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Fixed Income
IFCI Infra Bonds: Saves You Tax Too
IFCI has some infrastructure bonds open for purchase, and they give you a tax exemption on a limit of 20,000 per year. Scheme: ...
Commentary
Thinking Aloud: SMS Spam
Reading about Spam SMSes I’ve realized that the reason spam is prevalent is that costs are low. From LiveMint: Today, Singh sends close to 20 million SMSes ...
Economy
Food Inflation at 14.85%: Dangerous Past Revisions
Food Inflation – the “Primary Articles” part of the WPI – is quietly inching downwards, at 14.85%. Click for larger images. While inflation looks like ...
Charts & Analysis
NIFTY Changes, Stocks In and Out
Three stocks are being replaced in the NSE Nifty, as of October 1. Going out Coming In ABB BAJAJ-AUTO IDEA Dr. Reddy UNITECH SESAGOA Typically stocks ...
General
IIP, Seasonally Adjusted, is a Positive
The Index of Industrial Production which I mentioned in my earlier post as a negative (only 7.13%) is strangely, a positive move when it is seasonally ...
General
More MLM: Insurers, Fraud MLMs and Videos
I’ve been getting a dramatic number of emails regarding the Multi-Level Marketing article. Some comments: From @monikahalan – a Mint write up about how ...
Foundations
On Yahoo: Multi-Level Marketing
My latest at Yahoo: The Problem with Multi-Level Marketing (Reproduced) A few years ago, a member of my college’s alumni association called and wanted to ...
Commentary
ICICI Launches Online Term Insurance
ICICI Launches an online iProtect plan – for a 35 year old, the premium is just 24,000 for a 30 year, 1 crore term insurance. This is bought entirely online ...
Charts & Analysis
Nifty Earnings Per Share Growth at 6.76%
Nifty’s EPS growth has just not happened, again stagnating at 238, a growth of 6.76% over last year. The current P/E ratio is 22.76. This is after most of ...
Economy