Month: March 2011

Below are all the posts archived for the month.

NRO and NRE account: How to open it when you’re abroad
in NRI

NRE (Non Resident External) and NRO (Non Resident Ordinary) are two types of accounts that NRIs (Non Resident Indians) can open if they need a way to transfer money, open a fixed deposit, or buy mutual funds, and stocks in India. What follows is a sequence of events that will take place, and some pointers
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MOSt Shares NASDAQ 100 ETF
in ETF

This is another post from the Suggest a Topic page, and this time we’re going to take a look at the recently launched MOSt Shares NASDAQ 100 ETF from Motilal Oswal. The NFO for this ETF has recently closed on the 23rd March 2011, but regular readers know that it doesn’t make any difference if
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Comparing Term Insurance Claim Rejections
in Insurance

A few days ago I posted the premiums charged by different term insurance companies, and as a follow up to that post I shared the claim settlement data of some insurers last week. Today I’m going to share the claim settlement ratio of all 23 life insurance companies in India for the December 2010 quarter.
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How often does India win when Sachin scores a century?
in Opinion

There is this thing I keep hearing that Sachin’s centuries are not all that lucky for India, and we generally lose when he scores them. A lot of people have this impression, and I thought I’d dig deeper and figure out if there’s anything behind this. The data that I found surprised me quite a
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Rupee Camp, Internet Kill Switch, Libya Oil imports
in Links

Ranjan Varma has started Rupee Camp which is a personal finance workshop meant to be a structured program to provide people with money skills. I’ve obviously not attended this so I don’t know how good it is but I do like Ranjan’s blog, so I thought I’d let OneMint readers know about his initiative. The
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Profile: Shiv, Independent Financial Adviser
in Directory of Financial Services Providers

As I’ve said earlier – I’m trying to create a directory of financial services providers here, and today I’m going to post a profile of another financial adviser – Shiv. He has been pretty active on the infrastructure bond posts and has been answering questions clearly and honestly, so I invited him to create a
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