Month: March 2012

Below are all the posts archived for the month.

OneMint by Numbers
in Opinion

There hasn’t been a post on the site for the last couple of days because OneMint has now moved from a shared web host to a VPS (Virtual Private Server) and I had to stop posting while that work was going on. This was triggered because of a notification from my web host about high
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Part 2: How should beginners approach investing in the stock market?
in Investing for Beginners

In part 1 of this series, I wrote about how most people get hooked to the stock market and how they evolve through the various stages of a speculator / investor. I closed that post summing up my preference for long term investing, and in this post I’m going to write about two things that
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2012 Budget: Where does the government spend your money?
in Economy

Earlier in the week I looked at how the government raises money, and in this post I’m going to look at a few charts on how the government spends its money. There are two heads of government spending – Non Plan Expenditure and Plan Expenditure. Non Plan Expenditure is money that’s spent on sustaining the
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How to buy health insurance in India?
in Insurance

This is a guest post by Mahavir Chopra, Head – eBusiness & Retail, http://www.Medimanage.com Being a part of health insurance services company I have always noticed that there are large number of people, who at first show keen interest in buying Health Insurance services, but after they are recommended some of the best suitable health
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80CCF Infrastructure bonds still available in March 2012
in Fixed Deposits

In the last 2 or 3 days, there have been a few comments and emails inquiring about the availability of 80CCF infrastructure bonds. I guess there are always some people who get left behind till the very last moment. There are still 4 companies that have infra bonds on offer, but they are all going
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Budget 2012: Where does the government get its money from?
in Economy

Yesterday I wrote about some of the key highlights from the budget and today I’m going to take a look at the sources of government funds and how they contribute to the government coffers. First, what are these sources? 1. Revenue Receipts – Tax Revenue: This is the tax that the government collects in the
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