India’s currency is not yet fully convertible. However, there have been talks of making the rupee (INR) fully convertible and setting up an onshore INR market. (Not to be confused with the Nepalese rupee or the Pakistani rupee.) There are many advantages and disadvantages associated with rupee convertibility which have led to a continuous debate since reforms
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by Jim Quinn “Fools, as it has long been said, are indeed separated, soon or eventually, from their money. So, alas, are those who, responding to a general mood of optimism, are captured by a sense of their own financial acumen. Thus it has been for centuries; thus in the long future it will also
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Proposed legislation would require that co-op and condo boards require a reason for rejecting apartment buyers, and real estate experts say that while well intentioned, it would not do much to prevent rejections that aren’t already considered discrimination under the law.  Currently, building boards do not have to say why they’re turning down a prospective
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Today’s column addresses questions about whether child benefits will be reduced if the record holder filed early for their own retirement benefit, whether investing in stocks and cryptocurrency count as earnings and whether collecting early divorced spousal benefits reduce later retirement benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
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Bloomberg Europe’s Most Indebted Countries Aren’t Ready for Market Reality (Bloomberg) — Europe’s brightening economic outlook as Covid-19 vaccinations pick up is also accelerating the timetable toward a new danger.As investors get ready for growth to break out, they’re also preparing for the inevitable consequence: withdrawal of European Central Bank emergency funding. For the region’s
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Michael Oliver on Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes back Michael Oliver from Momentum Structural Analysis. Michael discusses how they use long-term monthly charts, and they plot it against a mean. These charts show momentum, and they provide a warning when the markets are about to change. Usually, the momentum tends to deviate near tops and
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Your net worth is the amount by which your assets exceed your liabilities. In simple terms, net worth is the difference between what you own and what you owe. If your assets exceed your liabilities, you have a positive net worth. Conversely, if your liabilities are greater than your assets, you have a negative net
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By Matthew Piepenburg Below, we consider two well-known names in modern markets, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, and current value investing legend, Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of GMO Investment Strategies. Years ago, I sat down with Jeremy Grantham in an office overlooking Boston Harbor to not only consider an investment in his fund, but to absorb the
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New York City rents continue to fall, according to a first-quarter report released today by StreetEasy.  Manhattan rents fell to $2,700 a month, the cheapest since 2010 for the Zillow-owned listing site. By comparison, the median asking rent in Manhattan was more than $3,400 in the first quarter of 2020, before the start of the
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On May 3, tokens stemming from the Chia network, a smart transaction blockchain created by the Bittorrent creator Bram Cohen, will start trading and transactions will be fully enabled. Rather than leveraging the proof-of-work consensus algorithm, Chia will utilize a model called proof-of-space which relies on storage. With Chia’s transactional launch pending, the project has
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Experts say the District of Columbia’s already strongly positive bond credit ratings would continue if it becomes the nation’s 51st state. The District’s general obligation bond ratings last year were AA-plus from Fitch Ratings; Aaa from Moody’s Investors Service; and AA-plus from S&P Global Ratings. “DC’s bond rating is higher than that of 32 states,”
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Bloomberg Europe’s Most Indebted Countries Aren’t Ready for Market Reality (Bloomberg) — Europe’s brightening economic outlook as Covid-19 vaccinations pick up is also accelerating the timetable toward a new danger.As investors get ready for growth to break out, they’re also preparing for the inevitable consequence: withdrawal of European Central Bank emergency funding. For the region’s
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All these indicators, sky high premiums on silver coins and bars, demand forecasted to keep rising, and a rapidly falling gold silver ratio, are… by Peter Krauth via Streetwise Reports Spot silver is trading around $26 per ounce…but you can’t buy any at that price. Instead, you’ll have to pay almost 50% more. That’s right.
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The Chartcraft Investors Intelligence Index is a common and widely accepted means of ascertaining the balance of power between the bulls and bears. In actuality, the Investors Intelligence sentiment index may refer to one of several possible sentiment indicators, including an advisor sentiment review and an insider activity review. These individual indexes are grouped according
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