List of Top 8 Fixed Income Products! Fixed Income Product # 1. Credit Default Swaps (CDS): Over the past few years, especially at the onset of the global economic recession, when people started to wonder as to what really went wrong, the CDS came into limelight. CDS is basically in the nature of insurance. It provides a protection to the [...]
The following points highlight the factors that influence interest rate movements in the economy. The factors are: 1. Inflation 2. Rate Signals from the RBI 3. Banking System Liquidity 4. Deposits in the Banking System 5. Fiscal Deficit and Government Borrowings. Factor # 1. Inflation: Inflation refers to the increase in the price levels in the economy. It refers to [...]
In this article we will discuss about the benefits of having a diversified investment portfolio. Yearly Returns from Each Investment Avenue: Let us first consider the returns that you would have earned each year during the period from 2000 to 2010 from four main investment avenues- Equity, Fixed Income, Commodities and Gold. For the purpose of measuring returns from each [...]