Archive for the 'Economy' Category

Ayn Rand: Must Read Page

I hope there are many readers of my blog who are fans of Ayn Rand. She surely made a whole generation think about money in a more positive light. Of course agreeing with her philosophy of the ‘Art of Selfishness’ is difficult, it is at least a thought. I do not know whether I am [...]

What is XBRL?

XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It has become and is fast becoming THE reporting language internationally. It makes sense to all those people who use accounting information. Extensible means the application can be extended adding machine and human readable tags. Applications: a) for financial statements b) for taxes c) accounting and business reporting [...]

S&P Lecturing on The Economy!

Thank God Human memory is short. Imagine if you had a long memory you would remember the punishment you got in class 7 for not doing your home work! However one of the important FAILURES of the 2008 was the rating agency companies ability to know the difference between a AAA and D-. Even now [...]

Inflation and psychology!

Inflation story continued……… Psychological Impact of inflation is quite harsh on the investors and savers. Economic theory says when inflation is high, people will tend to spend more – because there is no incentive to save. This is true to a very limited extent. Most people get so scared that they start saving more and [...]