: On fixed deposits \u2013 pros, cons and suitability"},"content":{"rendered":"[soundcloud url=&#8221;http:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/280400323&#8243; params=&#8221;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; height=&#8221;166&#8243; iframe=&#8221;true&#8221; \/]\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Welcome to the first episode of Talk FundsIndia \u2013 our new fortnightly podcast. 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