Month: November 2010

Below are all the posts archived for the month.

New Poll: What percentage of your monthly income do you save?
in Thrift

Yesterday I asked for poll ideas at my Facebook page (why haven’t you liked it yet?), and reader Raja Panda suggested the following question: About what percentage of salary(net) people save at what income level. I have simplified this a little bit by removing the income level because it’s easier to conduct the poll that
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What is the significance of Pre-open session of the stock exchanges we see from 9 am to 9.15 am daily?
in Investments

This is the first post based on the Suggest A Topic page that I created recently, and the title of the post is exactly what was written in the comment. I’ve created that page to get suggestions on topics from readers, and have them organized at one place instead of the usual emails and comments
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Hindustan Copper FPO Dates Finances and Capital Structure
in IPO/NFO

The dates for the Hindustan Copper FPO have been declared recently, and this issue is going to open on 6th December 2010, and close on the 9th December 2010, and I thought I’d do a post with the financials, capital structure, and a brief summary of what it does now, and update the post when
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David Einhorn Interview, Shopping tips for men and Credit Card Phobia
in Links

This week I present to you this awesome David Einhorn interview that I came across via The Big Picture. David Einhorn is a hedge fund manager famous for his successful shorts, and there are some points in this interview that really resonated well with me. The interviewer was great too, which is not as usual
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Before we get to the best mutual funds in India
in Mutual Funds

I’ve been asked to write a post about the best mutual funds in India several times, and I’ve been avoiding that exercise for long because it’s just so difficult to nail the right parameters, and get information on the fund managers and things like that. However, I’ve decided to take a crack on giving my
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IFCI Infrastructure Bonds: Tax Saving Bonds under Section 80 CCF
in Fixed Deposits

Also read about the REC Infrastructure bonds here or the IDFC Infrastructure Bonds Tranche 2 here. Update: There has been a change in terms, and you can now invest in these bonds in physical form also. Here is the link to relevant IFCI page. The issue has been extended till January 12 2011 The IFCI
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