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Equity analysis involves a lot of technical and in-depth analysis of the expected behaviour of the risk and returns with respect to a security. An individual investor may undertake th..

The ECB meeting is not so much about policy as that seems set for the coming months. Instead, the focus is on the strategic review that is being launched. Most discussions are on how th..

I spent last few days in the hills of Uttarakhand for vacation. One is suddenly reminded of the fact that there are roads where cars are not engaged in battles and where people still ha..

India’s current account deficit narrowed to 0.9% of GDP (USD 6.3 bn) in Q2 FY20 from 2.9% of GDP (USD 19.1 bn) in Q2 FY19. After netting out capital account flows, the accompanyin..

India’s trade deficit in Oct’19 remained steady at US$ 11.1bn versus US$ 10.9bn in Sep’19. Exports fell by (-) 1.1%. Pharma, gems & jewellery and engineering goods..

Let us today discuss about ‘Swaps’ in finance. Swaps are simply financial agreements to exchange cash flows. These are simply private arrangements between parties to exchang..

  MSCI indices are widely used as the benchmark for global equity portfolios. Various investment products like index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) follow these indices. T..

October'19 Mutual fund data threw an interesting statistic - Index funds and ETFs saw inflow of 6000 crore, almost equal to net inflows from other 'active' equity oriented schemes. The ..

  Investors invest for anticipated future returns, but these returns can rarely be predicted precisely. There may be difference between expected return and realized return and the..

Royalty payments by Indian subsidiaries of multinational firms have been a sticky issue for many years. India-based MNCs transfer money as royalty to their parent company abroad dependi..