Investments & Personal Finance Articles

Falling Rupee, Falling Markets - Opportunity for NRIs!

Posted by Prof. Bajaj 08 June 2012 16585 Views

"I told you not to invest in India. Look whats happening there" said Anvesh, a 35 year old NRI IT professional, to his colleague Niraj. Rupee has slid so much against the dollar. The markets have fallen so much. The GDP

Structured Financial Products

Posted by CA. Anshul Jain 24 May 2012 23492 Views

Structured Financial Products is a combination of BOND + DERIVATIVES, Bond part is for Capital Protection

Snapshot of Mutual Fund Schemes

Posted by CA Siddhartha Bhardwaj 18 May 2012 16141 Views

There are a lot of mutual fund schemes prevalent in the market. An investor should be aware of the scheme before investing his hard earned money in the scheme. I have given hereunder a snapshot of the various schemes

Want to Avail Portfolio Management Services?- Invest More

Posted by Sikha Bansal 23 April 2012 17745 Views

A portfolio manager is a body corporate who, pursuant to a contract or arrangement with a client, advises or directs or undertakes on behalf of the client, the management or administration of a portfolio of securities or the funds of the client. T

Commodity Exchange: For Beginners

Posted by CA Prashant Gupta 02 April 2012 22486 Views

Today, we know the commodity market as a place to trade the different commodities without taking delivery of same. You can trade in gold, silver, crude oil, agriculture products, metals and many more, without bothering about the perishable nature of

New ULIPs: Are they Any Better?

Posted by Prof. Bajaj 09 March 2012 8508 Views

No Sir, the Old Expensive ULIPs have gone now. The New ULIPs have been launched with much lower charges. You should invest in them. These are the new in-statements of the insurance advisors these days who were going ga-

Internal Procedures for Prevention of Insider Trading

Posted by Manikanta Raju CA,CWA,(CS) 17 January 2012 13396 Views

To start with -An insider is a person who has access to the price sensitive information of the company. Trading (Selling or purchasing of shares) the stocks of the company directly (by himself) or indirectly (through connected persons) based on this

S&P ESG India Index - The success of socially responsible investing

Posted by ANANDH SUNDAR 02 December 2011 15092 Views

The above graph says it all. After a 15month hiccup from its Jan-08 launch(where it performed same as other indices), it broke away in Apr-09, and has not looked back since. A nearly 2.5yr track record of out-performance is not a joke. Now, one ma

Patience pays in stock market

Posted by Lalit Kumar 10 November 2011 19592 Views

What if I say you, WIPRO SHARES: Rs 10,000 Worth is now = Rs 400,00,00,000 (four hundred Crores) Nope dont blink ur eyes.!! Its very much true. Patience can conquer destiny, says an Irish saying. Apt in aspects of life, this s

The Real Cost of What We Lost

Posted by CA Pranjal Dhariwal 09 November 2011 11160 Views

Everybody directly or indirectly was HIT, and HIT HARD by the turbulent roller coaster ride the financial market experienced during the last three years. Like others, I too got a bolt on my neck. However when I look back, it looks like a fair deal