Bond GuruSep 6, 20212 minEPF and PPFIn an economy such as India that does not have either a government sponsored social security program, nor a large corporate work force...
Bond GuruAug 31, 20213 minBringing up a family“Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it” is advice from a religious text about...
Bond GuruAug 23, 20213 minWHAT IS MARKET PRICE OF A BONDIn a bond world, it is important to understand the three key metrics: Market Price, YTM, and Coupon Rate, and the relation between them...
Bond GuruAug 16, 20215 minYTM AND ITS INVERSE RELATION WITH MARKET PRICE“Price is what you pay, value is what you get”. In an investment world nothing holds truer than these words from Warren Buffett. Humans...
Bond GuruAug 9, 20213 minSettlement of a Bond TradeWhose grandmother hasn’t talking longingly about the “Good old days”? Everything about the good old days was marvelous. Prices of food...
Bond GuruAug 2, 20213 minDerivatives – Options for ActionThe ability of Thales to decipher actions in nature and create a derivative that made him wagonloads of money we have seen, and maybe...
Bond GuruJul 22, 20212 minDerivatives. Making money (Leverage)There are broadly 4 types of players in the financial markets. Arbitrageurs Traders Hedgers Speculators We have visited some strategies...
Bond GuruJul 17, 20213 minBank FDs vs Nothing SaferOne of the greatest attraction of investors towards bank fixed deposits is the safety they perceive a FD provides. There is one endearing...
Bond GuruJul 10, 20214 minWHAT AND WHY OF FIXED INCOME SECURITIESIntroduction We hear Gen-Y or even Gen-Z talking about grinding in their 20s, building in their 30s and chilling in their 40s! With a...
Bond GuruJul 3, 20213 minBeating the Street – Equity vs Debt investmentsMr. Peter Lynch being perfectly right in considering equity as a superior investment to fixed-income in the USA when parameters like PEG...
Bond GuruJun 16, 20213 minBeating the Street‘Beating the Street’ is one of the 2 amazing books by Peter Lynch that I consider among the best, simplest material on investing...
Bond GuruJun 2, 20214 minIMPACT OF RISING U.S INFLATION ON THE INDIAN DEBT MARKET Rising inflation in the U.S has stirred the global financial markets. Before we access the impact of same on the Indian debt market,...
Bond GuruMay 20, 20212 minSOVEREIGN GOLD BONDS: A SAFE HAVEN INVESTMENTLooking to invest in Gold but don’t want the burden of physically holding it? Well, look no further - Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB) are here...
Bond GuruMay 19, 20212 minBonds: A way to diversify your portfolio What does each one of us think of doing when we have accumulated some savings? Other than shopping of course! We look for a mode of...
Bond GuruApr 27, 20212 minThe Futures (Derivatives) MarketThe Indian market had an indigenous system called ‘badla’ that facilitated funding of speculation for the risk taker, while earning...
Bond GuruApr 19, 20213 minPut and Call – the other derivativesThales, the smart guy from ancient Greece who we have visited earlier, lived almost 2,500 years ago. We checked out his strategy for...
Bond GuruMar 17, 20213 minFuture of the MarketHarshad Mehta was a big man. And not just physically. The hefty man deployed shenanigans in the capital market that caused a load of...
anugrahsharma4Feb 21, 20213 minLiquidity is no LAFing matterFiscal policy and monetary policy are terms we see often in financial papers. We also talk about them in the Commerce undergraduate...
anugrahsharma4Jan 25, 20213 minState Guaranteed BondsGovernment borrowing makes up for a large part of the budgetary shortfalls. Part of this is announced as a part of the Finance Minister’s...
The Fixed IncomeJan 20, 20213 minState Development Loans (SDLs)The high risk of market volatility compares said the US returned friend, to an “E-Ticket” ride at Disney World. E, on a 5-grade starting...