Month: September 2010
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
Poll results: How much money do you need per month to retire in India today?
in Retirement Planning
In the last poll I had asked you how much money do you need per month to retire in India today, and 48% of you (190 votes) said between Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 50,000. To my surprise, the next biggest segment was the more than Rs.1,00,000 segment with 20%, and you can see the rest
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How to turn conversations off in Gmail and Microsoft Outlook 2010
in Personal Technology
I started using MS Outlook 2010 a few weeks ago, and one of the first things I searched for was how to turn off the conversation view in Outlook. It confused me a little in the beginning, and it probably still will, and I just had to get rid of it. It’s really quite simple
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A few details on the Daily Systematic Investment Plans
in Investments
In response to my post about Perpetual Systematic Investment Plans (SIP), reader GKN inquired about Daily SIPs, so here is a brief post about them with whatever info I could find. What is a Daily SIP and who offers it? Daily SIPs are intended to be schemes like SIPs, but invest a sum daily, instead
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Is there an Oil ETF in India?
in ETF
I got a slight variation of this question in a comment the other day. Right now there isn’t an oil ETF in India (see oil ETFs listed in USA), and I couldn’t find any mutual funds that track crude oil prices also. If you know of any, please leave a comment or email me, and
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A primer on the New Pension Scheme (NPS)
in Retirement Planning
I’ve wanted to write about the New Pension Scheme (NPS) a lot sooner, but never got around to it. Reader Gaurav sent me some great material on it, and got me started. The stuff that he sent me was an entire post in itself, but I thought I’d add to it, and create a comprehensive
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Weekend Links September 2010
in Links
For me, the top two posts for this week are Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, and Sandip Sabharwal asking investors to be cautious. The markets have been booming lately, and you hear a lot of positive chatter on how this target will be breached, and that target will breached, so it is good to hear some cautious voices
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Some surprising facts about India’s green energy
in Economy
Countries and companies alike are focusing a lot of their attention on green technologies, and lately I’ve been reading up on what India is doing to generate power by green technologies. I am interested in this space because I believe that countries that achieve breakthroughs in green technologies will rule this century, and because I
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Orient Green Power Limited IPO
in IPO/NFO
Check out the review on the latest Coal India IPO here. Business of Orient Green Power Limited Orient Green Power IPO opened yesterday, and will close on September 24th. The offer is priced between Rs. 47 to Rs. 55, and has been graded 4 out of 5 by CRISIL. Orient Green Power Limited is the
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Dead Zones and Dogbert
in Articles
In a funny co-incidence Scott Adams published this Dilbert today, and Business Times published this story about wireless dead zones in the Bay Area – 83% of which belong to AT&T To top it all – MG Siegler concluded his post on this story by wishing for two tin cans with a really long piece
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Is there any risk in a gold ETF?
in ETF
Hell yeah! End of post – all of you can go home now! No, just kidding – I got this question in a comment yesterday, and I thought I’d do a quick post on it due to the immense popularity of gold ETFs, and the confusion that surround it. ETFs are like mutual funds that
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