Month: August 2010
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
Getting started as an investor: Consider Asset Allocation
in Investing for Beginners
This is the next article in my series for investing for beginners (first, and second post), and focuses on asset allocation. What is Asset Allocation? Most people start out investing without having a strategy, and invest their money in different assets without necessarily thinking about the distinction between them, and how the risk – return
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Reader email: Tony’s journey on the stock market roller – coaster
in Reader stories
The first poll here at OneMint was born out of my exasperation with emails from readers inquiring about mutual fund refunds, and I never expected it to take the momentum it has. There were some great comments, and then Gaurav shared the story about his journey, and today I am glad to share Tony’s narrative, which
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How did Indian IPOs perform this year?
in IPO/NFO
There is a renewed interest in IPOs once again, and some of them have oversubscribed quite a bit lately. I was wondering what the cause of this is, and if people have really started to make money on listing gains again. So, I took all IPOs that have come out in India this year, and
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New Poll: Do you hold stocks or mutual funds as part of your portfolio?
in Investments
A few days ago I ran a poll asking people if they had made any money in the stock market, and I am glad to see that the majority of you have made money in the stock market. The other theme from comments and emails was that people had taken control of their finances, and
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The mute button in Gmail
in Personal Technology
I literally LOL’d when I saw the mute button on Gmail – what could it possibly do? I don’t know if a lot of you have noticed it, but it is a little button at the end of the “More actions” option. Turns out this is exactly like the new “Ignore†button in Microsoft Outlook
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Getting started as an investor? – Diversify
in Investing for Beginners
Reader Allwyn wrote to me a few days ago inquiring about books, and websites that help people get started with investing, or if there was such a series here on OneMint, and since there is none, and it is such a great idea – I thought I will write one now. In February this year,
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Gujarat Pipavav Port IPO
in IPO/NFO
Gujarat Pipavav Port is coming out with its IPO which will open on 23rd August, and close on 26th August. The IPO is priced between Rs. 42 – 48, and has been graded 4 out of 5 by CRISIL, which denotes above average fundamentals. Business of Gujarat Pipavav Port The company is promoted by APM
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How does the spend on Common Wealth Games compare to other sporting events?
in Economy
Stories about the Common Wealth Games are almost always about corruption, inefficiency, and poor planning, and while we all know that paying 4000 bucks for toilet paper and 6000 bucks for umbrellas is over the top – how does the total spend compare with what other countries spend on sporting events? I looked up CWG
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Which country has the highest per capita GDP?
in Economy
The Economist published a cheekily titled article – “Hello America†a few days ago. It showed a graph of the history of world GDP, and showed the share of different countries over a very long timeline. I was a little surprised to see that China and India had so much of the global share for
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How to change the color of a bar graph in excel?
in Personal Technology
Someone asked me how to change the color of a bar graph in an Excel sheet, and I thought I’d write a quick post about it since it is a fairly straightforward thing to do. Say you have a bar graph which displays two parameters – Good and Evil, and Excel throws up a graph
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WPI Inflation for July 2010 stands at 9.97%
in Economy
The provisional WPI Inflation numbers for July 2010 were released today, and the number was in single digits for the first time this year. These are provisional numbers, and the number itself is just 0.03% shy of two digits, so there is a very good chance that it touches double digits (especially because the initial
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The Future of Credit Cards in India
in Credit
The following is a guest post by Michael from CreditCardForum.com. He has conducted hundreds of credit card reviews for his site (his favorite being cash back credit cards) and has been analyzing the credit industry for years. Today, he will be discussing the international growth of credit cards and where he believes India will fit
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