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A bitter truth

InKadvi Hawa, director Nila Madhab Panda takes up the issue of climate change




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From text to speech : the MITalk system / Jonathan Allen, M. Sharon Hunnicutt, Dennis Klatt, with Robert C. Armstrong and David Pisoni

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987




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Why this balanced advantage fund is a useful addition amidst rough markets

ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage juggles stocks, bonds and derivatives smartly for optimal returns




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Why this conservative hybrid fund makes sense amidst market volatility

Aditya Birla Sun Life Regular Savings has been a consistent outperformer while keeping risks at bay




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Banking on BFSI mutual funds

Shedding light on the undervalued segment and MFs available in the space




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Back to Basics: What should you know about Exchange Traded Funds?

Navigating the intricacies of ETF-investing involves understanding the disparity between an ETF’s market price and its Net Asset Value (NAV)




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Baroda BNP Paribas Retirement fund: Should you invest in the NFO?

The hybrid fund offering would take a flexicap approach to stocks and duration management for bonds




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In debt funds, the focus is on high-quality credit strategies: Rahul Goswami, CIO-India Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

Rahul Goswami, CIO &MD - India Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Asset Management, on what investors can expect on the debt side from the AMC and on his rate cut expectations




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Aditya Birla Sun Life Quant Fund: Should you invest in the NFO?

The ABSL Quant Fund is open for subscription until June 24 with a minimum investment of ₹500




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Should you subscribe to the Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defence Index fund NFO?

Exposure to indigenised defence spending through a passive fund




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Why this consistent ultra short-term fund is a worthy debt investment

ICICI Prudential Ultra Short-Term fund can make the most of persistently high short-term interest rates




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Quant MF under SEBI scrutiny: Deep dive into their mid- & small-cap schemes

A look at the stock positions of Quant Mutual Fund’s Mid- and Small-cap schemes, stress-test results (as of May 2024) and adjusted Net Asset Value (NAV)




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Insurance of bank balance: some useful perspectives

The basis of safety or comfort with a bank should not be DICGC cover but overall fundamental quality of the bank; preferably bank with institutions where you would not require this coverage




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43% of equity MF schemes fail to beat benchmark indices

Multi-cap and Focused funds were the best performers with 75 per cent and 64 per cent or 18 each of the 24 and 28 schemes beat their respective benchmark




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SBI Contra fund: Why this long-term outperformer is a worthy investment

A multi-cap and contrarian approach helps the fund figure among the best across equity categories




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Snatching value back from a fire

When you suddenly cannot afford to continue paying the premiums on a life policy, you may still be able to protect value. A new measure from IRDAI helps you in this quest 




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Edelweiss Business Cycle NFO: Should you invest?

The new fund seeks to combine multiple factors to make the most of business cycles




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Navi Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 Index Fund: Should you subscribe?

The only fund tracking the Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 Index till date. But does it offer some unique value proposition?




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Why this value fund may be a good investment for the long term

Nippon India Value has consistently outperformed its benchmark and delivered optimal risk-adjusted returns




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SBI Innovative Opportunities Fund: What you should know

The recently-launched fund, open till August 12, is a high risk and unknown rewards scenario




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ICICI Pru Equity & Debt Fund review: A slight tilt to safety

Broad portfolio of holdings in equity and debt to limit portfolio downside during corrections from the peaks




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Franklin Templeton India makes a debt fund comeback: Should you invest in its ultra short duration NFO?

The ultra short duration scheme is a new offering from the fund house after a long gap




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CPSE ETF: Take money off the table

With PSU stocks catching the market’s fancy, this ETF has seen its NAV more than double from ₹47 a year ago to over ₹102.8 now




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What you need to know about SWP

Guide to withdrawing a fixed sum from MF investments at regular intervals for a fixed period




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Baroda BNP Paribas Dividend Yield NFO: Should you invest?

The new fund will invest in companies with healthy cashflows and look to avoid dividend traps




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Back to Basics: Have you filed in nomination for your MF?

Non-submission of ‘choice of nomination’ shall not result in freezing of MF folios for existing investors. But, you have more to lose not doing it




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Why this focused fund can be a worthy investment in heated markets

Mahindra Manulife Focused fund is large-cap heavy and takes moderate risks in its portfolio




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Bandhan Business Cycle Fund: Should you invest in the NFO?

The fund will follow a top-down approach to sector selection and bottom-up process to zero-in on stocks




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Leveraging equity taxation with arbitrage funds

Arbitrage funds come with both – safety of capital as a debt fund and taxation of an equity fund.




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Recent tweaks by SEBI in norms pertaining to nominations

A brief explainer on the amendments pertaining to investors recently brought in




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Why this large cap fund is a suitable investment in current volatile market

Canara Robeco Blue Chip Equity has consistently beaten the benchmark and delivered above-average performance




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Beating the benchmark

Diversification and banking well on winners have made all the difference




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Why balanced advantage fund may help tide over volatile markets

Balanced advantage funds are seen as attractive in the current market as they tend to generate risk-adjusted returns and insulate investor portfolios from stiff corrections




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Why not considering liquid ETFs might be an opportunity cost

Liquid ETFs, trading on both NSE and BSE, predominantly invest in TREPS, which ensures daily returns, very low volatility, no interest or credit risk.




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Why investing in this large-cap fund can be rewarding in choppy markets

Kotak Bluechip is a steady outperformer and suits investors, with a medium risk appetite, saving for long-term goals




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Good time to buy quality index funds

Applying filters of the style throws up companies in market-leading positions with a competitive moat




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Car walkers' club

Breed of morning walkers. They drive to park for walk, but what else they do?




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NHRC conclave to boost human rights in Global South




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20 landmark verdicts delivered by CJI Chandrachud




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Centre to hold mega Digital Life Certificate camp for pensioners in Hyderabad




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PM Modi a 'demanding' boss, have to be 'fully prepared' to hold discussions with him: EAM Jaishankar




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PM Modi participates in 200th year celebrations of Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in Gujarat




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India's first-ever space exercise 'Antariksha Abhyas' begins




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'Namo buddhaya': Kiren Rijiju expresses gratitude on visit to Buddha memorial in Maharashtra's Nashik




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Centre releases funds for rural local bodies in Kerala, Meghalaya




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Global leader PM Modi deserves Nobel Peace prize: Ace investor Mark Mobius




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Baku climate talks: India not attending World Leaders Climate Action Summit




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Author Jeremy Greenberg on MyFox Kansas City

Relative Discomfort: The Family Survival Guide author Jeremy Greenberg appeared on MyFox Kansas City.

See the interview here: MyFoxKC.com

Everybody has one, or more. That relative who drives you up the wall. And it's hard to get through the holidays without seeing them. Author, Jeremy Greenburg explains relative discomfort in his family survival guide. He'll be at Barnes and Noble on the Country Club Plaza Friday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. for a book signing. Visit his website at jeremygreenberg.com.

Relative Discomfort is a sidesplitting, guffaw-inducing guide to living through and laughing at all of our family encounters. You know that knot you get in your stomach when you're about to come face-to-face with your Uncle Drunk and Aunt Enabler, or the brother-in-law who always wants to show you his gun collection? This book unties that knot.




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Bee & Me Debuts

Bee & Me debuted at #15 in the Children’s Illustrated Category of the Independent Bookstores Bestseller list for November 6-13, 2008.

The listing is based on reporting from many
hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

Bee & Me (Accord Publishing, LLC, $16.99) is the fantastic new storybook that everyone is buzZz-ing about! From author Elle J. McGuinness and illustrator Heather Brown, Bee & Me is an entrancing book that features vibrant full color illustrations introduced by the innovative technique of Ani-motion, created by Accord designers Jeff Cole and Katarina Ford. Bee & Me is the first book to feature Ani-motion applied in full color, providing the visually arresting Ani-motion panels in almost every spread to enhance the action and immediacy of the story.




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Mass Historia Reviewed by Monsters & Critics

Book Review: Mass Historia
Fiction Book Reviews

Emmy award winning comedy writer Chris Regan has turned his considerable talents to past events and come out with a winner in this uproarious look at 365 days in history. Embellishing facts with liberal doses of light humor, history has never been more entertaining as demonstrated by the January 4 entry celebrating Utah’s statehood that explains how Utah became the forty-fifth state which coincidentally, was the average number of wives enjoyed by most Utah men at the time. Then learn about the army suppression of an uprising of a hoard of Donnie Osmond groupies and the five top Mormon fun facts.

Even better, on June 24, 1997 the U.S. Air Force released their final report on the Roswell incident, a 231-page tome that would prove to be light reading for those who can polish off 251 pages of a Dune novel while awaiting a Star Trek rerun. Or how about the November 15, 1887 entry highlighting the birth of Georgia O’Keeffe with the notation, “After being born, the baby looks up at where she came from, and gets her first-and last-idea for a painting.”

Chock full of fun “facts”, sidebars and irreverently captioned pictures, this is not history as we learned it in school, thank goodness! Regan’s view of history is smart, pointed, frequently not PC but always entertaining. Think History Channel crossed with equal portions South Park and Robot Chicken and you get the general idea.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/books/fiction/reviews/article_1441330.php/Book_Review_Mass_Historia