Investing in India

Equity and Debt Investments: Decoding Financial Markets

Mr. Peter Lynch being perfectly right in considering equity as a superior investment to fixed-income in the USA when parameters like PEG and a...

Balancing Equity and Debt: Unveiling Investment Wisdom

‘Beating the Street’ is one of the 2 amazing books by Peter Lynch that I consider among the best, simplest material on investing available....

Exploring the World of Futures and Options in the Indian Market

The Indian market had an indigenous system called ‘badla’ that facilitated funding of speculation for the risk taker, while earning interest for the financier....
Put and Call – the other derivatives

Options Trading: A Deep Dive into Call and Put Strategies

Thales, the smart guy from ancient Greece who we have visited earlier, lived almost 2,500 years ago. We checked out his strategy for milking...

Bond STRIPS: Customizing Investments for Your Financial Goals

Investments have a goal. The broadest investment objective, irrespective of the type of investment or asset class used, is the creation of wealth. Postponement...

Understanding Bond Markets: The Role of Day Count Conventions

Peeking into the bond market we have found a few quirky terminology and interesting practices. As the market has developed it has grown some...

Bond Market Price Dynamics: Clean and Dirty Prices

The debt market, both at a global and India level is second only to the foreign currency market in size and in India is...

Deep Discount Bonds vs. Zero Coupon Bonds Explained

In 1992 investors were drawn to exciting advertising by Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), a Central Government promoted Development Financial Institution, calling for...

Tier 2 Bank Bonds: Balancing Risk and Rewards

Understanding Bank Debentures and Deposit Guarantee A debenture issued by a bank, rather than a corporate could be an easy way to describe the next...