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Direct Mode of Investment is DUMB!

Date First Published: January 18, 2018   The retailer is always seen as the money making Shylock, who has no scruples as long as it makes money FOR HIM – irrespective of businesses or products. Just think of the vegetable seller in times of onion crisis (which happens with a twice a year regu...
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The Rupee Dilemma

Date first published: July 28, 2018 We have all heard stories about how, before Independence, the Maharajas used to live the good life abroad and wondered how they could do so when logic says everything foreign was so expensive. Instances of one such Maharajah, who bought a Rolls Royce or maybe a fe...
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The Rapid Rise of Interest Rates

Date first published: August 29, 2018 So, the mandarins in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) met and took a decision on the interest rates. And the decision was to raise interest rates. Base interest rates are of two kinds – the Repo and the Reverse Repo. The Repo is the interest rate charged by [&h...
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