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Commentary
New Tax Code: EET Regime and Tax Saving Schemes
The new Direct Tax Code is out (full draft) and proposed to cut taxes dramatically starting 2011. From a current slab of about 1.6 lakh, 3 lakh and five lakh ...
Stocks
Borrowing to buy IPOs – Another Bubble in the making
LIvemint/Reuters: Brokers making costly loans to IPO speculators Mumbai: Indian brokerages are borrowing ultra short-term money at almost twice the market ...
General
Paulson, ethics waivers, Goldman and the AIG bailout
From the New York Times: “I operated very consistently within the ethic guidelines I had as secretary of the Treasury,” Mr. Paulson responded, adding that ...
Economy
Bank Credit Growth lowest since March 2004
RBI releases the total bank credit every fortnight. The latest total bank credit value (Food + non-food credit) adds up to 27.77 lakh crore. But you gotta look ...
General
NHPC IPO: P/E of 36
I’ve had some mail requesting for comments on the NHPC IPO. First note: the IPO is already 3x oversubscribed, with only one day of the IPO through. Only ...
Commentary
Buffett: Winning With Government Support
Rolfe Winkler on Buffett’s Betrayal: Today, Buffett remains famous for investing The Right Way. He even has a television cartoon in the works, which will ...
General
RBI rejects all bids in bond auction
The RBI was supposed to sell another 12,000 cr. worth of bonds today. In anticipation, the yields had moved to 7.09% yesterday. And today, this happened: The ...
Charts & Analysis
Yet Another Inflation Update
Time for an inflation revision. Latest is -1.58%, but the graph doesn’t look like it’s falling very much. (Click for a larger image) What’s ...
General
Another Great Trading Move
Once in a while you see a signal. Of euphoria, or panic. This time I’m seeing it again – the euphoria. It’s a great trading move – the ...
Foundations