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Commentary
Readings: Japan, Expert Advise, Sec Theater
Japan, after the bubble. An old piece but amazingly informative about how real estate screwed that country. In the same context, WSJ on the London Real Estate ...
General
Off for a holiday
I’m off for a few days to Goa, so posting will be light. Correction: it will be absent. Unless I get blog-sick or whatever you call it. I gave Varun the ...
Foundations
At Yahoo: Tips About The Tipsters
My latest at Yahoo: Tips about the Tipsters. With a market as strong as this, there is no surprise that people are looking out for tips in the stock market, ...
Economy
October Monthly Inflation down to 8.58%
From the 8.62% reported in September, it seems. November last year shot up so you may see a benign November this year (but then this year, Diwali seems to have ...
Economy
Primary Articles Inflation Falls to 14.87%
So inflation’s for primary articles (food mostly) down now to 14.87%, and there’s a hope that the crop this year will be good and cut food inflation down ...
Opinion
At Yahoo: The Invisible Benefits of Starting Up
My latest at Yahoo: The Invisible Benefits of Starting Up. Starting your own business seems to be the fashionable thing to do nowadays, what with so many early ...
Fixed Income
L&T Infra Bonds – Upto Nov 15
On the lines of the IFCI Infra Bonds , Larsen and Toubro have Infra bonds out for subscription too, which save you tax upto 20,000 per year. This is separate ...
General
Happy Diwali 2010!
Happy Diwali everyone! Last year, I did my annual Diwali predictions, and it’s time for the judgements. Let’s see: Chinese real estate markets are going to ...
Foundations
At Yahoo: Seven myths of buying pre-construction apartments
At Yahoo, I write: Seven myths of buying pre-construction apartments Buying a house that will be constructed in the next few years is perhaps the only way a ...
Economy