Month: July 2011
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
Top Up Medical Insurance Policies in India
in Insurance
This is another post from the Suggest a Topic page, and in this post we’re going to take a look at top up medical insurance policies. Before I start, I must admit that I came to know about the existence of this product only after the comment was left here, so I’m still learning about
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Puzzles for the week ending 30th July 2011
in Articles
Here are the puzzles from OneMint’s Facebook page this week. I couldn’t post last week because I was away Saturday, and didn’t get an opportunity on Sunday. — 1. Simplicity can make your message powerful by carrying it far and clear. But, that was not one of the virtues of my beloved uncle. He told
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Debt Ceilings, Biases and Rap Music
in Links
The big news in the financial world this week has been the uncertainty surrounding the possible American default, and what looked like a really remote possibility feels more likely now. Since this is such a political issue, it’s hard to read anything about this that is not ideologically influenced. However, I was able to find
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The trouble with personal recommendations
in Opinion
Regular readers know that I don’t hand out personalized advice to anyone, and although I think most of my regular readers are aware of why I do this, IÂ thought it will be a good idea to write down my rationale clearly, and also point people to this page when they seek such recommendations. I didn’t
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Indian ADR List
in ETF
I wanted to compile a list of Indian ADRs in the US as soon as I did my post on the performance of Indian ETFs listed in the US because I wanted to see if there are enough individual ADRs that someone in the US can buy to get enough exposure to India, and be
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Few Interesting facts from the Monetary Review Policy
in Economy
RBI increased the Repo rate to 8.00% today, and while the hike itself was not a surprise, the fact that it was half a percentage instead of a quarter percentage surprised everyone. I was going through the report today, and there were several interesting things that caught my eye. Let me list down some of
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L&T Finance Holding IPO
in IPO/NFO
After quite a lull, a big IPO is going to hit the market on 27th July 2011, and it will give a good indication to other companies of how much retail appetite is there for IPOs, and of course it gives me an opportunity to write a post with pretty pie charts. L&T Finance Holding
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Best Mutual Funds, Fake Apple Stores and Toilets
in Links
First, Anil Kumar Kapila who is a regular commenter here and other finance blogs as well has given some great input to Hemant to create a very good post about selecting the best mutual fund for SIP. They have put in quite a lot of details in the post, and it’s definitely worth checking out.
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Who is most like Apple?
in Opinion
A couple of days ago @gkjohn Tweeted this out: Has there ever been a parallel in consumer electronic history to Apple’s growth in the last decade? My first reaction to this question was probably Sony. When I thought about consumer electronics, the most successful company I could think of was Sony, and I thought they
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How to invest in NCDs and Bonds?
in Fixed Deposits
This is another post from the Suggest a Topic page, and this time we’re going to take a look at Swaroop’s question on how you can buy bonds or NCDs (Non Convertible Debentures). NCDs list on the stock market, and like shares and mutual funds, you can either buy them before listing, or you can
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