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Investment, not Saving, Improves Living Standards
I’m reading this splendid book called “The World is Curved” by David Smick. It’s about why the world, in a crisis, is actually not flat – taking off ...
Commentary
SEBI Hits Back: New ULIPs Can’t Be Issued
So there was a lot of drama after the recent IRDA-SEBI fight, which went all the way to Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, and the FM Pranab Mukherjee announced ...
Stocks
Infy: EPS Declines and Guidance Is Negative
Infosys announced their Q4 results, with a profit DECLINE year-on-year, of 0.9% to 1,600 cr. EPS has gone down to Rs. 28.02 from 28.33, which is a 1% decline. ...
Foundations
Deepak Shenoy Talks: Inflation, Market Cap To GDP and more…
What follows is a 5 minute (okay, 6 minute) video on some of the data I wanted to blog about but decided I’d talk about it instead. It’s a format I call ...
Fixed Income
First Government Bond Auction Fails
On friday, the new financial year’s first government bond auction for 12,000 crores failed; about 448 crores devolved on primary dealers. (101: Auctions are ...
Commentary
SEBI Bans ULIPs from 14 Insurers; IRDA Reacts
On Friday, SEBI issued an order banning 14 companies from issuing any more ULIPs, with immediate effect. SEBI full time member Prashant Saran said in the order ...
Commentary
3G Auction Process – Fascinating
Reuters reports on the process: Each of the auctions for 3G spectrum in India’s 22 telecoms zones would be a separate but simultaneous process conducted ...
Premium Portfolio
NSE changes Lot Sizes for F&O, Finally
After SEBI standardised lot sizes, the National Stock Exchange has not acted to change the lot sizes, resulting in the unhappy situation of my not being able ...
Commentary
Readings: Self-Investing, Rent-Free, Ripoffs, Salary Hikes and More…
Some interesting links: Value Research: You’re smart enough to learn about investments yourself. (HT: Samarth Modi) Trader Mark: Live rent free for three ...
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