Category: Opinion
Reliance Jio 4G Plan Tariffs – How disruptive would it be for Airtel & Idea?
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Reliance Industries today announced the tariffs of its 4G services during its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mumbai. The services, which are to be carried out in the name of Reliance Jio, would be commercially launched on September 5th. Whatever got announced today during this AGM with respect to Reliance Jio, its tariffs and the
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Modi’s India – How will the next few years fare?
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In the past few days whenever I’ve thought of PM Modi’s first year – the thought of President Obama’s two terms have also come to mind. The strong parallels between the two are inheriting a really bad economy, and coming to power with a lot of fan fare, hope and optimism. The other parallel is that both
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One income tax change that the Narendra Modi government needs to bring
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I don’t know how many readers will recognize this headline, but it is just one word changed from a recent headline in an ET article. The article in question talks about six changes they’d like to see and going through that article reminded of the very first draft of the Direct Tax Code which came out
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Thoughts on retrospective taxation
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The market has been doing quite well the past few months, and the hope is that the new government brings out policies, and clears roadblocks that further encourage investment, and in turn encourages FII money in the country, and help the overall economy as well. With today’s globalized economy, it is no surprise that foreign governments and
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There is a tide in the affairs of men
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The extent and comprehensiveness of Mr. Modi and BJP’s victory has surprised everyone, and raised the hopes from his government even more than they already were. Indeed, when one party gets a clear majority in 30 years — hopes and expectations are bound to be high, and when that majority is driven by a leader who appears
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The mind boggling valuation of WhatsApp
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I was dumbfounded by the incredible price that Facebook paid for WhatsApp earlier in the day today. For those of you who still haven’t heard the news, Facebook paid an incredible $19 billion for WhatsApp today! Those are American Dollars, not Zimbabwean! It is hard to fathom how big this number is and even harder
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Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF) 2013 – A Google Initiative
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This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in I was in South Extension market of South Delhi this weekend and as the winter season has started gathering pace here in North India, I was
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Where are we in the fear and greed cycle?
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An obvious question on yesterday’s post was where we are in the fear and greed cycle, and sure enough Ketki asked that question. Here is the image I used yesterday. To provide a quick answer, I believe we are somewhere between Hope and Optimism as far as Indian markets go, and a bit higher than that
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Nifty highs – sustainable or another crash coming soon?
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As the Nifty makes new life time highs, the consensus view is disbelief and incredulity that these numbers will sustain. There are a few voices that are predicting higher highs, but I think for the most part, the consensus view is that these numbers aren’t sustainable. This reminds me of the US markets from a
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Happy Diwali !!
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No gyan, no complicated terms, no financial jargons today. It is the biggest festival of India and I hope everybody is in great festive mood. I am sure all of us are spending some quality times with our families and I wish we all have such great times everyday in our lives. May God give
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