By Somali K Chakrabarti Market commotion cools as budget scrutiny picks devil is in the fine print A day post Budget, newspapers are rife with Budget analysis, the uncertainty is over and market is up again. With India having been hailed as a ‘bright spot’ amidst a slowing global economy by IMF, the budget focus has… Read More Budget 2016 Quotes
By Somali K Chakrabarti India – A Break Out Nation India, a home to 243 million internet users in 2014, is poised to rapidly improve its digital readiness and develop into a strong digital economy. The steep rise in the number of mobile phone users in India will bring into the fold many such users… Read More Internet.org – Affordable Internet for All
By Somali K Chakrabarti The year 2014, has been an unprecedented year for India in terms of election results. In the last quarter of the year, here are some key facts about India’s economy. 1. India ranks 10th in terms of nominal GDP India’s nominal GDP has been stuck in the USD 1.8 –… Read More 10 Key Facts about India’s Economy in 2014
In 2014, South Africa came to be known as the ‘safe haven’ for investors among the Emerging Markets. A comparison of the BRICS nations with developed nations on parameters of corporate governance, as reported in the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14, shows us why. Good corporate governance and ethical practices by companies are considered… Read More 4 charts show why South Africa earned the reputation of ‘Safe Haven’ for investors
In a verdict yesterday, the Delhi High Court allowed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to audit the accounts of private telecom companies under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. This his kind of ruling was unthinkable even a few years back as CAG was and is still largely seen… Read More CAG audit of private telecom companies – Governance or Interference?
The median salary of Project Management Professionals has been found to vary with a number of key demographic factors, as per a ‘2013 Salary Survey’ report published by Project Management Institute, PMI, US. These include factors such as: Country of employment Number of years experience in project management Position / Role Average size of projects managed,… Read More Salary Comparison for Project Management Professionals in 2013
Notwithstanding the fact that trading foreign exchange on margin carries a high level of risk, the world’s largest market with 24-hour market action is the currency trading market. There are more than 190 countries in the world with currencies that can be traded, of course, subject to government restrictions. The value of daily foreign exchange trading exceeds… Read More Ten Most Traded Currencies in the World in 2013
By Somali K Chakrabarti For an investor, the pain of selling a stock at a loss far exceeds the pleasure of selling the stock at an equal amount of gain. Strange but true! Such behavioral aspects of investing and many more are brought out in the study of behavioral finance, that was introduced in the late… Read More Understanding random market behaviour
Diversification has given way to focus in developed countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, and has often been correlated with lower performance. In contrast, diversified business groups have been hugely successful in most emerging markets, particularly in Asia. Since the mid 1980s, strategists in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom… Read More Diversification Dilemma
The import of coal has been one of the significant factors contributing to the Current Account Deficit (CAD) in India that touched 4.8 per cent (approx USD 88 billion) of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012-13 period. Rising imports, coupled with fall in value of rupee, resulted in a drain of foreign exchange from… Read More Bottlenecks plaguing the coal sector in India
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