Month: December 2010
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
What OneMint has taught me
in Opinion
As you know I’m on vacation, and the time away has given me a good opportunity to reflect on the past year; especially on the things I’ve learned in the process of building OneMint, and I thought I’d share them with you because they’re useful lessons in all walks of life. Talk is cheap Building
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Read this before you get the iPhone 4 from US
in Personal Technology
The iPhone 4 is not yet available in India, and a few of you would be asking your relatives or friends to get an iPhone 4 from the US to use it in India. Before you do that there are at least 4 things that you should know that might surprise you later. These are
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Traveling for the rest of the year
in Opinion
A small post to let you know that I will be traveling and on vacation for the rest of the year, so posting will be light, and will probably be around 2 or 3 posts in a week. I won’t be able to respond to comments or emails as frequently either, but will continue moderating
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Post Office Monthly Income Scheme
in Investments
photo © 2008 Felix O | more info (via: Wylio) Couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Monthly Income Plans or MIPs, and this week I’m going to write about a similar monthly income scheme from the Indian post office called the Post Office Monthly Income scheme. This is a fixed income scheme which provides
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Our 5 Lucky Winners
in Opinion
It is time to announce the lucky winners of first ever giveaway here on OneMint! When I started the give-away I thought I’d give – away 3 books, but due to the awesome response of OneMint readers I’ve increased the limit to 5! Another reason is that some of you only left comments on Facebook,
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MOIL IPO Allotment Status (Update)
in IPO/NFO
Update: I apologize for the error in this post where I opine that almost everyone has been allotted 1 lot; I spoke to a few people yesterday, and drew my conclusion from those conversations. However, as is evident from your comments many of you didn’t get any shares. I am sorry about the error, and
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Section 80CCF Infrastructure Bonds FAQ
in Tax
I’ve fielded a lot of questions on the Section 80CCF Infrastructure bonds, and while I’ve written individual posts on the infrastructure bonds that have so far come out under this section, there is nothing on this section itself, so I’m going to address some common questions about Section 80CCF with this post. It goes without
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Have you entered the free book give-away yet?
in Opinion
Before I start the post let me say that you are simply amazing! Now, let me explain why. I started the first ever book give-away here last Friday, and it was a little different from most give-aways because it was totally based on good faith, and you didn’t have to prove anything to me at
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Poll Results: How much money do you save?
in Thrift
In the last poll I asked you much money you save, and I am actually quite surprised with the results. A large majority of you save more than 20% of your salary, which is actually pretty good. First Gen American noted that the result for this poll is probably going to be skewed because it
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Email Question: Tax Proof for Demat Infrastructure Bonds
in Tax
What tax proof can I use If I invested electronically through a Demat account in the infrastructure bond? I got an email about this yesterday, and there have been several comments on it as well. People are interested in knowing what they can use as tax proof when they apply for the infrastructure bonds in
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