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RBI Governor Dr. Rajans Dosa Economics

Dear Friends,                          RBI Governor Dr.Raghuram Rajan, one of the worlds best Economists and credited with multiple accomplishments including: IIT and IIM Ahmedabad, Gold Medallist and Ph.D. from Sloan School of Management, MIT Won the inaugural Fischer Black Prize, in 2003,  awarded by the American Finance Association for contributions to the theory and practice of finance by an economist under age 40 Chief Economist at IMF Nasscom’ s Global Indian of the year, 2010 Best Central...
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Taxing Time

Dear Friends,                     Most of us typically run around for Tax Saving options during the months of Dec, Jan and Feb to exploit section 80C benefits and minimize taxes. There are a plethora of investment options under Section 80C including: Employee Provident Fund (EPF – company deducts this through payroll and this is an amount that everyone in organized employment saves), Public Provident Fund (PPF), 5 Year Tax Saving Bank Fixed Deposit, National Savings Certificate...
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Indian Equity Markets Update

Dear Friends,                              As I am writing this blog the Sensex has moved up by more than 400 points and Nifty by 130. This is subsequent to the fall of Sensex closing below 24000 and Nifty by 7250. Why are the markets behaving in a bizarre way with high volatility? No one knows the precise answer as that is how Stock Markets around the world behave and you can attribute only a few factors to...