I am completely at a loss to what to write about Equity Research. Really. Either I know so little, or there is some serious lack of clarity about where to start. So instead of writing about Equity Research let me tell you what all one should know about life to be a good stock picker. […]

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  What are primary and secondary markets? When a fresh set of shares ARE CREATED – that means a new set of distinctive numbers of shares are created – it is called a Primary market offering. Prospectus is issued, application forms are printed and the public is asked to subscribe to the shares being offered. […]

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Just like the complaint against Icici bank for losing/ misplacing documents…here is one against Lic Housing finance… from another reader… My wife and I had a similar experience with LICHFL in May-2011. We had jointly taken a housing loan against LIC policies kept as collateral with them. They had given us an appointment 3 months […]

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When I ask this question, most people say 9-10% p.a. – just by adding about 100 basis points to the P Chidambaram’s random generated number of 8%. This of course is just another case of innumeracy. The real number in the past 3 year is much higher. RBI and MoF are both aware of this […]

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Dear Sir, If you publish this in your blog, please remove loan account number and service request number. I had taken a home loan from ICICI during 2002 (account no. removed) The last EMI was paid in Jan, 2014. However, when I went to the branch to collect the original property documents, it was found […]

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Start early, compounding, saving is not enough you need to invest, plan early for retirement, lead a simple life…..etc. are things that I keep screaming. Assuming a person comes to this blog at age 21, it is about 15 years too late!! You need to teach your children all these concepts at class 5 level […]

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There are some new bond offering from Ireda….here are the details… http://myinvestmentideas.com/2014/02/ireda-tax-free-bonds-febmar-2014-tranche-i/

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