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The basics of planning to buy a home

Buying a first home is perhaps one of the most important decisions most of us will ever make. It ranks up there with choosing a college degree, career, marriage, and children. Fortunately, saving for a home can be within everyone’s reach, because you can get there by working smarter — not harder — at some things you already do today. Read on for how to plan to buy a house in this lucid article from MInt

 

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Mutual Funds & Insurance News Update for India E-mail
Written by Ranjan   

 The Financial Markets is always in a continuous flux. The other day, the Finance Minister inaugurated the trading of Currency Futures. In this news update bulletin, we bring to you some important updates and insights on Mutual Funds and Insurance.

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Indians prefer keeping 65% savings in the Banks E-mail
Written by Ranjan   
A recent nationwide survey reveals that most Indians prefer keeping 65 percent of their savings in liquid assets like bank or post office deposits and cash at home, while investing 23 percent in physical investments like real estate and gold and only 12 percent in financial instruments.

For getting secure return on their earning, 51 percent of Indians put their savings in the banks while 36 percent of households still prefer to keep cash at home. The investment in post offices and other guaranteed return schemes and plans gets minor part of total savings. Only 5 percent of family put their money in post offices, while 2 percent buy insurance policies and 0.5 percent invests in equities.
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Updates for week ending October 30, 2007 E-mail
Written by Ranjan   
Mukesh Ambani is the richest man on earth! Markets on a roll. Good for the TRP of news channels. But other things with which you should be updated are as under. Even if they are not glamorous enough!!
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Update for week ending October 23, 2007 E-mail
Written by Ranjan   
This has been a week of heady highs and terrible lows in the country's stock markets, thanks to the controversial participatory notes (PNs) that the regulators and the government are trying to moderate by asking that these instruments be phased out over 18 months or get them regulated by proper registration.
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Update for week ending October 16, 2007 E-mail
Written by Ranjan   

Rare has been the year over the past decade-and-half when markets have stepped into October in such a bullish state. Usually stock prices tend to be tepid in the July-September quarter and make an upward move from October and more particularly, November. This has tended to last till February of next year.

As a result, for more than 80 per cent of the past 15 years the October-February period has been bullish for stocks. This is such a set pattern that it has become an integral part of sell-side research also over the past two years.

October 2007 is different and has started with all key indices tracking different parts of the market moving and trading close to new peaks.

 

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