Investments & Personal Finance Articles

What will next 10 years bring for you?

Posted by Equitymaster 31 December 2009 11037 Views

The past ten years have been like a lost decade for the US stockmarket investors. The Dow Jones is nearly at the same level as it was in December 1999. And since inflation has averaged around 2.5% per year during this decade, the real returns for inv

IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)

Posted by CA Anand Sarda 18 December 2009 38610 Views

IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) What is an IPO? An IPO is when a company which is presently not listed at any stock exchange makes either a fresh issue of shares or makes an offer for sale of its existing shares or both for the first time to the

With an A+ why worry about TBTF?

Posted by Equitymaster 28 November 2009 6554 Views

Credit rating agencies these days seem to be looking at a lot beyond loan servicing capabilities. No, we are not just referring to rating of companies but also that of economies. What else can explain the anomaly that as of November 2009, the Governm

Trading & Investing Lessons

Posted by Krunal Raichura 24 November 2009 11464 Views

In the recent years, stock markets have become a center of attraction for most us. Equities and related financial products are becoming a popular asset class. This can be clearly seen from the growth in the number of participants, volume of transacti

FAQ on Mutual Funds

Posted by vidyasagar 13 October 2009 29553 Views

IntroductionDifferent investment avenues are available to investors. Mutual funds also offer good investment opportunities to the investors. Like all investments, they also carry certain risks. The investors should compare the risks and expected yiel

SWITCH YOUR ULIPS NOW

Posted by Indraneel Sen Gupta 29 September 2009 10476 Views

ULIP’s are basically long term investment. But still despite of being Long Term in nature they are Return Maximizing tool. The return is maximized through the well known option provided itself in the ULIP product SWITCHES. Each Ulip comes with

WEALTH MANAGEMENT BASICS OBJECTIVES SERIES 1

Posted by Indraneel Sen Gupta 23 September 2009 37384 Views

When ever we come across the word Wealth Management it appears to an investor as something coming down from the Planet Mars. But if we analyze the basics without getting to much within the complicated jargon we find 2 things primarily,1)Proper Asset

Rupee to be a tool in curbing inflation

Posted by Equitymaster 23 September 2009 4898 Views

In the past, the RBI always tended to intervene in the currency markets to stem the appreciation of the rupee so that exporters did not feel the pinch. This time around it may end up following a different course of action. As reported on Bloomberg, I

ROLLING BACK SOPS RBI THE NEXT THREAT

Posted by Indraneel Sen Gupta 19 September 2009 6224 Views

Its time for getting back of stimulus package benefits and face some real hard core business battle. The money market is gearing up to face the next punch to be delivered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against inflation. The RBI have said that t

US CONSUMERS EFFECT

Posted by Indraneel Sen Gupta 19 September 2009 4646 Views

US consumption is very vital for the economic development not only of US but to entire world economy. And, within the US, the bulk of the growth comes from consumption.We all know that the world economy recovery, particularly the export in highly dep