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Indian Public Bank Investment Trumps Private Sector Growth

Posted by NriFinanceGuide on August 19, 2010

BSE - Bombay Stock ExchangeLast week, State Bank of India (SBI) shares rose 25% in first quarter net profit, bringing the stock to a lifetime high. There were two consecutive days of appreciation last week that allowed SBI to break its profit record, but the real growth impetus lies in the 12.7% rise in Bombay Stock Exchange’s banking index. This significant increase is even more telling when compared to the 1.98% increase in Sensex, the sensitivity index for a select 30 stocks in the Bombay Stock Exchange: it becomes clear that investment in the public banks of India is a wise financial decision.

Net Interest Income

Compared with increases in the first quarter of last year, public banks have seen a 48.4% increase in their net interest income, or NII. This measurement is achieved by subtracting the amount of interest paid out by a bank for liabilities from the amount of interest it receives from assets. A high growth rate like the one posted for the first quarter of 2010-2011 shows that India’s public banks are enjoying significantly increased profit margins. In comparison, private banks posted only a 25% rise.

Net Interest Margin

NIM is calculated as a percentage of a bank’s interest-earning assets and expresses the difference between interest generated and interest paid out relative to those assets. The public banks’ NIM, then, is also growing at an impressive rate, posted at three times the increase of private banks’ NIM relative to last year’s growth. SBI, for example, has seen an increase of 0.88% in its NIM during this year’s first quarter, as compared to ICICI Bank’s increase of 0.1%. SBI and other private banks are earning a significantly greater amount on their loans than they are spending on deposits.

Public and Private Bank Distribution

Public banks included in the Bombay Stock Exchange’s banking index are Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, IDBI Bank Ltd., Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, and SBI. Private sector banks include Axis Bank Ltd., Federal Bank Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., IndusInd Bank Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., and Yes Bank Ltd.

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Financial Planning in India for NRIs – An Online Opportunity

Posted by NriFinanceGuide on May 31, 2010

Indian financial planning has come a long way since the days when the gigantic huffing and puffing public sector corporations ruled the roost and a lot of non resident Indians are exploiting the full potential of this strategy through some investment advising. It was the era of large government run companies that scarcely made profits or lived up to the ethos of free market competition. Without reforms in place, people had to be content with whatever was dished out by the enterprises run by bureaucrats. Financial planning is a chart for saving and spending future incomes.

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Road map for the future

It lays out a road map for the future spending and a careful budgetary allocation for all sectors is required. Expenses like utilities, rent and food are accounted for in financial planning. At the individual level, financial planning should start early in your life. You need to plan well ahead to lead a comfortable life in old age. Earlier, people banked on their children and their jobs to take care of their parents during their old age.

Times have changed and so have opportunities.

But times have changed and expenses have shot up. Lifestyle changes in the young have forced them to spend more than their parents. Nowadays, even the young are planning early on in life to ensure a comfortable lifestyle later on in life.

People are also retiring early and spending time on things they would have loved doing instead of working at an office as was the practice earlier. By investing judiciously, Indian people are ensuring they lead a good and comfortable life after retirement.

Top get optimum monetary benefits, senior citizens have planned way ahead. There are many financial schemes that can guarantee a healthy and reasonably good lifestyle by managing their expenses.

You should think of short and long term savings at the same time after incurring your expenses. Usually, people in India leave aside 20 percent of their income as savings for the rainy day. And for long term savings, you should explore all the best investment potentials available.

Wide array of investment plans available for NRIs

You can put aside some money for saving in the bank and then use the wide array of bonds and mutual funds to as well as shares and stocks to make the money grow. Indian financial planning is not restricted to banks these days as you can explore a wide range of investment options online. With the stock market boom, there are several investors coming in and investing in the form of foreign direct investment into the Indian stock market. After all, financial planning is taking good care of your future.

Financial planning in India allows you a wide range of options. You can exercise them according to your will and that could mean buying a car, a house or even taking a holiday overseas.

Many Indians are getting used to a change in their lifestyles for the better. They are exploring newer avenues for spending their newly earned wealth from judicious financial planning. You can get more from your life these days in India than ever before and getting it is easy as there are several loan schemes to back your passions.

With careful planning, you can set your goals and go about to achieve them. There could be various ways you could have received money. It could be from a sale of property or a share lot that has matured.

You can also get loads of money after voluntary retirement and looking for ways to invest it and watch it grow. There are many avenues for investment these days and Indian don’t need to worry as they did decades ago when limited opportunities froze their money making plans.

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Future of India – Will the Indian Stock Market still Boom?

Posted by NriFinanceGuide on May 15, 2009

India just keeps getting better and better. The economy is growing rapidly surpassing some of Asia’s biggest economies. India is now becoming the third largest country in Asia economically. It has grown so much and is expected to continue to grow like this for a long time.  The Indian Government is doing everything it can do to propel the growth rates in the Indian Industry, primarily in: India Stock Market, Indian Companies, India’s manufacturing index, India Business Sector, India’s Company sector and other India investment industries.

The yearly salaries are rising and the command to buy is under the command to spend. The Investment GDP ratio is at a high. It is now over 30 percent and between the years 1990 and 2004 the average was only 25 percent. It has been said that, once it reaches 30 percent, it is going to take off rapidly. So India is expected to move rapidly.

The down side to India’s big movement is that there is a limit to how high it can go. India has grown so much, making the costs of everything go up so frequently. It can turn into the most expensive country in the world. The companies are now working above their finest ability.

A lot of professionals say that this is a problem, but that people over-exaggerate while talking about it. Their main worry about India is that the roads are so bad in India and the amount of terrible roads may increase, but the government is addressing this issue. The prices of cement, used to make good roads, have also gone up a lot with the prices of everything else. There are so many road related projects that need to be done soon.

A lot of people try to People undervalue India‘s accomplishment in growth. The growth rates are very good and it wouldn’t be wrong for people to overvalue it. India has created the best growth story that happen over a long time. Although India is growing, there can still be corrections in the market. No matter how well a country is doing, there is always something that can be fixed. Some say that they would like to wait until the market is fixed to invest.

Don’t let short-term concerns put you off from Investing in India:

When things happen in the news, it affects the market. Sometimes it is good for the market and sometimes it is bad. Just remember that the things that happen in the news, are not permanent and the market will increase or decrease with the next thing. The India market is not that strong because the rupee is getting smaller and the effect oil has. Also, recently, the uncertainty of what will happen between India and Pakistan and all of the bombings have affected the market and made others not want to invest.

When thinking about all of the bad things in the news that can affect the market in a negative way, think about the things that affect it in a positive way as well. The growth rates are substantial and that yearly exports are bringing in a lot of money. The export market has increased because other countries are in demand. India is not relying on just a few countries anymore. It is now dealing with the countries that are said to have the fastest growth rate within the next few years. You need to look at a market in the long-term. When seeing it in the short-term every market will look bad due to recent news. An investor needs to look past that. It is never guaranteed that you will make a lot of money when investing in any market, including an emerging one. However, India is said to be number one in the world right now for investment opportunities.

Indian Bull Story is not over in the India’s Share Market.

India stocks are not happy with the celebration of India’s independence. All of the commotion brought the market down six percent. But this is just another story that will be fixed in the long-term. India has a demographic outline greater than China’s outline and they don’t have to rely on global trade. Consumption is increasing a lot and the middle class is growing as well. In India, every month about six million people get a mobile phone. This is more than China. Corporate companies and firms have a very high return as well in India.

It is said that the Reserve Bank of India come up with a way that the domestic credit cycle can last for an extensive time. This credit cycle and the investment cycle, of course, will keep India in the bull market for a long time. They stopped/slowed the growth of the bank credit. The bank is taking control of the credit and loans very well so that India stays on the right track.

Remember, that even with India doing so well, there are always going to be flaws in the market, just like every market. Many things can happen in which India can lose the things it relies on. Any news related event that happens in any country will affect that countries market and sometimes other countries as well. India, having a very rapid growing economy is also a very expensive country in Asia. Many have high hopes for India and if investors invest in India, they would be buying into a country that has an excellent opportunity to make money over long-term.

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