How did you do this year? Let’s take a hypothetical portfolio of 60% S&P 500 and 40% Barclays Aggregate Bond Index, on a total return basis. Assuming a single rebalance at the mid-point of the year, you’re up 20.1% for 2019. Let’s say you had international exposure – this hypothetical portfolio consists of 30% S&P […]
Archives for 2019
10 themes that defined India’s startup and tech ecosystem in 2019
Layoffs across startups & IT companies A common theme across Indian startups and IT giants in 2019 was job cuts, primarily to reduce costs as companies grappled with slower growth along with an economic downturn in the country. India’s most-valued startups, including hospitality player Oyo, ride-hailing giant Ola, restaurant discovery platform Zomato and online classifieds […]
U.S. sanctions block hurry-up work on Russian gas pipeline – officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Any companies that rush to finish building a Russian natural gas export pipeline to Germany that came under U.S. sanctions this month risk being penalized, senior U.S. officials said on Sunday. President Donald Trump signed a bill late this month imposing sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project led by […]
More young women than men opting out of pensions
Young women are risking their retirement ‘security’ by opting out of their workplace pensions in higher numbers than men, according to a new study. Analysis by Royal London of its auto-enrolment book revealed a spike in opt outs with 10.5% of women aged 22-29 opting out of their workplace pension, compared to 8.1% of men […]
2019 Highlights – The Top 20 Nerd’s Eye View Blog Posts You Might Have Missed
Executive Summary As we enter the 2019 holiday season and the year (and decade!) comes to a close, I am once again so thankful to all of you, the ever-growing number of readers who continue to regularly visit this Nerd’s Eye View blog (and share the content with your friends and colleagues, which we greatly […]
Capital Gains Calculator for Property
We have compiled an Excel based Capital gains calculator for Property based on new 2001 series CII (Cost Inflation Index). It calculates both Long Term and Short Term capital gains and associated taxes. You need to feed your property sale & purchase date along with values. There is option to include cost of repairs/improvement that […]
E-commerce, new industrial policies likely to be released this fiscal: DPIIT Secretary
The DPIIT is working actively on the e-commerce as well as new industrial policies, and both are expected to be released by the end of this fiscal, a top official has said. “I personally feel that both these policies will be ready by this financial year end,” Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade […]
Data-crunching investments by insurers rise 20% in 2019
Insurers are increasing investments in systems to improve data crunching by at least 20% over last year. Most of this is toward subscription of data, build stronger data architecture and for updated technology towards better systems to crunch data. The driving force is the challenges that are emerging due to substandard and unstructured data. “For […]
Client Testimonials in 2019
As a business we are not very good at sharing the feedback we get from our clients. In fact we don’t share it at all unless you happen to be looking at our website because you need a bookkeeper or someone to take on your payroll. We have received some fantastic feedback from our clients […]
Social media hosted a lot of fake health news this year. Here’s what went most viral.
A nurse holds up a one dose bottle and a prepared syringe of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. George Frey | Getty Images A cabal of doctors are hiding the cure for cancer, berries are more effective than […]