A portfolio for an investor is his investments – investment in Mutual Funds, Debt Instruments, Equity Stocks, Insurance, Real Estate Investment, Investment in Gold & Silver, Forex and other financial instruments. This composite basket is the portfolio mix where each…
Category: Finance
[India] Tax Saving Fixed Deposit: A Reality Check
Tax Saving Fixed Deposit, A good Investment ? Fixed Deposit is one of the safest investment avenues for an investor. Tax Saving FD is similar to the normal FD except that these FD has a compulsory lock-in period of 5…
[India] An Excellent Opportunity To Invest: REC Tax Free Bonds
Should I invest in Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) Tax Free Bond ? Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), a Government of India undertaking, is issuing Tax Free Secured Redeemable bond to Retail & Corporate/HNI at competitive coupon rate in the…
Zynga IPO – Likely To Raise 1 Billion Dollars
Zynga, the company behind Farmville which is so popular in Facebook, is planning to raise US $1 billion through the IPO process. Zynga plans to offer 100 million shares priced at $10 each to the public. This figure is not…
Gold And Silver Drops To A 7 Week Low
Gold prices have fallen to a seven week low. This drop in price was a result of the news when Federal Reserve neglected and rejected any further stimulus measures. It was also due to the reduced demand for metal due…
The Shrinking Denominator
We are living in an era of cheap currencies. Gone are the days when devaluation was taken up to balance the deficit of payments, to speed up manufacturing sector, create employment opportunities thereby providing social and economic growth. Putting it…
Financial Crunch At Air India
“AI selects Booz, Rothschild for cost restructuring?, “AI may announce 50% incentive cut?, “Pilots refuse to meet with Air India management?, “AI asks employees to accept salary cuts”. These are the news headlines that have been flooding the media and…
Paypal India: Receiving Limit Raised To US $3000 Per Transaction
Paypal India today increased the receiving limit per transaction to US$ 3000. Paypal had earlier, acting on RBI directives, put a limit of US$ 500 per transaction for inward receiving. This left many Freelancers and Ebay sellers looking for other…
Payment Gateways – All That You Ever Wanted To Know – Part 2
Working of Payment Gateway When you actually make a payment online, the whole process of making a payment seems very simple. But the processes that run behind the system are actually very complex and contain series of steps. Here is…
Payment Gateways – All That You Ever Wanted To Know – Part 1
What is a Payment Gateway Payment Gateway is a service that helps you authorize payments for carrying out electronic transactions. It authorizes payments for online retailers and e-businesses. It helps by providing tools to process payments between banks, customers and…