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The Fixed Income
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
A Bond Market Glossary
Just to ensure that we are speaking the same language, rather than the “Greek and Latin” that my Physics Professor accused me of rattling...
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anugrahsharma4
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Day Count Conventions
Peeking into the bond market we have found a few quirky terminology and interesting practices. As the market has developed it has grown...
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anugrahsharma4
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Dirty and Clean Prices
The debt market, both at a global and India level is second only to the foreign currency market in size and in India is probably the...
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anugrahsharma4
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
Deep Discount bonds and Zero Coupon Bonds
In 1992 investors were drawn to exciting advertising by Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), a Central Government promoted...
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The Fixed Income
- Dec 11, 2020
- 3 min
Tier 2 Bank Bonds
A debenture issued by a bank, rather than a corporate could be an easy way to describe the next level of bank borrowings, having less...
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anugrahsharma4
- Dec 8, 2020
- 3 min
Yield Curve
An inverted yield curve indicating a severe market crash seems to be a forgotten news item recently. But it did create a lot of waves and...
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anugrahsharma4
- Dec 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Returns on a Bond - YTM
The bond investor actually has a focus on the ultimate returns by a bond (the market treats those who require the regular cash payouts...
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anugrahsharma4
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Measuring Bond Risk
Mutual fund factsheets provide a good amount of data. Some of the material given is very useful, especially that related to fixed-income...
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- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
Maturity and duration - how they impact our investments!
Risk and return drive our investment goals. Of course, greed and fear are the psychological factors that influence us, but we will not...
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- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
A measurement of returns!
The best way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket. Besides the smart and lazy way of doubling money,...
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- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Bond Market Language!
The little club of us fixed income market players, like just about every other profession, has built-in some jargon to make us seem smart...
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
The Debt Market & what happens when markets crash?
There are two ways of getting returns from the “fixed income” or debt market. 1. Give a loan, which really means to make a fixed deposit...
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- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
How the Bond Market makes profits, or losses?
You, my good friend, have bought some high-quality corporate bonds of Rs. 100 each that earn interest of 10% per annum, and will mature...
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- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
A little bit goes a long way!
“You say it best when you say nothing at all” is a touching and very romantic line from an Alison Krauss hit song. This is in line with...
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- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
Bank investments and risks
Tradition in our culture often seems to equate economic comfort with having money in the bank. Even western literature mentions banking...
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- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
AT 1 Bonds
Bank fixed deposits are traditional, vanilla investments in banks, fetching a pre-stated interest rate, having a definite maturity date....
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- Aug 31, 2020
- 2 min
Debt market and making real money!
A big enemy of the value of money is inflation. It is like cancer that chews into the ability of money to represent its true character –...
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- Aug 25, 2020
- 3 min
Types of fixed income instruments in the debt market!
The menu that the fixed income market offers up is almost as long and varied as a yummy Gujarati thali. The issuer of the bond, that is...
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- Aug 25, 2020
- 2 min
What is the fixed income market?
“My word is my bond” is a common English statement that suggests a promise that is strongly backed by the character of the person making...
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