India, Oct. 9 -- Radhika Gupta-MD & CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund-breaks down financial freedom without the hype: start early, build a safety net, get asset allocation right, and remember that sometimes the smartest move in dynamic markets is to do nothing.

Financial freedom isn't a single number on a spreadsheet; it's the absence of money anxiety. That's how Radhika Gupta frames it in this wide-ranging conversation on Prosperity Tales. "Having enough money so that you can live and work without money being a big source of worry-then you're free," she says. But she's quick to add that it's deeply personal: what feels like "enough" keeps shifting as lifestyles expand. Freedom, therefore, is as much a mindset as it is math.

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