http://in.finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/economaniac/ en-IN Copyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:32:48 +0530 5 http://in.finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/economaniac/ http://l.yimg.com/t/images/yfin_rss_130.jpg The luck of the draw has allowed me to live in various cities — most recently, Gurgaon and Bangalore. In every single instance, residents of the apartment associations have complained of how maids or drivers or household help in general … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/maid-economics-060248874.htmlThu, 20 Sep 2012 11:32:48 +0530blogs/economaniac/maid-economics-060248874Imagine a world in which you had very easy-to-understand financial products. I'll detail a few below. Simple Life Insurance: You pay us non-refundable premium every year. If you die we pay your family money. This much money. If you live, … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/kiss-simplicity-112546935.htmlTue, 14 Aug 2012 16:55:46 +0530blogs/economaniac/kiss-simplicity-112546935Imagine criminals that have sophisticated guns, satellite radios, bombs, strong armour, GPS trackers and fancy cars. And imagine someone has been given the task of "policing" them from a bullock cart, with only bows, arrows, and a sign that says … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/blunt-regulatory-knife-062644075.htmlThu, 02 Aug 2012 11:56:44 +0530blogs/economaniac/blunt-regulatory-knife-062644075Things are changing, ever so slightly. The story of the last 10 years has been that of an incredibly shining India and much of that shine has had to do with factors that aren't Indian. But the result has been … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/indian-consumption-boom-over-092244606.htmlThu, 19 Jul 2012 14:52:44 +0530blogs/economaniac/indian-consumption-boom-over-09224460620 years ago, you had very limited choices when it came to knowing, analyzing or buying financial products. You went to a bank for a fixed deposit and nothing else. A stock broker would sell you stocks. To get information … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/internet-finance-081734490.htmlFri, 13 Jul 2012 13:47:34 +0530blogs/economaniac/internet-finance-081734490"1860% dividend announced", goes the headline. You're excited. But the question isn't, "Where do I sign?", but "1860% is great, but a percentage of what?" The number is a percentage of "face value" which is as relevant today as a … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/making-sense-dividend-announcements-114305493.htmlMon, 02 Jul 2012 17:13:05 +0530blogs/economaniac/making-sense-dividend-announcements-114305493Growth is slowing. At the 5.3% official growth rate, India has grown the slowest in the March quarter in 8 years. Even that is considered suspiciously high, since we are shown a massive growth in exports and subdued imports that … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/india-broken-interest-rate-transmission-102557593.htmlTue, 26 Jun 2012 15:55:57 +0530blogs/economaniac/india-broken-interest-rate-transmission-102557593A lot has been said about diversification, where you spread your investments across various avenues. The plus point is that you don't have all your eggs in one basket, and that if one of your investments falters, another will balance … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/diversification-pluses-minuses-110958373.htmlFri, 15 Jun 2012 16:39:58 +0530blogs/economaniac/diversification-pluses-minuses-110958373You can't buy stocks on merit anymore. You can do the most beautiful analysis about a company that owns a toll bridge, and how many cars pass through it every day, and how they can increase the toll fees every … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/macro-trumps-micro-100149472.htmlFri, 15 Jun 2012 15:31:49 +0530blogs/economaniac/macro-trumps-micro-100149472Petrol prices were raised again recently, by Rs. 7.5 and the hike leaves the country seething, except those that drive diesel cars. And to make the diesel owners wince a little, the government will decide the fate of that fuel … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/why-petrol-price-hike-good-thing-061316792.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 11:43:16 +0530blogs/economaniac/why-petrol-price-hike-good-thing-061316792Two years ago, there was a crisis in Greece, when it couldn't pay back debt that it had taken. The government's debt was 120% of GDP then. The country simply couldn't afford to pay back its loans, and the impact … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/drachma-drama-080457781.htmlThu, 17 May 2012 13:34:57 +0530blogs/economaniac/drachma-drama-080457781Is "cheap" good, when you're making losses? In general, people like cheap. As in "inexpensive", not "shoddy". Prices can get lower for many reasons. Competition can force price cuts — either you compete or customers leave you. You can get … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/losses-low-prices-101333386.htmlThu, 03 May 2012 15:43:33 +0530blogs/economaniac/losses-low-prices-101333386On Friday, 20th April 2012, two mysterious events occurred on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). In the morning, Infosys futures crashed over 20% and quickly recovered back to the original level. In the afternoon, just before 2:30pm, Nifty futures crashed … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/why-shouldn-t-ban-algorithmic-trading-100712897.htmlThu, 03 May 2012 15:37:12 +0530blogs/economaniac/why-shouldn-t-ban-algorithmic-trading-100712897Much has already been written about a new proposal in the Budget, where a private company is required to "justify" the valuation it receives when an Indian resident investor buys shares in it. This doesn't apply to public companies, or … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/taxing-startups-093852795.htmlSat, 07 Apr 2012 15:08:52 +0530blogs/economaniac/taxing-startups-093852795India may be a poor country but we all differ on what "poor" is. There was a furore last year when a per-capita income of Rs. 32 a day was considered "poor" — because Rs. 32 buys you nearly nothing … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/defining-india-poor-034720328.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 09:17:20 +0530blogs/economaniac/defining-india-poor-034720328Vodafone's Dutch Subsidiary bought a company in the Cayman Islands, in a transaction paid for in foreign currency. Vodafone is a buyer, and not subject to their worry for the last year or so? That the Indian Government wants to … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/vodafone-overreach-failure-trust-044814020.htmlMon, 19 Mar 2012 10:18:14 +0530blogs/economaniac/vodafone-overreach-failure-trust-044814020The Service Tax provisions in the budget detail out 17 areas on which you will not be charged a tax, and for absolutely everything else that involves a service, you will need to pay 12 % (plus cess). The seventeen … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/negative-list-tax-exemptions-nutshell-043550007.htmlMon, 19 Mar 2012 10:05:50 +0530blogs/economaniac/negative-list-tax-exemptions-nutshell-043550007Pranab Mukherjee has presented a budget that has left everyone wondering what really happened and whether we should give it more attention than Sachin's hundredth hundred. But after you have replayed the highlights over and over again, you might find … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/finance-minister-didn-t-135913250.htmlFri, 16 Mar 2012 19:29:13 +0530blogs/economaniac/finance-minister-didn-t-135913250In the run up to the budget, and a few days after, the markets have reacted differently. The average budget day move, since 2000, is a tiny 1.08%. But that masks the volatility that the budget has seen, in both … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/budget-moved-stock-markets-1-08-average-103240656.htmlThu, 15 Mar 2012 16:02:40 +0530blogs/economaniac/budget-moved-stock-markets-1-08-average-103240656More than 2.6 crore houses are required in India, with more than 99% required for the economically weaker sections of society. To achieve this, the government has provided substantial impetus for housing, and some of it is in the wrong … Continue reading →http://in.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/economaniac/building-affordable-housing-curbing-bubbles-real-estate-061438961.htmlWed, 14 Mar 2012 11:44:38 +0530blogs/economaniac/building-affordable-housing-curbing-bubbles-real-estate-061438961