
Apart from charging exorbitant rates, overloaded with huge margins, these money changers do not let the traveler know that foreign exchange rates, akin to stocks, change almost every second.

Crisil Research expects robust allocations to schemes like PMAY

This Moneycontrol Insight18 podcast simplifies fiscal deficit and the measures the government takes to bridge the deficit.

An essential aspect of the entrepreneurship journey is the financial well-being of the entrepreneur as it enables him/her to stay positive in the face of adversities.

In the near term, company is on course to increase capacity to 137,000 MT (from 80, 000 MT) involving capex of Rs 50 crore.

Headlines across the media screamed about how the fundamental concerns in the stock markets were aptly highlighted by Uday Kotak. Stock Market participants on the other hand went about their business nonchalantly and markets once again hit a new high.

Even though Bitcoin has been there for the last seven years, it is now that investors are increasingly looking in to this assets classes.

The insurance industry has a defined charter and on the other, the renewed consumer confidence is creating increased awareness and new opportunities for growth.

The Union Cabinet, in a landmark move for Indian retail, announced some noteworthy changes in norms pertaining to single-brand foreign direct investments (FDI) in India, thereby making it considerably easier for global retailers to gain access to the highly dynamic and fast-growing Indian markets

While company’s strategic move to focus on balance sheet repair is a key positive, near term earnings visibility is moderate.

Amit Kolekar, Associate Partner, Rajani Associates, spells out the nuances of a Probate of a Will.

There is a view that day-to-day functioning of an insurance company needs not be scrutinised

Setting aside time to focus on money habits can make a huge impact on short-term financial health and provide just the motivation to kick bad habits, get your finances in order, and keep them that way.

Marry your financial goals with tax planning investments.

Since the Satyam scam broke out, substantial changes have been made with respect to corporate governance in India

The current market valuation of a 51 percent stake in HPCL stands at roughly Rs 32,000 crore, that too at a time when markets are at an all-time high.

Electricity is fast emerging as the primary choice of fuel in automobiles, instead of petrol and diesel. On the supply side, renewables are replacing conventional thermal-based energy sources.

The sector’s biggest expectation from this Budget would be inclusion of the sector in entirety under the GST regime.

The reason for abolishing long term capital gains in 2004-05 was to ostensibly remove the disadvantage that domestic investors suffered vis-a-via investors coming from Mauritius.

NRIs should be prepared to spend some time in India as presence is normally required and helpful for clearing matters of property inheritance.

While the organised sector is already covered by various social security laws like those governing provident funds, pension funds and insurance schemes, employees in the unorganised sector have to fend for themselves.

The banks lent out money irresponsibly because India’s politicians in power thought that they could use the banks to win favours from industrialists.

Alternative currencies such as Bitcoin or the ones backed by Gold have one feature that is particularly charming in the post-QE world – the promise of finite supply and nil dependence on central planners. Such currencies are supposed to be a free-market counter to ‘deep state’ monetary interference.

In case you sign the dotted line to become a guarantor, not only will you be liable to pay off the loan in case of a default, but your own borrowing capacity would reduce and your credit too will come down if the primary borrower defaults.

Futures provide a linear payoff while Options are non-linear which creates multiple scenarios. Before taking a trade the base analysis is generally on the underlying and then a strategy can be formed in Futures & Options (F&O). The question is how to differentiate between both and when to choose Buying Options over Futures?