May
26
How to invest in stock markets ?
May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Another useful email that I got was related to investing in the Indian stock market, especially after the crash and the learnings from that. Topic of the email: How to invest in stock markets? 1. Select businesses with good growth opportunities. Read business magazines that offer research on good businesses and read those articles thoroughly. [...]
May
26
Checklist for entering an IPO
May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I came across this post in an email about a sort of checklist about whether to invest in an IPO and thought that this was worth sharing; even if this helps a few people, it will be worth posting. How to decide whether to invest in a particular IPO? • First and foremost, find out [...]
May
25
Tips for safely handing your banking account
May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Most of us take a banking account for granted, not bothering to pay much attention to the bank unless we have a need or if something goes wrong. When was the last time you bothered to validate all the statements you got from your branch with the actual transaction record ? This seems like something [...]
May
23
Booking a plane ticket – try the website directly
May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This was very surprising. I was trying to book a ticket from Srinagar back to Delhi for around the 3rd week of June, and started with the regular websites that I was using – Yatra.com and MakemyTrip.com. They both seemed to have around the same lowest fare, on Spicejet. So this seemed fine and I [...]