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Publication: Business Standard; Date: Aug 9, 2009; Section: Marketing & Investing Why a well-managed and diversified fund will always beat a benchmark. A lot has been written about index funds in the past two years, with most proponents recommending it as a key component in a portfolio. The overall argument being that most diversified equity funds […]
Publication: Business Standard, Mumbai; Date: July 12, 2009; On the global front, oil prices and commodities, including gold, corrected sharply on fears of lower demand and weak global cues. There is no apparent recovery in sight in the short term for most developed markets and this is once again putting pressure on equity markets worldwide. With the […]
Publication: Business Standard, New Delhi; Date: June 21, 2009; Signals to look for before deciding when to enter, lie low or get out of stock markets. Cautious Bull, Optimistic Bull, Fearful Bear are some of the terms thrown at equity investors in the past several weeks. Most investors are waiting on the sidelines, mulling whether […]
Publication: Business standard; section: Money matters; Date: May 24, 2009 Emotions should not drive your investment strategy and there’s a way of ensuring this doesn’t happen. The upper circuits of Golden Monday took every possible participant in the Indian equity markets by surprise. Though there was not much of buying on the day, Tuesday witnessed […]
Publication: Business Standard, Mumbai; Date: April 12, 2009; Section: Markets & Investing; It is important that children start their financial education at the earliest. When Raymond Darashaw was a child, he believed that one simply needed to have a magic card (read debit card) to withdraw money from the nearest Automated Teller Machine (ATM). And his parents allowed him to […]
Publication: Business Standard, Mumbai; Date: April 5, 2009, With All asset classes under stress, you need to have a sound strategy to survive these tough times. As one enters the new financial year, one is faced with a large number of questions. After the stock market debacle in the last year, all investors would be wondering […]
Publication: Business Standard, Mumbai; Date: March 1, 2009 Take a decision based on the remaining tenure, penalty and processing charges. In the last five months, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced four rate cuts, primarily to ease the liquidity crisis that has besieged the financial markets. These cuts have encouraged the public sector banks […]
Publication : Business standard, Mumbai; Date:February 15, 2009 Don’t dig into personal reserves, avoid personal and short-term loans. Recession, slowdown, budget freezes and cost cutting are four buzz words in any discussion today. Due to tough times, corporations have been forced to cut down on various costs. Just two days back, Citigroup head honcho Vikram […]
Publication: Business Standard, Mumbai; Date: Jan 11, 2009; Section: Cover Story; In 2009, expect a Few developments in the personal finance space that will change things for the better. The year 2008 would be remembered for the sharp fall in stock markets and closure of legendary institutions like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. Even in the personal finance space, […]
Publication: Business Standard, Mumbai; Date: Jan. 4, 2009; Section: Road Ahead; After despair in 2008, invest smartly in 2009. The year 2008 has tested all investors. Besides a steady fall in the equity market, albeit with high volatility in some months, even other asset classes have seen a steady decline. For instance, crude oil went up to $147 […]