Month: January 2010
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
Retirement Withdrawal Management
in Personal Finance, Retirement Planning
Retirement finance has an accumulation stage and a decumulation stage. Accumulation gestates, hatches, and cooks your retirement nest egg; decumulation allows you to eat it. Accumulation commands the lion’s share of attention in popular finance, but decumulation, or distribution, is equally important. Understanding how to disburse wealth is just as important as understanding how to
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Interview with Mark from Options for Rookies
in Investments
I requested Mark from Options for Rookies for an interview while I am away, and he very gracefully accepted. In this interview Mark explains how options can be used as insurance for your portfolio. If you have any questions, please leave a comment here, or at Mark’s blog. As far as I can tell, Mark
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Silly ways to use credit cards
in Credit
Mr Credit Card has previously wrote about tips to use credit cards wisely. Today, he will be focusing on some silly ways to use credit cards. Mr Credit Card’s favorite credit card company is American Express. Credit cards, in the right hands are a great tool for consumers. If you use your credit cards responsibly,
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Reliance Liquid Exchange Traded Fund NFO
in ETF
The Reliance Liquid ETF will be the second liquid ETF to be launched on the NSE. The Liquid BeES being the first one. This is an ETF that will invest in a portfolio of short term government securities, money market instruments, and other debt securities of short and medium term maturities. The minimum application amount
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10 tips for using credit cards wisely
in Credit
Mr Credit Card is writing a series of post for me while I’m away. Here is his first post about tips on using credit cards wisely. For full disclosure, Mr Credit Card carries the Amex Platinum Card and the Chase Freedom as his main Visa. Here are some quick tips on how to use your
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5 Factors that cause impulse buying
in Thrift
I engaged in a bit of impulse buying recently, and bought a Sony Blu Ray Player, that I totally didn’t need. I don’t regret it because I have been eyeing one for a long time, but I was thinking about what leads to impulse buying. I did a little research and found several interesting articles
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Principal Precious Metal Fund NFO
in Mutual Funds
Principal Precious metal fund is a fund of funds scheme, which means this fund will hold units of other mutual funds and ETFs. In the case of this fund, it will hold only other ETFs. As the name suggests this is focused on metals such as gold and silver. This fund will primarily invest in
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How to enable internet on iPhone in India with Airtel
in Personal Technology
One of the things I wanted to do during my vacation here was to enable internet on my iPhone. I got a lot of conflicting information about this, and that delayed the process, but otherwise, it was a pretty simple thing to get done. Before I describe how I did it, let me state that
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Quick post on debit card usage
in Articles, Personal Finance
After spending what seemed like an eternity in airplanes, and getting a taste of the Delhi fog, I am finally home for my vacation, and having a great time here. I thought I’d write about a couple of things in a quick post, as I found a free hour or so today. First the fog:
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Why the banks are not lending
in Economy
The following is a guest post by The Weakonomist from Weakonomics.com Back in 2007, banks were starting to realize that the loans they were making and selling were possibly going to become a problem. As borrowers started to default into the beginning of 2008, banks began to evaluate their portfolios and project losses. Things didn’t look
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