Month: November 2009
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
The garlic bubble
in World
I first came across China’s garlic bubble on the Economist, which said prices in China’s garlic growing capital – Jinxiang have risen 40 times since March. China produces as much as 75% of the world’s total garlic, and is the biggest producer in the world. Here are the ostensible reasons for this garlic mania: 1.
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Interesting Reads 28th November 2009
in Links
I hope you had a great week, and are looking forward to the weekend. Here are some great reads that I came across this week: Posts Optionshouse review @ The Digerati Life Equifax credit report @ Smarter Wallet The Bad Management Stimulus @ Dilbert Blog When currency futures market dominates @ Ajay Shah Rights and
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IDFC Real Estate Equity Mutual Fund NFO
in IPO/NFO
IDFC has filed a draft prospectus with SEBI, and is coming out with an open ended mutual fund targeted at the real estate sector. This fund will primarily invest in shares of real estate oriented companies in India. The asset allocation will be as follows: Asset Class Range of allocation Equity and related instruments of
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Happy Thanksgiving
in Opinion
Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. Here is a link to Wiki for those of you who want to read more about this holiday. Photo Credit: Turtle Mom
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Birla Sun Life T – 20 Fund NFO
in IPO/NFO
Birla Sun Life has filed a draft offer document with SEBI for its new mutual fund, — Birla Sun Life T – 20 Equity Fund. This is a close ended equity mutual fund that will invest in stocks of top 20 growth companies. This fund will allocate 65 – 100% of its net assets in
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Fun Global ETF Portfolio
in ETF
Patrick J left an interesting comment last week about a portfolio with a certain asset allocation. This is what he had in mind: 30% — Large Cap, 30% — Europe, 10% — Small Caps, 10% — Emerging, 10% — Bonds and 10% — China So, I tried creating a portfolio with ETFs that had these
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Amazon Gift Card Review
in Articles
The first thing that struck me about the Amazon gift card was the ability to customize it. This is nothing unique to Amazon, and a lot of companies like Best Buy and Target offer this, but it is a nice little feature to have. I say that because gift cards are not as personal as
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Economy and your Finances Carnival 22nd Nov 2009
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Welcome to the November 22, 2009 edition of this carnival. TIP Guy presents Shortlisting Five Companies for Potential Long Term Investment Analysis posted at TIPBlog.in. Matthew Paulson presents Tips for Using Your Credit Cards Wisely For Black Friday and Cyber Monday posted at American Consumer News. SpendOnLife.com presents 72% of U.S. Adults Fear Online Identity
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Interesting Reads November 21st 2009
in Links
I did a post on ICICI Home Finance Fixed Deposits this week, and it got a comment from a reader complaining about their service. This may come as a surprise to other readers, who probably don’t read comments on older posts, but this kind of thing is very regular here. There are plenty of comments
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Is P/E Ratio a fair indicator of market levels?
in Opinion
Last week I had a guest post at The Smarter Wallet discussing the concept of Cyclically Adjusted P/E Ratio (CAPE), which is essentially – P/E Ratio after taking into account earnings for the last ten years (adjusted for inflation). One of the takeaways of that post was that CAPE gives you a fair indication of
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