Monthly Archives: August 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-31

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Introduction of Hedge Funds in India

The Draft Report of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms headed by Professor Raghuram Rajan was issued for comment in April 2008. Among the proposals that the high-level committee made was the introduction of domestic hedge funds. The committee feels … Continue reading

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Contrarian thinking helps while investing in Stocks

Contrarian investing is a proven way of finding multi-baggers and generating great wealth in the long run. Simply put, a contrarian investment strategy involves buying stocks which have fallen out of favour with the market for some reason or the … Continue reading

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-26

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Financial Markets India Update

The market moved in to a bit of a corrective mode recently with higher inflation numbers coming out week after week and also due to some amount of bounce in crude prices once again, which breached the USD 120 per … Continue reading

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Where is the Market going?

Going forward markets will be dependent upon global clues and fund flow as well from FIIs. With Left out of UPA, pace of reforms in India in the next six months will be crucial for markets as well. Any rise … Continue reading

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-21

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Gold ETF trading at a premium to Physical Gold

GOLD exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are feeling the pinch due to the shortage in physical supply of the bullion. Gold ETFs are open-ended mutual fund schemes that are backed by units of physical gold (0.995 purity). The recent drop in gold … Continue reading

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Time to Invest in Stocks & Equities?

With equity markets descending from their record highs, several investors want to know if this is the right time to invest in equities. More importantly, they would like to know if markets have bottomed out. As regards the former, it … Continue reading

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-18

My Stocks & Insurance Channel are tweeting! Adding my Mutual Funds Channel too. Thanks to new followers for the encouragement # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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