You may call it a parting gift from Dr. Raghuram G Rajan, RBI just launched a very informative website- Sachet. The home page is http://www.sachet.rbi.org.in/home/index. This is a Hindi word- Sachet means “ to caution” “ to inform”- A proactive kind of word. If you ask me, this is what we as an investor andRead More
Product Reviews
Now Retail Investor can Buy & Trade Government Securities (Gsecs) from 16 Aug 2016
There is a very reassuring word in Fixed Income Market which is “Sovereign Backing” meaning that the security or the Bond is backed by the government, hence has the least possibility of default. These are called Government Securities or Gsecs by market participants. But you know there was no viable means to buy these securitiesRead More
TATA AIA Life iRaksha Supreme Online Term Plan – ‘You click, we cover’
TATA AIA Life Insurance company has launched it’s online term insurance plan called TATA AIA Life iRaksha Supreme. For those who are new to the concept of term insurance being sold online, please be aware that there are other insurance companies life ICICI Prudential, HDFC Life Insurance, Aegon Reliagre among many others who have alreadyRead More
Should you buy LIC New Jeevan Nidhi ?
It is the time of the year when tax saving investments rule the roost. Milking the opportunity high and dry are insurance companies who come out with a slew of investment products that help in tax saving purposes. The biggest insurance company in India has come out with it’s LIC New Jeevan Nidhi insurance policy.Read More
Should you buy HUDCO tax free bonds for 2013 ?
Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited HUDCO Tax Free bonds for 2013 are out in the market. The issue opened on Jan 9th 2013 and will end on Jan 22nd 2013. There have been 4 tax free bond issues in the recent past and all of them have been popular with investors. Details on HUDCORead More
IIFCL tax free bonds 2013 review
India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) has come out with it’s issue of tax free bonds for this year. Earlier, we have had tax free bonds from REC (Rural Electrification Corporation) and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and now IIFCL has followed suit. Let us quickly check on the details of IIFCL tax free bonds 2103 andRead More