The Fixed Income

In an economy such as India that does not have either a government sponsored social security program, nor a large corporate work force...

“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...

In a bond world, it is important to understand the three key metrics: Market Price, YTM, and Coupon Rate, and the relation between them...

“Price is what you pay, value is what you get”. In an investment world nothing holds truer than these words from Warren Buffett. Humans...

Whose grandmother hasn’t talking longingly about the “Good old days”? Everything about the good old days was marvelous. Prices of food...

The ability of Thales to decipher actions in nature and create a derivative that made him wagonloads of money we have seen, and maybe...

There are broadly 4 types of players in the financial markets. Arbitrageurs Traders Hedgers Speculators We have visited some strategies...

One of the greatest attraction of investors towards bank fixed deposits is the safety they perceive a FD provides. There is one endearing...

Introduction 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...

Mr. Peter Lynch being perfectly right in considering equity as a superior investment to fixed-income in the USA when parameters like PEG...

‘Beating the Street’ is one of the 2 amazing books by Peter Lynch that I consider among the best, simplest material on investing...

Rising inflation in the U.S has stirred the global financial markets. Before we access the impact of same on the Indian debt market,...

Looking to invest in Gold but don’t want the burden of physically holding it? Well, look no further - Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB) are here...

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...

The Indian market had an indigenous system called ‘badla’ that facilitated funding of speculation for the risk taker, while earning...

Thales, the smart guy from ancient Greece who we have visited earlier, lived almost 2,500 years ago. We checked out his strategy for...

Harshad Mehta was a big man. And not just physically. The hefty man deployed shenanigans in the capital market that caused a load of...

Fiscal policy and monetary policy are terms we see often in financial papers. We also talk about them in the Commerce undergraduate...

Government 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 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...