From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Credit Card Innovation - ‘Pay by Transaction’ Billing Mode

Posted by Gopal Gidwani in Others ->Uncategorized on March 29th, 2010

Hi Friends On 23rd March 2010, Dhanalakshmi Bank has launched a credit card in which the credit period for every transaction is 45 days. Yes you read it right the credit period for EVERY TRANSACTION is 45 days interest free credit irrespective of the date on which the transaction is done. This is different from [...]

Public Provident Fund - PPF - All in One Investment Product

Posted by Gopal Gidwani in Fixed Income Securities ->Uncategorized on March 15th, 2010

Public Provident Fund - PPF - comes with lot of features like safety, flexible minimum and maximum deposit amount, income tax benefits, good returns, long tenure, loan and withdrawal facility and other miscellaneous features

National Savings Certificate (NSC)

Posted by Gopal Gidwani in Fixed Income Securities ->Uncategorized on March 2nd, 2010

National Savings Certificates (NSC) Introduction This article explores the features of National Savings Certificates (NSC). NSCs as an investment instrument are good for people who want to invest a lumpsum amount for a fixed period of time for a specific financial goal. This goal can be accumulating funds for children’s education or children’s marriage. NSC [...]

Gold Exchange Traded Funds

Posted by Gopal Gidwani in Others ->Uncategorized on March 2nd, 2010

Investing in Gold the ETF Way Introduction Arjun is a worried father these days. His daughter’s wedding is planned in the next 6 months. Over the last 2 years or so gold prices have soared from near about Rs 10,000 per 10 grams levels to Rs 17000+ levels. This frenetic rise in the prices of [...]