Month: August 2009

Below are all the posts archived for the month.

Japanese Elections
in Opinion, World

The Japanese elections have just concluded yesterday, and a major political change has taken place there. The ruling party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been ruling for the last 50 years or so (except for a brief period in 1993) has been defeated by the main opposition: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). DPJ won
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Economy and Your Finances Carnival August 30 2009
in Articles

Venice Carnival Masks by Crystian Cruz Welcome to the August 30, 2009 edition of the carnival. Jim Eastman presents 7 Secrets the Credit Bureaus Don’t Want You to Know posted at Credit Matters and Credit Repair. Wise_Bread presents Why You Need a Plain Text Resume to Apply for Jobs Online posted at Wisebread. MatthewPaulson presents
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Globus Spirits IPO
in IPO/NFO

IPO Open and Close Date Globus Spirits IPO opens on the August 31st 2009, and will remain open till September 2nd. IPO Grading This IPO has been graded 3 out of 5 by CARE, which denotes average fundamentals. Price Band: Globus Spirits The issue is priced between Rs. 90 and Rs.100, and the face value
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SBI Mutual Fund
in Mutual Funds

Here is a brief of various equity mutual funds from SBI. Open Ended SBI  Mutual Fund SBI Magnum COMMA Fund: This an open ended mutual fund which primarily invests in stocks of companies that invest in the commodity business like oil and gas, metals, materials and agriculture. SBI Magnum Equity Fund: This is an open
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Asia ETF List
in ETF

Last week’s post on Sri Lanka brought in some comments and emails about ways to invest in Sri Lanka and other Asian countries. While I couldn’t find any ETFs that invest in Sri Lanka; here are a few ETFs that invest in other Asian countries. This list doesn’t include Japan and China because I plan
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