This Week in Health Reform: November 6, 2009 As we near the end of a busy week in Congress, WellPoint sent a letter to Congressional Members highlighting the detrimental impact of current legislation on our health care system. The letter focuses on the potential impact of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962) … Read more
INTRODUCTION One of the outstanding features of globalization in the financial services industry is the increased access provided to non-local investors in several major stock markets of the world. Increasingly, stock markets from emerging markets permit institutional investors to trade in their domestic markets. Indian stock market opened to Foreign Institutional Investors in 14th … Read more
1. Mutual Funds Offer Diversification:The beauty of a mutual fund is that you can buy a mutual fund and obtain instant access to a hundreds of individual stocks or bonds. Otherwise, in order to diversify your portfolio, you might have to buy individual securities, which exposes you to more potential volatility. 2. Mutual Funds are … Read more
“Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent, wreaking havoc and destruction, costing companies and countries billions of dollars”, says Kevin James, CEO of Global Carbon Exchange, a South African-Australasian based carbon and energy reduction consultancy. A study conducted by a Deutche Bank economist states that “forest decline could be costing about 7% of global GDP”. … Read more
Debt elimination programs. Is it true that these debt elimination programs can eliminate all my debts? Yes, they can, but beware, as they can also do more damages, than getting your out of debts. There are many cases where desperate debtors especially those with unsecured obligations like credit cards, often lose more money than they … Read more