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ECommerce, SIP Investing, and Entry Loads…

Nikhil Pahwa rants about the ecommerce business in India. In a short summary His interaction shows that ecommerce businesses are laying off or are running at ...

Nifty down 5.7% in Feb, Takes 2013 Down

Because of the budget posts, my monthly move post got delayed – to today. The Nifty had a negative month, down 5.7%, taking Year 2013 to the negative zone. ...

New Chapter in Budgetonomics: More than 573,000 cr. Lost Due To Tax Benefits, in 2012-13

We’ve added a new chapter in the Budgetonomics e-Book about Budget 2013. Looking at the revenue foregone, it seems that the if the benefits given to us (and ...

The Great Fall of NHPC

I’ve recently had a chance to trade into a few stocks, and one of them was NHPC. Unforunately the stock has crashed beyond imagination, hitting my stop loss ...

India PMI Falls to 54.8, Growth Pace Declines

The HSBC Markit Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) comes in at 54.8, with the service part of the index slowing down while the manufacturing pace increased. A ...

Budgetonomics: E-Book on Budget 2013 Released!

You can now get my budget analysis (of Budget 2013) in e-book form, with “Budgetonomics”, with Dheeraj Singh. Updated: Four new chapters with a ton of new ...

Should We Tax Dividends in India? No Way!

I strongly believe that dividends should not be taxed for shareholders. In social media I’ve received a lot of criticism for this opinion, because an ...

Service Tax Amnesty Scheme Introduced

While small service providers are exempt from paying service tax until after they receive Rs. 10 lakh in any year, many such providers earn more and don’t ...

Startups In Budget 2013, A Mixed Bag

What’s in it for startups? Last year, we had a horrible section (Read the full e-book) that still works against angel investors in early stage startups. ...

Keyman Insurance Loophole Plugged: All Proceeds Will Be Taxed, No Exemption

Budget 2013 has plugged a loophole in the tax system. Consider a small company that wanted to pay its management a bonus based on a large profit it had ...