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Mutual funds must now toe the line

Sebi has recently moved to correct two HUGE problems with mutual fund offers in India. 1) MF Issue Expenses: Earlier, Mutual Funds used to charge upto 6% of ...
Stocks

Recap: RIL and SBI

I predicted in an earlier post that Reliance Industries (RIL) and SBI were good investments. That was December 16, 2005. The Sensex was 9100 then. Today the ...
Stocks

Two Great posts for investors

Charu Majumdar has two very good posts on investing: Ten Steps to Wealth Creation (talks about how you can invest and grow your money) Personal Investment ...
Stocks

ULIP NAVs: Where?

There seems to be no single place which you can query for NAVs (Net Asset Values) of ULIP (Unit Linked Insurance Plans) of various Insurance Companies in ...
Stocks

Insurance: A primer

Everyone’s talking about Insurance nowadays. What is it? And why should you, a regular salaried employee buy it? Why should the business owner buy it? ...
Opinion

Where to invest now?

The Sensex has gone above 9,100 – and the NIFTY is touching 2,800. What to do now? Is it too high? Well, a number of people are saying it’s ...
Foundations

ULIPs : A good investment?

(Some of you have asked for the “basics” of investing – I’m writing an article about this, and hope to have it ready soon) Meanwhile, I ...
General

Thanks for the comments!

Yasmeen posted a comment and I thought I’d reply in a separate post: Great Job Deepak. Neat BLog. I like the content and the style! Thanks, Yasmeen! I ...
Stocks

ELSS: Not that attractive?

Budget 2005 announced that you could save tax by investing Rs. 1,00,000 – one lakh – in any specified scheme, and the invested amount would be tax ...
Foundations

Capital Gains Tax: A primer

If you make a profit buying and selling Capital Assets (Property, Stock, Mutual Fund units etc.), you need to pay Capital Gains Tax. Here’s a primer: ...
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