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@omnaidu, I understand what you must be going through. my mom suffers from deperession and psychotic symptoms. I can understand how tough it must be for the family. I wanted to suggest Dr kalyan Sundaram in bangalore. His treatment has partially helped my mom. Please have courage. i know you might ...

I am generally bullish on RE everywhere. Despite what happened in the last 2 years in India, i am bullish in India too. I am right now in Bangalore and RE business is booming. As I drive around, tons of new business complexes coming up, Apartments in good residential areas are crazily priced (just ...

[QUOTE=cantor;673437]After recent loss of capital in trading endeavor I have started thinking about long term AAP. My bad trading is somewhat detailed in Day Trading thread for those curious to know. What is worse is that my risk appetite is now considerably reduced. I am very risk averse. Here is ...

[QUOTE=Lakshya;673909]This remind me one of my trip to South Indian temple in South India. Don't remember what was the place, but I was not allowed to wear shirt and there was a separate line for men and women. Place was jam pack, and I was way behind. In few minutes priest told his assistant to ...

i have to admit i am officially nervous and worried about my 3-4 yr horizon investments and whether to continue with that plan.
my long term investment plan does not change ofcourse (never wavered even during 2007-08 crash, so i think i will stick to it).

enjoyed the gravy train ride this decade.

i make a lot of noise when someone cuts the line in front of me - i loudly object and have done this at airports, indian consulate in SF, cashier counters in indian malls (the educated IT types are notorious line cutters). but during the morning rush hour commute, i cut liberally - my logic is that ...

i thought that article was disingenuous. it is unscientific and the author does acknowledge that. it makes the point about as you "settle" and "grow", """Happiness level comes down due to missing family relationships and not able to take care of aging parents.""". While this is partially true, it is ...

[QUOTE=desi4ever;670760]Where are you getting 8.5% ? I'm seeing the rates are hovering around 3% which isnt that attractive.[/QUOTE]

3% is somewhat attractive if USD is part of your portfolio? cash is preferred because of its potential usage in the short term (2-3 years) - house purchase etc.

Is there any FDIC equivalent insurance for these FCNR deposits?

slightly off-topic, but since we are talking about investing...any thoughts on commodities or metals?