I am glad to present to you a new & exciting investment opportunity: Bhavishya Nirman Bonds issued by NABARD. These Bonds present an excellent opportunity to those investors with a long term horizon, looking for the highest safety of their capital.

Bhavishya Nirman Bonds are Zero Coupon Bonds which have a price of Rs 8,750** and on maturity, the investor receives an amount of Rs 20,000. This works out to a compound yield of 8.62% p.a.!

Highlights:

Type of Bond
Zero Coupon

Tenure
10 years

Yield
8.62%** p.a.

Liquidity
Listed …

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HURRAY! INDIA has proved herself once again. After a sweeping win of Indian artists at the Oscars (I am referring to Slumdog Millionaire winning 8 Oscar awards), an Indian bank has now surpassed the till-now global banking major - Citibank - in terms of market capitalization.

According to a report published in The Times of India, Citigroup, with assets worth $1.95 trillion (Rs 9,72,075 crore), now values less than our own the State Bank of India (SBI). On Tuesday morning (at …

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… Continued from Part 1 & Part 2 of the series …

What you should NOT DO in the market

Try and time the market. As mentioned in Part 1, the market does not follow any fixed pattern or trend. It will take its own course. Trying to time the market is a common mistake made even by veterans who have spent years and years studying and understanding the market. Its better to let the market decide its own course, …

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… Continued from Part 1 of this series …

Golden rules of investing in the market

The first and foremost step in making every financial decision is to have a goal or objective in place. Goal can be short-, medium- or long-term depending on the individual’s requirement. Ideally, you should choose a few momentum-based stocks to meet your short term goals and invest the rest in growth and value stocks with sound fundamentals, good track record and professional management to …

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The Sensex has retracted from its peak of around 21000, touched lows in the 7600-8000 range and is presently trading in a close range of 9000 in the last few months. Still the crucial question on every investor’s mind remains: “Whether the time has come to start investing again in order to reap the benefits of early bird investing?” But some questions still remain unanswered: Has the market bottomed out yet? Should we wait for some more time before taking a final …

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Q3FY2009 seems to be a bad quarter for most media companies as the rate of the yoy growth tapers off substantially in the wake of a significant cut in the advertising spends in the key sectors, such as BFSI, real estate and automobiles. Also, a general sense of rational advertisement spend and fragmentation across media verticals due to an increase in competition would lead to a slower revenue growth. The Hindi general entertainment channel space continues to witness hefty competition with …

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Insurance companies have struck pay dirt with a new client — Bollywood films, whose premiums are steadily fattening their bank balance. What was earlier an afterthought, with film-makers running for cover only at the nth hour, is now becoming an extremely lucrative business for insurance companies, with film companies opting for not one or two but four different policies on each film. As reported in manor newspapers last year, ’politics’, ‘public sentiment’ and ‘last-minute legal wrangles’ have made it mandatory for Bollywood …

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