Month: April 2013
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
PPFAS Mutual Fund Review
in Mutual Funds
I am usually reluctant about writing a review on a mutual fund NFO as the standard conclusion for most of these is that you should wait a couple of years or so before investing in them. Usually there is nothing that a new fund offers that is so irresistible that you overlook the fact that it has
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How much do NRIs contribute to the Indian economy?
in Economy
Mr. Ramamurthy posted the following comment a few days ago: Do you have the breakup of invisible imports? I presume it includes remittances made by Indians working abroad who send money to India? I think you did a post showing this? I cant access this? I think he meant invisible exports, and this is a
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Ants on skyscrapers get promoted in foggy Beijing
in Links
In a bit of a hurry today so doing quick links. NYT on a fascinating story on what a big deal pollution is in China. Excellent post on 5 things every presenter should know about people Is Pakistan the next frontier for entrepreneurs? Very interesting article on why putting trees on skyscrapers is not a
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REITs in India
in Investments, Opinion
REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust and is a type of a mutual fund. REITs are fairly common in the US and while SEBI had a proposal to allow them in India a few years ago, not much progress has been made since then. Just like any other mutual fund – the REIT operators will
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Are top ups on life insurance policies eligible for 80C deductions?
in Tax
Harshit Shah posted the following comment a few days ago: Harshit Shah April 17, 2013 at 1:42 pm [edit] Hi, First of all i would like to thank you to make this website which is guiding investor for better investing. I need your support in understanding none aspect of insurance: Top-up premium in life insurance. I have
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Features of the US Immigration Bill of interest to Indians
in Economy
The US has recently introduced a bill on immigration and since US is the second largest home to Indian diaspora with about 3 million people of Indian origin residing there – this bill is of a lot of interest to Indians. The bill is named “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act” and it
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Motilal Oswal MOSt Focused 25 Fund Review
in Mutual Funds
Motilal Oswal has come out with their first actively managed mutual fund and it’s called the MOSt Focused 25 Fund. It’s named this way because the fund will invest in up to 25 stocks at any given time. What will Motilal Oswal MOSt Focused 25 Fund invest in? This is an open ended equity fund, and
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5 changes in content based on last week’s feedback
in Announcements
Last week I posted some stats about OneMint, and how I was disappointed by the fall in traffic witnessed in the last year. It was amazing to see so many comments and emails on that post, and I thank all of you for your support. I’ve been thinking about all the feedback I got, and
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CEO who interviewed Prime Meridian had excel errors in underwear
in Links
Let’s start this week with a very interesting interview with the CEO of Guidewire – Marcus Ryu. I feel that a lot of CEO interviews are really lofty and talk about things that sound far away from reality, but this wasn’t anything like it. He spoke about practical things which made sense and were down
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What is the difference between NPS Tier 1 Account, Tier 2 Account and Swavalamban scheme?
in Investments
You have several options when it comes to opening an NPS account, and if you are just starting out — it is better to familiarize yourself with at least these three options: Tier 1 NPS Account Tier 2 NPS Account Swavalamban Scheme In this post, I’m going to talk about them briefly, discuss what differentiates
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