Foreign exchange reserve, often taken as a yardstick to gauge a country's financial strength, are the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks or monetary authorities (it is Reserve Bank in case of India).
Subramanian recommended five ways of financing additional expenditure over a period of one year, including cutting expenditure and borrowing directly from the RBI or monetising debt.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
There will be different ways of returning the money, depending on the profile of the depositors and the amount, predicts Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
While the PM sees zero tax on long-term capital gains and dividend income as unfair since the beneficiaries are not poor, he is silent on the fact that rich farmers too don't pay taxes, since farm income is tax-free, a loophole exploited by many netas and babus, says Debashis Basu.
On her 65th birthday, Sukanya Verma looks at the diva's 10 definitive songs.
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A prenupt could help cut down the exorbitant divorce settlement costs and also make sure that there is no bone of contention between the partners including a joint account when divorce happens.
Cricket was the first to hit the restart button in Indian sports with the IPL, albeit on foreign shores of UAE, in a strict bio-secure bubble.
The Khatron Ke Khiladi contestant mixes business with pleasure!
The Fed has prepared the world very well for a rate hike. In fact the market may have priced in a 25 basis points increase. So if the increase is 50 basis points, the reaction could be stunning, but a 25 basis points rise is not likely to have any great impact, says P V Subramanyam.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
A hedge fund is an investment vehicle that pursues absolute returns on its underlying investments, which includes stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, derivatives, etc., while applying non-traditional portfolio management techniques such as shorting, leveraging, arbitrage, swaps, and so on.
Can Indian youth work on solutions for cyber security?
As India's Dattu Bhokanal will be competing in the men's singles sculls rowing event fat the Rio 2016 Olympics, on Saturday, here is a beginner's guide.
An FoF is a mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds belonging to the same fund house or belonging to other fund houses.
The previous bout of Fed withdrawal fears had threatened to spark a crisis of confidence in India -- sending the rupee to a record low of 68.85 in late August and leading to steep falls in bonds and stocks.
Chinese web-users unleashed their fury on the social media accounts of Australian Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton, demanding he apologise for calling swimming rival Sun Yang a "drug cheat".
It is difficult to answer this question in yes or no. Here's Dwaipayan Bose's thorough analyses
NDA government has shunned populism.
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
The Reserve Bank on Thursday said its surplus (profit) for the FY'14 fiscal declined 14.75 per cent to Rs 52,679 crore (Rs 526.79 billion) as its interest income from investments in foreign sovereign bonds declined during the year even as its investments increased.
'In every episode, you are tricked into believing that this messy girl whose life is falling apart is so talented and real that you have to love her for who she is.' 'And you will love her eventually because Masaba is effortless and looks stunning in every frame,' notes Divya Nair.
The broader consensus was that the Fed would cut the monthly stimulus of $85 billion by $10-15 billion.
'It is crucial to understand that the ultimate goal of your investments isn't to pay lesser tax, but to create long-term wealth for you and your family,' says Satyen Kothari, founder and CEO, Cube Wealth.
Besides return and risk, investors also need to weigh the liquidity of the instrument they are putting money in
Argentina has made significant progress on LGBT+ rights in recent years, in 2010 becoming the first country in Latin America to let gay and lesbian couples marry and adopt children. Vega posted a letter on social media coming out to his fans - the first openly gay professional basketball player in Argentina's history.
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Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'Rahul Gandhi has personally paid a heavy price for this character assassination and remorseless ridiculing and the Congress, of course, has been demolished politically.'
Investments need not be a fixed list of stocks and bonds. Believe it or not, it can be quite imaginative. We love to hear your views on this one.
Pankaj Kapur discusses his latest, The Blue Umbrella.
The device's top quality, above Apple and other smartwatches, is its battery life. The 46 mm one can run for at least three days on full use and over a week on limited use, says Veer Arjun Singh.
Cashi Crisis: Day 9: Aaj ki Taaza Khabar!
Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
Monitoring and modifying a portfolio necessitates the services of a qualified and competent investment advisor. Our advice -- ensure that your advisor is up to the task.
Given that there are hundreds of players in the shadow banking space, it's hard to make a credible estimate of potential NPAs. That creates more scope for panic, says Devangshu Datta.