Month: September 2013
Below are all the posts archived for the month.
Shriram Transport Finance 11.75% NCDs – October 2013 Issue
in Investments
This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in Shriram Transport Finance Company Limited (STFCL) will be launching its public issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) from October 7th i.e. next Monday. The company plans to
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Buffett’s six criteria for business acquisition
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I’ve been reading all of Warren Buffett’s letter to shareholders these days, and beginning with the 1982 letter, Buffett lays out five simple criteria for buying businesses or stocks. This appears for the next few years, and I think presents a useful guide to retail investors to evaluate stocks as well. Here are the six
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SIPs are a small step in the ladder
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I’ve been busier than usual for the past few days and I’ve only been able to look at headlines and glance at my portfolio from time to time. I looked at my portfolio today and saw that iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund which is a Nifty based ETF that trades on the NASDAQ, and was
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How to generate monthly inflows from Tax-Free Bonds?
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This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in A couple of days back, I got an investor query on my email id asking me whether she should go for NCDs issue of India Infoline
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RBI’s September 2013 Monetary Policy Review
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This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in What the Finance Minister P Chidambaram must have advised the RBI’s ex-Governor D Subbarao not to do and what he must have wanted US Federal Reserve
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IIFL 12% NCDs vs. HUDCO 8.76% Tax-Free Bonds – which one is better to invest?
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This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in Two debt issues opened for subscription on September 17 – India Infoline Finance Limited (IIFL) 12% NCDs and HUDCO 8.76% Tax-Free Bonds. Both these issues have
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HUDCO 8.76% Tax Free Bonds Issue – September 2013
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This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in After a reasonably good response to the REC tax-free bonds, the next eligible company to come up with such an issue is Housing and Urban Development
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Weekend links Sep 13 2013
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Let’s start this week with a piece that Dr. Bibek Debroy wrote about the way out for the Indian economy. Dr. Debroy points out that the fiscal deficit is the symptom, not the disease, and goes on to list ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. You must have seen the steps he’s advocating earlier
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How can the citizens of India contribute and prevent value of rupee from falling?
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Gunjan Talwani sent the following email day before yesterday: Gunjan Talwani: How can the citizens of India contribute and prevent value of rupee from falling? Please suggest few steps. I think this is a very noble sentiment and you don’t usually see these type of comments where people want to know what they can do
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India Infoline Finance Limited 12% NCDs Issue – September 2013
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This post is written by Shiv Kukreja, who is a Certified Financial Planner and runs a financial planning firm, Ojas Capital in Delhi/NCR. He can be reached at skukreja@investitude.co.in So, the next company in line to issue non-convertible debentures (NCDs) is India Infoline Finance Limited (IIFL), a 98.87% subsidiary of India Infoline Limited (IIL). It
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