http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10 : 57 : 19 +05:30 financialexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/fe/images/financial-logo.gif http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by financialexpress.com http://www.financialexpress.com/news/even-the-pundits-dont-know/386774/ Nobody really has the answers. Because if the so-called experts did, we wouldn’t be in such a mess in the first place. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/avoid-misplaced-sympathy/383779/ In the US bailout for households that are unable to pay their mortgages is under consideration. A similar bailout in India would be misplaced http://www.financialexpress.com/news/unintended-consequences/367336/ When the tech bubble burst, the Fed lowered interest rates and sowed the seeds of the present crisis. Will this bailout spawn the next crisis? http://www.financialexpress.com/news/time-to-stay-put/372745/ Instead of asking around where to invest, the current situation, in which there are so many unknown unknowns, calls for letting your money rest in the bank http://www.financialexpress.com/news/squeezed/395742/ Squeezed between loans engendered by the lofty dreams of the boom years and the prospects of layoffs in a slowing economy, urban India will have to make a few hard choices — financial and lifestyle-related — to survive this downturn http://www.financialexpress.com/news/caution-is-the-byword/392859/ The events of the last few months have made debt funds extremely cautious about liquidity mismatch http://www.financialexpress.com/news/the-flip-side-to-listing/389952/ Listing of fixed maturity plans may not end the recent woes of this class of debt mutual funds. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/price-correction-not-default/380832/ While it is highly probable that prices will correct in the real estate sector, loan defaults haven’t become inevitable yet http://www.financialexpress.com/news/close-to-tipping-point/378503/ The real estate sector has been in distress mode and might be close to tipping point http://www.financialexpress.com/news/done-in-by-liquidity-crunch/375655/ What has caused the current liquidity crisis in mutual funds? And what needs to be done to prevent its recurrence? http://www.financialexpress.com/news/crisis-will-have-an-impact/370029/ Make no mistake, the global financial crisis will affect the Indian economy by way of shortage of international credit and drying up of portfolios inflows http://www.financialexpress.com/news/sebi-and-amfi-join-hands-to-check-nav-manipulation/364432/ Market regulator Sebi and industry body Amfi are working together to standardise valuations of floating rate bonds. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/reconfiguring-the-financial-world/364429/ As calls for stricter regulation get more strident, regulators will have to address how financial entities can be made less prone to failure without ruining their raison d’etre http://www.financialexpress.com/news/invest-through-etfs/361597/ Commodity ETFs available in the US and other developed markets have emerged as an attractive investment option http://www.financialexpress.com/news/go-by-fundamentals/358780/ Investors pinning their hopes on an early recovery should peg their hopes on fundamentals, instead of going by technicals http://www.financialexpress.com/news/make-home-loan-rates-transparent/355982/ Borrowers will be able to anticipate changes to their borrowing rate only when the floating rate on home loans is pegged to an independent benchmark