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Mutual Funds
Paying Mutual Fund Investors To Invest
1) Mutual fund Asset Management Companies (AMCs) take around 1-2.5% of all the equity assets they own. Equity funds are lucrative in comparison with debt funds ...
Breaking
Value Research: Tax ULIPs
Dhirendra Kumar makes a useful point: Like all insurance products, the returns earned by ULIPs are free of income tax. However, the returns from the investment ...
Foundations
Video: Pension Plans vs. Do It Yourself
My latest Deepak Shenoy Talks Video on the Max New York Life Insurance Plan I was sent recently. Thought I’d do a video format and demonstrate exactly how ...
General
Buy or Rent, BP, US Mortages, Debt-funds
Links for today: Hilarious take on the buy versus rent issue. (via @justmohit) The Social Media outrage and how it impacts BP. MediaNama: TRAI proposes do-call ...
Charts & Analysis
Algorithmic Trading Possible in India?
In a program trading group on LinkedIn, someone asked if Algo trading is viable in India. My answer, suitably explained: Note: If you aren’t a trader, this ...
Opinion
On Yahoo: Death by Taxes
My latest column at Yahoo is about how taxes muddle our investment decisions: Nothing is certain but death and taxes, an old saying goes. The man who said ...
General
Repo is Back. Will Banks Hike FD rates?
The 3G Auctions and an advance tax date (Jun 15) have produced an interesting twist: Banks are scrambling around for money. After nearly two years, the RBI ...
General
India Infoline Recommends A Buy and Sell, on the Same Stock
India Infoline publishes two very interesting reports, dated May 31. And: The first one is only for their “private client group” and the second one, a free ...
General
Indian Private Consumption Falling As % of GDP
While I like to believe India is a great consumption economy, look at the way private consumption has gone in the last thirty years: From IMF paper. From ...
Commentary