Articles by Venkat Rao Marella

Reverse mortgage

Venkat Rao Marella 30 November 2012 at 12:28

What is Reverse mortgage and how does it operate ? It is a type of mortgage in which an owner of a residential property in Indian can borrow money against the value of his or her home. A reverse mortgage provides stream of income flows which normall

Technical analysis

Venkat Rao Marella 23 November 2012 at 11:20

Technical analysis There are two methodologies for analyzing the stocks trading in the secondary market. One of that is fundamental analysis which involves study of the financial strengths of the company whose stock is picked up. The other one is th

Sec 206 AA - Issues

Venkat Rao Marella 28 July 2010 at 12:09

Section 206AA – Issues and ImplicationsObjective One of the important proposals which were introduced by the Finance (No.2) Act, 2009 is insertion of Sec 206AA in the Income Tax Act. The main objective of introduction of this section is to str

Software costs in pricing decisions

Venkat Rao Marella 21 July 2010 at 11:30

This article attempts to explain the method of recovering the costs incurred by an organization on specific software used to render / deliver the services. Thus, this is more service industry specific. The cost of software is one of the major expe

Beta of Stocks

Venkat Rao Marella 26 August 2009 at 12:37

What is Beta of Stock / Security?Whether a person is an experienced investor or just someone who is trying to put some money away for retirement, knowing the stock beta in relationship to the current market conditions can minimize risk and increase p

Support & Resistance Levels - Concepts

Venkat Rao Marella 20 August 2009 at 13:19

Dear Friends,While surfing this professional site www.caclubindia.com, I can see few files on “Sheet to calculate Support & Resistance Levels of stocks”. The templates the members have shared are good.You'll often hear technical analy

Joint Products and By Products Theory

Venkat Rao Marella 18 August 2009 at 15:08

JOINT PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS Joint costs� Joint costs are those costs, which are common to the processing of joint-products or by products up to the point of separation. � In other words, joint costs represent pre-separation cost of

Green Shoe Option

Venkat Rao Marella 17 August 2009 at 19:06

Green shoe Option (GSO).This is a post listing price stabilizing mechanism, by which the company intends to ensure that the shares price on the Stock exchanges does not fall below the issue price. The term �Green shoe option� derived its