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Silver
21/03/2011 03:43
Silver prices have gone parabolic over the past few weeks as the price of the metal has risen over 30% in just the past six weeks. Not only has the metal entered a near vertical rise, but its performance when compared to gold has been phenomenal. In fact, the ratio is now sitting above...
Eyeing on Nifty
21/03/2011 03:41
The Nifty finally broke out of the immediate range of 5440-5550 and unfortunately for the bulls, the move was to the downside. For the third time to touch the nifty level of 5180 in a few weeks, whether the recent weakness will lead to a larger correction or whether buyers will step in once again....
PPF
15/03/2011 07:19
Basic Features:
- Long-term investment option
- High on safety, by virtue of it being government-backed,
- tax benefits,
- loan options
- low maintenance cost
Account Opening:
Minimum initial deposit of just Rs 100 to start a PPF account: Accounts could be opened at any branch of the State Bank of...
Turmoil
15/03/2011 07:00
Protestors are getting organized for an uprising in Saudi Arabia & Iran, as did prior to unrest in Libya, Egypt and other Arab nations.
Then what would be the level of Oil? Saudi Arabia accounts for about 10% of the world’s oil and any uprising in the country could raise the oil price to, at...
Interest Rate Arbitrage
13/03/2011 06:43
Now time to play with interest rate. Opportunities lies here and there and comes time and again. Look for rate arbitrage opportunity in debt instruments like banks. Banks are borrowing from RBI to lend in the money market, taking advantage of a rate arbitrage opportunity. Funds are...
The Two Choices We Face
23/02/2011 07:36
by Jim Rohn
Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices...
SBI Bond
23/02/2011 07:30
Brokers in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi and other major cities are paying a premium to retail investors for applying ongoing SBI Bond on their behalf. The brokers are offering up to Rs 16,000 per application of Rs 5,00,000. The brokers are taking a risk assuming the bonds will list at a premium of Rs...
Forex Trading
23/02/2011 07:28
Indian residents cannot trade in foreign exchange in domestic or overseas markets, under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), clarified the RBI. The RBI also clarified that remittance in any form towards overseas foreign exchange trading through electronic or Internet trading is not...
Spillover Dividend
23/02/2011 07:17
A special type of dividend where the payment year and the taxable year for it are at different times.
Most often this occurs in a situation when the dividend has been declared near the end of the calender year (during the fourth quarter), but the actual distribution date of the...
Bank Recapitalisation
23/02/2011 07:10
After Bank of Maharastra, Dena Bank (Rs 539 Cr) & Vijaya Bank (Rs 368 Cr) are two candidates. Uco Bank would get an capital infusion of Rs 940 Cr, Corporation Bank to get Rs 309 Cr and United Bank would get Rs 308 Cr.
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