Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, UK and India: a new economic partnership, Taj …
Welcome everyone. I want to thank the Indian Banks’ Association, as well as UK Trade and Investment, for hosting this speech. And I also want to thank OP Bhatt for the kind introduction.
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Question by Obama Joker: What is your opinion of the attached editorial?
History repeats in housing disaster
We all await word from Washington, D.C., concerning our new president’s plan to fix the economy.
We’re told to expect bags of money to be distributed by the federal government soon. We’re expected to believe the generosity of Washington will save [...]

Tax Planning for Tax Payers. Mutual Fund Tax Saving Schemes Key to Success
Tax planning has changed radically over a period of time. Since its time for filling income tax returns for 2007-2008 as the end date (31st march’ 08) is approaching. As a tax payer you need to understand the best way through which you [...]

Question by Aceman: What are the Mutual Funds with highest returns? What are the best low-risk investments?
Best answer:
Answer by pgcpaulTake your two questions and combine them. What you really want to know is the excess return. In other words, given the volatility of a fund, how much did the fund return in excess of expectations. [...]

Target Date Funds Are No Bargains, Study Says
The funds may be costing investors more than a billion dollars a year, a Georgia State University report shows.
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Money fund assets rose to .802T in latest week
Total money market mutual fund assets rose by .57 billion to .802 trillion for the week, the Investment Company [...]

Question by Eric M: basic mutual fund question?
I am looking to diversify and i would like to add a few more mutual funds.
but to do so i need decent funds that allow an automatic investment plan that if set up will waive the initial minimum investment
example a homestead small value fund has a [...]

by setlasmon
All About Mutual Fund Investments

Definition

One definition of Mutual fund states that they are mutually admitted assets invested in different securities. Shareholders are issued bonds as grounds of their control and benefit proportionately in the earnings of the fund.

Various mutual fund options

One of the vital factors that an individual must study when looking at [...]

Question by lakme: Where can I find mutual fund investment guidance in India on net?
Best answer:
Answer by sjoy_sahaThe best place you can get very good information on mutual funds is mutualfundsindia.com or moneycontrol.com , any of these sites. You must go to performance section on mutualfundsindia website and click on toppers and laggards section to [...]

Column : Investor awareness needs to be heightened
At a time when the market regulator is working out various retail investor-friendly norms, the news of Rs 2 crore…
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Fund managers’ reaction to RBI rate hike
RBI has raised key rates by up to 50 bps. Check out what the fund managers have to say.
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Question by koolmukul2002: Can a person who has completed his CFA get a job in a Private equity/Venture capital fund or a hedge fund?
CFA is mostly for those who want to become portfolio/fund managers and securities analysts…they mostly work for i-banks,investment & securities firms as well as pension/mutual funds and insurance co’s. i wonder if [...]