Cost Of Trading In India, capital markets have been playing a vital role in determining the fate of the economy and helping it to grow further. In capital market, stock exchanges are a vital institution and are known to be an important intermediary which provides an organized marketplace for transparent price discovery and helps in [...]
Capital Market A capital market is a market for securities which can be either debt or equity, where business enterprises which includes companies and governments can raise long-term funds. In other words it is defined as a market in which money is provided for a period of more than a year. The capital market includes the stock market where the equity securities are traded and the bond market where [...]
Indian Telecom Industry 929 million – the number of subscribers, the Indian telecom sector has achieved to become one of the major indicators of and contributors to the economic growth of India. Indian telecom sector is one of the fastest growing telecom sectors in the world, with over 16 million subscribers being added every month. [...]
Indian Media in Coal Scam The massive coal scam which is the latest in the series of billion dollar scams afflicting India in recent times has turned uglier. India’s top conglomerate the Jindal group which is led by members of the ruling party had recently alleged extortion threats from one of India’s top media groups [...]
I have always said that investing in Indian mutual funds is a dumb idea given the lack of regulation , under performance, high fees and front running and fraud conducted by mutual fund managers. It is best to invest in a good ETF with low fees such as the Nifty Bees ETF which was one [...]
India’s Real Estate Companies have seen a very tough 3-4 years with interest rates climbing, investors running away from shoddy accounting and the global macro scene being quite bad. One needs only to look at the stock price chart to see times have been very bad. Besides some of these companies have come under court scanner for their practises with Unitech CEO spending some months in jail for a telecom scam. However property prices have not come down as India’s real estate bubble seems immune from crises in the West and in India . Prices have more or less remained stable while other assets have seen a major carnage at one point or the other.