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by spbos
Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:30 pm
Forum: To Chennai, Bengaluru, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Topic: Transfer Rupee from NRE to USA bank - best way to get good exchange rate?
Replies: -1
Views: 17

Transfer Rupee from NRE to USA bank - best way to get good exchange rate?

[QUOTE=wd40;676482]If you booked these FDs 5 years back at 9% and have 5 more years to go, this is a terrible terrible time to break the FDs. You will be given the current interest rate which is like 6.75% minus some penalty like 1%. So your return for last 5 years drops down from 10% compounded to ...
by spbos
Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:48 pm
Forum: OCI, PIO, Visa, Citizenship
Topic: Vacation to India VS Return to India..
Replies: -1
Views: 6

Vacation to India VS Return to India..

[URL="http://www.r2iclubforums.com/forums/member.php/33292-itsvennela"][COLOR=navy]itsvennela[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#3E3E3E] , [/COLOR]Nice insights!
by spbos
Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:37 am
Forum: Indian Mutual Funds, Stocks, IPO, PAN card
Topic: Raghuram Rajan ex RBI governor
Replies: -1
Views: 15

Raghuram Rajan ex RBI governor

No, RR need not be worried about this. If his current univ can't wait for him (which is unlikely) he can always go to a top school.

[QUOTE=vapasi1;633389].....

7) RR is on a leave for public service and will likely lose his position at the univ if he doesn't go back now

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by spbos
Thu May 12, 2016 11:16 pm
Forum: Indian Real Estate & Home loans
Topic: USA Elections 2016: Democrats or Republicans ?
Replies: -1
Views: 31

USA Elections 2016: Democrats or Republicans ?

...that tax would go up and down one was a master stroke ... and I think that Goldman-Sachs-jacket guy with a black goggles is also loving it :)

[QUOTE=okonomi;630580][URL]https://youtu.be/9DW8oyfqZSc?t=95[/URL]

What's not to love ?[/QUOTE]
by spbos
Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:44 am
Forum:
Topic: VANGUARD STAR (VGSTX) Mutual Fund
Replies: -1
Views: 0

VANGUARD STAR (VGSTX) Mutual Fund

Yes, this is based on past returns and variance-covariance matrix. However, I have never seen an efficient frontier presented like this- why are bonds and stocks lumped together as two points ? [QUOTE=DesBhakt;628379]search for "efficient frontier" & read up. This is based on historical average ...
by spbos
Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:10 am
Forum:
Topic: VANGUARD STAR (VGSTX) Mutual Fund
Replies: -1
Views: 0

VANGUARD STAR (VGSTX) Mutual Fund

Could you please let me know where you got this picture from? Thanks.
[QUOTE=DesBhakt;628373][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2gL15va.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
by spbos
Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:42 am
Forum:
Topic: VANGUARD STAR (VGSTX) Mutual Fund
Replies: -1
Views: 0

VANGUARD STAR (VGSTX) Mutual Fund

You said SPY is better based only on its returns. Desi said that comparing only returns of two financial assets is like comparing oranges to apples, because if one is riskier, it has to give you higher return or trade at a lower price. So in finance, you can only compare risk-adjusted returns, not ...
by spbos
Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:11 am
Forum: Indian Jobs & Career
Topic: Tax: Contracting for an UK client remotely from USA, through an UK-ltd company
Replies: -1
Views: 0

Tax: Contracting for an UK client remotely from USA, through an UK-ltd company

Hi all, I will appreciate your answer to my questions below. Let us assume that I am living in the USA on a H4 EAD since Aug, 2015 and work from home remotely for an UK client through my own one- person limited company in the UK. The contract is between my UK Company and my UK client and the revenue ...
by spbos
Sun Mar 06, 2016 1:33 am
Forum: Salary, CTC, Benefits
Topic: Safer low risk investment options in usa
Replies: -1
Views: 0

Safer low risk investment options in usa

Hi ILuvHyd, I am not sure why I should pay attention to inflation. Once my home country is fixed, lets us say USA, then I will just worry about what is the max return I can make in US dollars ( i.e., after converting my worldwide return to return in US dollars) given a certain amount of risk (and it ...
by spbos
Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:31 pm
Forum:
Topic: Plight of the H4 visa holders
Replies: -1
Views: 0

Plight of the H4 visa holders

I have come across a few cases likes this....by the way, did you fire her? [QUOTE=Veekay;596018]..... Her MO was that, when something was assigned to her, she would email the test packet to her husband and later would VPN into her home network. Her husband would at that time remote into her office ...

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