Investments & Personal Finance Articles

Women's Weekly: SIP's - Made Simple!

Posted by Equitymaster 30 July 2009 8416 Views

Ok, so we’ve been telling you time and again for the past few weeks to save money and invest. Savings are important and investments can provide you with profits in the long term. We have seen that, now let’s get down to business. How shou

Back to basics on street

Posted by CA Lalit Mohan Agarwal 25 July 2009 5638 Views

The Budget day, the sensex tanked 6% and gilt yields rose 30 basis points. The markets seemed to be repelled by P. Mukherjee’s budget. In fact, the budget does a good job of dealing with a Great Recession. That is a substantial achievement, not

8 Year Cycle

Posted by Manish Maheshwari 30 July 2009 16112 Views

8 Year Cycle:By Manish Kumar MaheshwariRemember, every 8 years, market does see a deep cut in valuations. In the previous 8-year cycle top during '1992-93, Sensex lost 56% from 4546 to 1980. In the next cycle top, the cut was almost 58% from 6150 in

Growth still tied to Monsoons?

Posted by Equitymaster 18 July 2009 4541 Views

"Nowadays, poor monsoon has a much lower effect on the economy than, say, what it was 15-20 years ago,…a very bad drought or a very poor agricultural output... would affect the GDP and demand and would have some effect on FMCG take off.

US credit card reform bill

Posted by CA Lalit Mohan Agarwal 20 July 2009 5072 Views

INTERNATIONAL US credit card reform bill US President Barak Obama signed into law sweeping reforms that restrict credit card interest rates and fees, making a victory for Democrats trying to help recession-weary consumers. US President Barak

Summary-Master Circular-Investment in JV/WOS

Posted by Rajeev N L 13 July 2009 13769 Views

Summary of Master Circular on Investments by Residents in JV and WOS abroad SECTION A Objective of Circular:Regulate acquisition and transfer of a foreign security by a person resident in India i.e. investment by Indian entities in overseas ‘j

Women's Weekly: Trading places

Posted by Equitymaster 11 July 2009 5650 Views

In a family, a man usually manages the money and savings, but we ask – why not the woman?A cool wind blowing gently through the palm trees, caressing your hair as you lie on a hammock in the summer sunshine, under the azure sky and watch your g

Few important things for good trading

Posted by Durga Rao 05 July 2009 4538 Views

We were a closed economy till 1990 when we had to face a serious balance of payments crisis and we had to embrace liberalisation. We had a drastic shift in our trade policy in 1990 when P.V.Narasimha Rao was Priminister. We have seen tremendo

A Glance at Equity & Investment

Posted by Manish Maheshwari 04 July 2009 4314 Views

A Glance at Equity & InvestmentBy Manish Kumar Maheshwari Ownership interest in a corporation in the form of common stock or preferred stock. It also refers to total assets minus total liabilities, in which case it is also referred to as shareho

Railway Budget 2009-10: No major surprises

Posted by Equitymaster 04 July 2009 3630 Views

The Railway Minister Ms. Mamta Banerjee presented the railway budget today. The budget has left passenger fare and freight rates unchanged. It talks about world class facilities and modernization of few of the railway stations besides safety and sec