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CRISIL And Its Ratings

May 26, 2012 6 Comments

Credit Rating and Information Services of India Ltd. (CRISIL) is India’s leading Ratings, Research, Risk and Policy Advisory Company based in Mumbai .CRISIL pioneered ratings in India more than 20 years ago, and is today the undisputed business leader in India.CRISIL’s rating experience covers more than 45000 entities, including 30,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Now if you buy bonds,NCDs etc.you have probably come across CRISIL Ratings.The table below explains them. Read more of this post

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Making Sense Of Open Interest

May 25, 2012 Leave a comment

wealthymatters.com Open interest is the total number of outstanding futures and options (F&O ) contracts at any point in time. In other words, these are open or yet to be settled contracts. For instance, if trader X buys 2 futures contract from trader Y(who is the seller), then open interest rises by 2.If another trader A buys 2 futures contracts from trader B, then the open interest rises to 4. Now, if trader X unwinds his position and the counter party is either Y or B, then the open interest in the system will reduce by that quantity.But if X unwinds his position, and the counter party is a new entrant, say C, then the open interest will remain unchanged. This is because while X has squared off his position, C’s position is still open. Read more of this post

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The Athenian Taxation System

May 25, 2012 Leave a comment

If there has to be a state,there has to be a government and inevitably expenses and so taxes.It’s interesting to see how the democratic Athenian city-state (polis) dealt with the problem of raising taxes by understanding human needs well.Athens had two ways of tapping into the resources of its wealthier citizens:

First,the Athenians derived funds for the normal, everyday operations of their government from indirect taxes (mainly harbor and market dues), and a variety of fees, fines and rents. These were sufficient in times of peace, even after the loss of their empire.But war was another matter. In times of war and other emergencies, the Athenians, voting in Assembly, levied a special tax (eisphora) on the more well-to-do citizens of the polis, approximately the upper one-third. This tax was based not on income, but on total assets.After all the moneyed had more to lose materially in a war than the poor. Read more of this post

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Bloomberg Billionaires List

May 25, 2012 1 Comment

wealthymatters The Bloomberg Billionaires List consists of a daily ranking of billionaires by net worth.You can access it here http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/

What I find interesting about the list is the daily fluctuations in these net worth figures.Obviously,these figures are for staggering amounts of money simply because these people are so wealthy.But as a percentage of their net-worth it’s not all that large.This is in huge contrast to the “financial advisers” who so glibly talk about “true investors” being comfortable with upto a 50% drop in portfolio values.It’s obviously easier to play round with and/or lose someone else’s money. Read more of this post

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Temple To Get Rid Of Debts

May 24, 2012 4 Comments

wealthymatters This short post is for all the people who reached my blog today searching for the temple to go to for getting rid of bad debts quickly.

The Kadan Nivartheeswarar Koil,a Shiva Temple at Thirucherai near Kumbakonam , TN is believed to be the temple to go to for debt relief.

Mondays are believed to be special for Lord Shiva. So Lord Shiva as Kadan Nivartheeswarar,has to be worshipped for eleven consecutive Mondays here to get rid of debts. If you can’t stay for eleven days,then while visiting the temple you can register your name (mention your birth star, gothram, names of your other family members and their birth star) for the archana (chanting) that will be performed on eleven Mondays. The cost for this is Rs.165/-. The prasadam is sent every week and will reach you every Wednesday/Thursday for eleven consecutive weeks. At the end of the eleventh week, or at any later date, you can visit the temple and take part in an abhishegam (ablution) that is done every Monday. Read more of this post