Reduction of debt should be at the core of your personal financial planning. Managing your debt is the first step towards planning your personal finances. Your debt could come in a variety of ways — your credit card payments, car loans, home loans, personal loans, informal loans, etc. Even before you consider insurance and investment, …
So, you have begun your journey towards your long term goals with a well crafted financial plan. But financial plans are, by default, dynamic. That means you need to tweak your financial plan according to the situation and the budget is an important trigger. Does the Union Budget really trigger the need to tweak your …
Everyone has a goal. We all wish to save enough to lead a comfortable life, take international vacations, retire early, and be able to enjoy the simple luxuries of life. The problem with these goals is not that one is being overly ambitious and cannot achieve them. The inherent issue is that we have not …
The monetary policy announced by the MPC on April 05th had little by way of surprises. There was almost a consensus among the bond traders and the fund managers that the RBI would hold the repo rates at 6%. What was of greatest interest was their inflation outlook and monetary policy stance! The following are …
Nearly 7% of the current Indigo flights are grounded because the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) all A-320 Neos fitted with PW1100 engines beyond ESN 450 to be grounded with immediate effect. This announcement was made by the DGCA citing safety reasons after repeated engine problems were found. PW engines are manufactured by Pratt …
When the government announced its H1 borrowing programme for 2018-19, two things stood out. Firstly, the first half borrowing in the coming fiscal is likely to be sharply lower than what the government had budgeted in the previous years. Secondly, with the risk of rising bond yields still rampant, the government has decided to focus …
Quite often the trade deficit and the current account deficit (CAD) are used interchangeably. There is a subtle difference between the two. While trade deficit refers to the excess of merchandise imports over merchandise exports, the CAD looks at the net effect of trade in services and remittances too. The CAD is a more revealing …
When Ultratech Cements, owned by the Kumaramangalam Birla Group, made an aggressive Rs.7266 counter bid for Binani Cements, it not only set a new price benchmark for Binani Cements but also called into question many of the accepted tenets of dealing through the NCLT. While the last word has not been said on that Binani …
When the US Federal Reserve meeting concluded on Wednesday, there was little by way of surprise as the 25 basis points hike was already factored in. The debate was more over whether the Fed would guide for 3 rate hikes or 4 rate hikes during the calendar year 2018. With this hike, the Fed has …
On the 28th of February, the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI) released the GDP estimates for the 3rd quarter ended December 2017. Of course, these estimates are subject to revision at a later date. As per the second advance estimates for the third quarter, the GDP growth stood at 7.2%, which is higher …
