There will be a Sunrise after every sunset. So is for Equities, every time a crash gives birth to the next BIG RISE. Let’s first understand in simpler words what is happening: During Covid global economy came to a standstill. Like medical fraternity worldwide were trying to save mankind, so were the global central banks were […]
The mega 75% rate hike announced by US FED last night (15th June 2020) was the biggest in nearly 30 years. But not surprising, given the imminent need to tame inflation, which is rising at its fastest pace in 40 years in the US. The puzzling question still lingers on, how much is enough to cool spiraling […]
BUDGET 2021: SEEKING GROWTH. FM ON SPENDING MODE. India’s GDP fell from USD 2.86 Trillion in 2019 to USD 2.59 in 2020. This was due to the double whammy of Corona Lockdown and Lockdown led low revenue inflows. FM now had a real task at hand this time to bring the butchered economy back on track […]
China says its economy is back on track. It says it is the only country that will show some positive GDP growth this year. REALLY?? Scratch the surface: Why are Chinese corporate giants sinking? There has been a string of defaults from Chinese companies. And mind you these are not any teeny-weeny Chinese companies; these are […]
For New Year 2020 Global headline hovered around Coronavirus Epidemic &as of today, it has blown out more than one could guess. It threatens to rattle global economic growth. Last Friday was typically bad for US markets with the Dow & S&P500 Index recording one of their biggest single-day Fall, yesterday. Indian Markets were opened on […]
A lot of people have this misconception that a country’s currency is fully backed by the gold or Foreign currency it holds. But, this is simply not true – any country can print as much money as they want, and they don’t need to have any specified quantum of Assets to back their currency. In […]
WAS IT BLAND? NOT REALLY!! Hopes ran high after PM Modi addressed the nation, where he spoke of a Rs 20 trillion economic package, 10% of GDP, to combat the ravages of the virus, together with economic reforms. So far, the details of the Rs 20 trillion packages have not been overly exciting, but neither […]
A fancy term, probably most of us would have just ignored it assumingly that this is not for me. To put it simply, estate planning involves deciding how you want your assets to be distributed after you die (or become unable to make your own financial decisions). Estate planning can be complicated, so it’s best to […]
Debt Funds are not as innocuous & simple as they sound. The word ‘DEBT’ Means Money Borrowed and Lender get a fixed Interest from it, however, these are still subject to 3 Types of Volatility Parameters/ Risks and investors should not expect a straight-line return from these. 1. Interest Rates Risk. 2. Credit Risk. 3. […]