Bonds and Debt

Every corporation requires money to fund an acquisition, seek and produce a new product, or explore new markets. Some can do it without borrowing...

Government Securities: Safest and Diversified Investments We often ask ourselves, "which is the safest investment option?" Or "which investment vehicle would provide me a guaranteed...

Tax Planning and Capital Gains Exemption: Exploring Financial Instruments With just over a few months left in the current tax year, many of us would...

Think of the days when the world survived on “barter system”. How ideal it would have been in so many ways. I could have...

  I must say, the Scam 1992 team did a sensational job. From dialogue delivery to cinematography to music, you name it and they delivered...

As noted in the previous two blogs on YTM and market price, another key metric for bond investing is the coupon rate.  COUPON RATE OF...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of “The Black Swan,” said investors who lost money in the financial crisis should sue the Swedish Central Bank for...

Retirement Financial Planning in India In an economy such as India that does not have either a government sponsored social security program, nor a large...

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it” is advice...

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. ...

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