Category Archives: Finance

IndiaInsuranceMart.com Is Now Live!

If you need any insurance in India, then the latest site by MyOrbit can help you: IndiaInsuranceMart.com

This is an Insurance marketplace where insurance buyers can get quotes from various insurance sellers. Till now, there was no such website to provide this service in India. Based on feedback so far, the site offers a very useful service.

Many buyers of insurance products today want reliable services that be purchased online, or using phone plus email. The site is currently registering insurance sellers (agents/ brokers/ companies) for the sell side, and expects to have 100+ insurance sellers by December 2009, which will enable competitive offers to insurance buyers coming to the site. IndiaInsuranceMart.com

US Economic Stimulus Package by Obama

Obama’s work has begun, and here’s first hand report from Capitol Hill on what’s being planned as his Economic Stimulus package. The top areas appear to be: Home and School Refurbishing, Extending Healthcare Reach to 8.5 million more Americans.

Lessons from Satyam Episode

Rather unique set of events have happened with Satyam, which is India’s 4th largest IT services company, having $2.1 billion annual revenue in FY 2007-2008.

There is much to learn for any business, whether it is privately held or a public-listed.

Read the specific analysis here: Lessons From Satyam Investor Issues 

Goldman Sachs Reports First Quarterly Loss But Remains Strong

The unbeatable hero of Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, has reported its first ever quarterly loss since it went public 9 years ago. And yes, the market conditions are quite bad.

Goldman Sachs has posted a quarterly loss of $2.1 billion, or $4.97 per share, on net negative revenue $1.58 billion, down from a profit of $7.01 per share in the same quarter last year. Results for the entire year weren’t actually all that bad; the i-bank posted a profit of $2.3 billion, or $4.47 per share, on revenue of $22.2 billion.

Though some may say its down from an $11.6 billion profit last year, but if you see it with a “grounded perspective”, most of Goldman Sach’s competition is in tatters, or buried already.

To us, a surviving and standing Goldman Sachs represents strength. And they have managed to be significantly less exposed to much of the sub-prime crisis and its toxic derivatives.

More than that, Goldman Sachs has the belief to battle it out. If anyone on Wall Street can do it, it has to be Goldman Sachs. And at their current valuation, they are still a ‘buy’!