Links
Bad news and worse news
This has been a rather depressing week with bad news flowing in from all directions and that started with Kapil
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Month: December 2011
Tax
Overview of the Direct Tax Code
Direct Tax Code (DTC) is supposed to be implemented from the next financial year, but there hasn’t been much news
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Opinion
Thoughts on financial advice
I’ve read a number of articles talking about paid financial advice lately, and I get emails from readers asking about
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Tax
An update on ELSS tax saver mutual funds
I did a post about some of the better performing ELSS tax saver mutual funds in January this year, and
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Fixed Deposits
IFCI Tax Saving Long Term Infrastructure Bonds – Series IV
The latest company to offer 80CCF infrastructure bonds is IFCI, and they also happen to have the highest interest rate
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Mutual Funds
What is the difference between mutual funds and ETFs
The first difference between an ETF and a mutual fund is that when you buy an ETF you buy it
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Opinion
I can out work you
Last weekend I read Mark Cuban’s short book How to Win at the Sport of Business, and loved it. It’s
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Links
Game Changing Kinect, Rupee FAQs and Europe Simplified
The Smithsonian blog talks about the amazing possibilities that Microsoft’s Kinect presents. I was amazed when I first saw Kinect
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Fixed Deposits
IDFC and L&T Infrastructure Bonds Application Download Link
A few people  have left comments about not being able to find the application forms of infrastructure bonds, so I
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Economy
How is GDP calculated in India?
The Q2 2011 GDP estimates came out yesterday, and I thought it will be a good time to do a
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