Tax
What is securities transaction tax?
Securities Transaction Tax (STT) was introduced in India a few years ago, to circumvent the tax avoidance of capital gains
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Opinion
Buy and hold. And sell?
The Buy and Hold strategy is one, that gets beaten a lot in bear markets. There are good reasons for
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Opinion
Officially in a Recession
The National Burueau of Economic Research has announced that the US has been in recession since December 2007. The average
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Articles
What is an ETN
ETN stands for an Exchange Traded Note and should not be confused with an ETF. It shares some attributes of
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Articles
Why did countries get off the gold standard?
Gold standard means that the currency that is printed cannot exceed the gold reserves of the country. Since the supply
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Opinion
Interesting Reads this Week – 29th Nov
Here are some interesting articles that I came across during the week. 1. Grocery Shopping in New Delhi: This is
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Opinion
Diversification with respect to asset prices
Diversification is often thought of, in terms of asset classes and age groups. You will normally hear that the weight
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Articles
What is quantitative easing?
Quantitative easing refers to the actions by Central Banks that create liquidity in the economy by printing money. This is
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Articles
Debt Securitization
A lot of the current financial crisis has been attributed to the securitization of debt. This means that debt that
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Articles
Why is Deflation bad?
With the Japanese economy contracting for two consecutive quarters, the focus of many economists has shifted to Deflation. Why does
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