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Currency Trading Concept

The offline foreign currency trading is simple, you have dollars and want to buy euro, so you go to some broker or the bank and buy euro, in this case you need to pay a commission to the broker so you will pay higher value of the real value. Most of the time you will […]

One-month deposit rates hit 10%

The scramble for cash to meet year-end targets has made banks pay 10 % for even one-month deposits. According to bankers, the rates for such deposits may rise further, as certificates of deposit (CDs) worth Rs 1 lakh crore will come up for renewal in this month. Deposit growth of commercial banks was 17 % […]

Term deposits better then shares

With some five year term deposits now offering interest rates above 7 per cent some investors may be wondering whether it’s worth locking in some of these returns. Although there continues to be speculation of more official interest rate rises beyond the current 4.5 per cent cash rate determined by the Reserve Bank of Australia, […]

Investing in International Equities

Investing is no longer confined to domestic markets and those investors looking to take advantage of attractive opportunities have popularized global investing. In recent years, international investing has become both the norm and the necessity for a truly diversified portfolio that can help reduce overall portfolio risk. An increasing number of individual and institutional investors […]

Is Your Portfolio Generating Enough Dividends?

The news around dividend-paying stocks became the focus of conversation at the start of the year with BP’s massive oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. When the events began to unfold, BP suspended its dividend to prepare itself for the costs associated with cleaning up the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history. With such […]