Jim Walker of CLSA believes that the sub-prime mortgage markets will impact the US credit system. In his view, global equity markets will factor in more risks.
Data points in India have always been a sticky issue but the FII figures divulged by the market regulator Sebi are turning out to be quite misleading.
Broadly, one could assess the impact of the Budget on personal financial planning from two angles. Check them out.
The rate of tax deduction at source (TDS) has been doubled from the earlier 5 per cent to 10 per cent for these professionals, reports Economic Times.
It's a scary market fall, albeit much anticipated. While, the reasons are largely global, it seems the Indian indices will remain in the tight grip of bears for sometime.
One can short-sell an ETF or buy on margin or even purchase one unit, which is not possible with index-funds/conventional MFs.
Let's hope the FM takes care of these issues in the forthcoming budget to give a further impetus to long-term financial planning.
ELSS, in general, is one of the best options among the instruments eligible for tax benefits under section 80C both in terms of potential to grow as well as tax efficiency of the returns.
This NFO does not offer anything new and investors would be well advised to monitor its performance for 3 years before investing.
Director of Unitech, Sanjay Chandra believes that with income levels and economy, both rising, the end-users or buyers are still there in the market and very actively still buying and does not expect any slowdown.
CFO of Lanco Group, Suresh Kumar explains how interest rate hikes would affect their project.
Goal re-planning for your lifestyle and emotional aspirations would indicate the resources you have, how long they will last how much you need to deploy additionally.
Japan's Toppan Printing has announced their new nanotext printing technology for inserting microscopic text into holographic images.
There is a brand finance study that pegs the Tata brand value at about $7.6 billion and a 103 on the list of 250 'most valuable brands in the world.' After acquiring Corus, this is value will rise further.
Make sure you have a firm investment policy in place - one that clearly spells out which product to buy for each goal, why to buy, when to buy and when to sell.
Mutual funds pared exposure to auto, cement, metal, FMCG, telecom, sugar, and power stocks in January.
The stock market index is also a representative number.
Sporadic investments done in fits and starts aren't going to get you anywhere. Regular investment and regular investment alone is the difference between a winner and a loser.
Global IT major Oracle plans to use its Indian acquisition i-Flex to acquire more customers in the banking sector. Their joint sales pitch has now fetched them their first client among US retail banks
This is not as obvious as you think - if you think really hard or closely observe people around you, you will notice that people are not so ambitious about wealth per se as much as about their career.
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