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Lately there have been lots of talks on inflation being around the 11-12% mark. Personally I am of the view that inflation in India is not just around 11-12%, but much higher. Figures can be manipulated, and they always are. Just look at the prices of things we use in our daily lives. Some...

Pick up any mutual fund portfolio of an active investor and you will usually find it beset with typical problems. These can affect the overall performance. If we can understand, identify and rectify these common blunders, we can make much better returns out of our money. A bloated Portfolio...

There are two important decisions that required to be made in relation to any investment. The first one is when to buy and the second is when to sell. There is generally a lot of information available about when and how to buy but not much is written or said about when to sell. For an equity...

Nowadays each day at the markets is a grim, gloomy and depressing story. Everyday we look at the markets with apprehension - How much will it fall today? How much more pain is left? It has been a totally shocking scenario as the markets have crashed by almost 40% from 21,000+ levels to below...

THEY say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. You're better off either knowing about something in totality or not knowing anything at all. But unfortunately this dangerous ground of 'half baked' knowledge is what most of us live in. We've heard something from someone, we've read a bit...

DEFINITION EFFECTS OF STRESS UNDERSTANDING STRESS CAUSES OF STRESS

Conflict - “Disagreement between Individuals or groups”

It was another day of carnage. Sensex has lost nearly 900 points in last two trading sessions. In today’s dreadful free fall, 667 stocks have touched their 52-week low. This includes ‘A’ group stocks like ACC, Adlabs Films, Alstom Projects, Ambuja Cements, BEML, BPCL, DLF, Gammon India, Grasim...

Given the current political and economic uncertainty in India, equity markets have fallen significantly from their January highs – with almost all sectors in the red. Some sectors have fallen as much as 50% since then. As investors, have rushed towards debt, rising yields and rising inflation...

The other day, two school kids were talking to each other – sharing jokes and having a great time. I happened to be around and overheard the following joke. One day, a moron decided to swim across the English Channel. He started with a lot of enthusiasm. He had crossed around three fourth of...

Life (including investments) is not about not making mistakes, but to learn from them. A wise person quickly learns from his mistakes - and those of the others too. Given below are 7 do’s and don’ts which we can follow to avoid mistakes commonly made by investors in MFs. Rule 1 : Don’t look at...

FDA to establish office in India WASHINGTON: US Administration is planning to set up an office for Food and Drug Administration in India for observing safety of food products that are exported to the US. Speaking at the United States India Business Council conference, US Secretary of Health...

Words of Kindness People around us are hungry for kindness, I mean the genuine one, not the one in the commercials; giving a word of kindness can and it eventually will make the difference in someone’s life! What’s more, the day you’ll need that word yourself, it will return to you...