- You pay hefty fees on an annual basis to the bank.
- The lockers aren't insured
- There's no real safety/security in case of theft or an unfortunate event.
Is there a work around?
Yes.
Enter "Gold Monetisation Scheme".
Do you keep your gold assets in bank locker? You are probably paying some fees every year for your lockers.
Instead, what if you could get a locker for free?
What if I said banks would pay you to keep your gold assets safe?
Time for a thread. 👇👇👇
- You pay hefty fees on an annual basis to the bank.
- The lockers aren't insured
- There's no real safety/security in case of theft or an unfortunate event.
Is there a work around?
Yes.
Enter "Gold Monetisation Scheme".
How it works:
You deposit your gold in bank.
They keep it safe for a fixed number of years.
You get it back as physical gold or cash on maturity.
You should take the gold you want to deposit to a Collection and Purity Testing Centre (CPTC). GOI has established over 300 CPTC's across India.
They will take your gold, evaluate its purity, and provide a receipt for the gold quantity.
Create a gold monetisation scheme account in your bank.
Give them the receipt provided by PTC.
Your bank will then convert that receipt to a scheme certificate as part of your GMS account.
5-7 years - 2.25% per annum
12-15 years - 2.5% per annum
Tax Benefits:
No capital gains tax on the profits made through this scheme.
Capital gains are also exempt from wealth tax and income tax.
You can deposit Gold bars, coins, even old jewellery.
What can you not deposit?
You can't deposit Gold jewellery encrusted with gemstones.
You won't get your gold back in its original form.
Upon maturity, you'll get fresh gold coin/bars or cash.
Once you deposit your jewellery/bar/coin, banks send them to Mineral Trading Corporation for minting gold coins, or sell it to jewellers.
Ex: If the interest is 0.5% per annum, you get 1 gram on 200 grams deposited, at the end of the year.
If you deposited 200g at a value of 600k, and the interest rate is 2.5%, you'll get 15000 rupees as interest in a year.
This is of course tax exempt.
Also, the option to encash the gold on maturity is also attractive in case you want cash instead of physical gold once the scheme matures.
Minimum deposit : 30 grams
Maximum deposit : Unlimited.
SBI : https://t.co/uDmrJOM07K
ICICI : https://t.co/niB8oodCmu
HDFC : https://t.co/B67Re4iJkg
Contact your bank for more details on this.
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** MEGA THREAD ON Cryptocurrencies/Blockchain**
I wanted to know the best resources to learn about cryptocurrencies and blockchain for someone with zero knowledge. I asked Twitter, and Twitter answered.
This thread is a compilation of the best resources I was recommended. 👇👇
Let's start with ** BOOKS **
The first thing you should do before you pick up any book:
Learn about Bitcoin & Ethereum by reading the respective whitepapers.
- [Bitcoin white paper](https://t.co/cErOaFn6QL) by Satoshi Nakamoto
- [Ethereum White paper] (https://t.co/0g5kYCGJGq) by Vitalik Buterin
Even if you are not tech savvy, you can get a good grasp about how blockchain functions from these papers.
1) *The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them* by Antony Lewis
This book covers topics such as the history of Bitcoin, the Bitcoin blockchain, and Bitcoin buying, selling, and mining.
It also answers how payments are made and how transactions are kept secure.
Other cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency pricing are examined, answering how one puts a value on cryptocurrencies and digital tokens.
I wanted to know the best resources to learn about cryptocurrencies and blockchain for someone with zero knowledge. I asked Twitter, and Twitter answered.
This thread is a compilation of the best resources I was recommended. 👇👇
Let's start with ** BOOKS **
The first thing you should do before you pick up any book:
Learn about Bitcoin & Ethereum by reading the respective whitepapers.
- [Bitcoin white paper](https://t.co/cErOaFn6QL) by Satoshi Nakamoto
- [Ethereum White paper] (https://t.co/0g5kYCGJGq) by Vitalik Buterin
Even if you are not tech savvy, you can get a good grasp about how blockchain functions from these papers.
1) *The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them* by Antony Lewis
This book covers topics such as the history of Bitcoin, the Bitcoin blockchain, and Bitcoin buying, selling, and mining.
It also answers how payments are made and how transactions are kept secure.
Other cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency pricing are examined, answering how one puts a value on cryptocurrencies and digital tokens.
Have you ever had 4-5 profitable trades in a row, and you bet all your profits on your next trade feeling "in the zone" only to lose it all?
That's called as "hot-hand fallacy" bias.
I ran a poll recently to outline two classic biases we have as humans.
Thread below 👇👇
1/ *Hot-Hand Fallacy* first had its origin in the game of basketball.
If a player shoots few baskets in a row, people generally predict that the next shot will also be a basket.
This is ignoring the fact that each shot is independent of the ones that came prior.
2/ In this poll, 41.1% people voted that the batsman who hit 4 sixes in a row, will hit a sixer in the 5th ball also.
This is classic hot-hand fallacy.
Each ball's outcome is independent.
The probability is not 50% FYI (number of outcomes is not 2).
These 148 people who voted that the next ball will also be a sixer, did so because they believe that the batsman is on a hot streak, and that his streak would continue.
This is an emotional bias and is usually attached to human performance related events only.
3/ 45.3% (162) people voted that the 5th ball would be a dot ball, meaning the batsman wouldn't score anything.
These people displayed the classic "negative-recency" bias, which is also called the "Gambler's Fallacy".
That's called as "hot-hand fallacy" bias.
I ran a poll recently to outline two classic biases we have as humans.
Thread below 👇👇
Let's say you see a cricketer hit four 6's in a row.
— Shravan Venkataraman \U0001f525\U0001f680\U0001f4b0 (@theBuoyantMan) December 30, 2020
If you have to bet on the next ball's outcome, what would you bet on?
1/ *Hot-Hand Fallacy* first had its origin in the game of basketball.
If a player shoots few baskets in a row, people generally predict that the next shot will also be a basket.
This is ignoring the fact that each shot is independent of the ones that came prior.
2/ In this poll, 41.1% people voted that the batsman who hit 4 sixes in a row, will hit a sixer in the 5th ball also.
This is classic hot-hand fallacy.
Each ball's outcome is independent.
The probability is not 50% FYI (number of outcomes is not 2).
These 148 people who voted that the next ball will also be a sixer, did so because they believe that the batsman is on a hot streak, and that his streak would continue.
This is an emotional bias and is usually attached to human performance related events only.
3/ 45.3% (162) people voted that the 5th ball would be a dot ball, meaning the batsman wouldn't score anything.
These people displayed the classic "negative-recency" bias, which is also called the "Gambler's Fallacy".
Hedge Funds spend millions of dollars per year to access high quality financial datasets.
Retail sources cost anywhere from $5k-50k per year.
But, here are 11 data sources that have HIGH QUALITY and FREE data you can access right away.
🧵 👇
1/ Alpha Vantage | https://t.co/ExlS7Jdnsz
Provides real time & historical equities, forex, and cryptocurrencies data across 60+ exchanges.
They provide both intraday and D/W/M timeframe data.
You can also access economic & fundamental data for last 20 years through them.
2/ IEX | https://t.co/drqeoU8Ee1
Investors Exchange provides historical data going back upto 15 years for US equities through API access.
You'll need an API key in order to access the API.
3/ EconDB | https://t.co/6mZxDeaJfh
This website provides economic data and economic indicators for almost all the countries in the world.
You can search for your preferred dataset through their search engine here
4/ Quandl | https://t.co/fW4PEQaW66
Quandl has financial and alternate data across 50+ exchanges, from over 300 sources.
They also have information on capital markets, energy, shipping, healthcare, education, demography, economics and society.
Retail sources cost anywhere from $5k-50k per year.
But, here are 11 data sources that have HIGH QUALITY and FREE data you can access right away.
🧵 👇
1/ Alpha Vantage | https://t.co/ExlS7Jdnsz
Provides real time & historical equities, forex, and cryptocurrencies data across 60+ exchanges.
They provide both intraday and D/W/M timeframe data.
You can also access economic & fundamental data for last 20 years through them.
2/ IEX | https://t.co/drqeoU8Ee1
Investors Exchange provides historical data going back upto 15 years for US equities through API access.
You'll need an API key in order to access the API.
3/ EconDB | https://t.co/6mZxDeaJfh
This website provides economic data and economic indicators for almost all the countries in the world.
You can search for your preferred dataset through their search engine here
4/ Quandl | https://t.co/fW4PEQaW66
Quandl has financial and alternate data across 50+ exchanges, from over 300 sources.
They also have information on capital markets, energy, shipping, healthcare, education, demography, economics and society.
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Here are all the threads posted by @AdityaTodmal and @niki_poojary in January: 🧵
• 8 powerful ways to use Twitter
• Power of Stocks
• 14 Trading Strategies
• Basics of Derivatives (3 parts)
• Technical Analysis for all sectors
• Tweets of the week
• Books on Futures
All the Top 10 tweets threads I have ever posted to date:
Basics of Derivatives Part 1:
8 powerful ways to use Twitter:
Basics of Derivatives Part 2:
• 8 powerful ways to use Twitter
• Power of Stocks
• 14 Trading Strategies
• Basics of Derivatives (3 parts)
• Technical Analysis for all sectors
• Tweets of the week
• Books on Futures
All the Top 10 tweets threads I have ever posted to date:
Every week, I post a thread with the top ten tweets.
— Aditya Todmal (@AdityaTodmal) January 7, 2022
People seem to enjoy these a lot.
\U0001f9f5 Here's a list of all of them in order of appearance: \U0001f9f5
Basics of Derivatives Part 1:
\U0001d401\U0001d41a\U0001d42c\U0001d422\U0001d41c\U0001d42c \U0001d428\U0001d41f \U0001d403\U0001d41e\U0001d42b\U0001d422\U0001d42f\U0001d41a\U0001d42d\U0001d422\U0001d42f\U0001d41e\U0001d42c
— Nikita Poojary (@niki_poojary) January 8, 2022
\u2022 What is a derivative
\u2022 Various derivative products
\u2022 Participants in derivatives market
\u2022 Uses of derivative instruments
\u2022 Beta & hedge ratio
\u2022 Option Greeks
Time for a Thread \U0001f9f5
Curated in collaboration with @AdityaTodmal pic.twitter.com/x6IHoQubOT
8 powerful ways to use Twitter:
Most of the Trading community doesn\u2019t know how to use Twitter effectively.
— Aditya Todmal (@AdityaTodmal) January 15, 2022
Here are 8 powerful ways to use Twitter: \U0001f9f5
Collaborated with @niki_poojary pic.twitter.com/TuZt72PIzd
Basics of Derivatives Part 2:
\U0001d401\U0001d41a\U0001d42c\U0001d422\U0001d41c\U0001d42c \U0001d428\U0001d41f \U0001d403\U0001d41e\U0001d42b\U0001d422\U0001d42f\U0001d41a\U0001d42d\U0001d422\U0001d42f\U0001d41e\U0001d42c - \U0001d40f\U0001d41a\U0001d42b\U0001d42d \U0001d408\U0001d408
— Nikita Poojary (@niki_poojary) January 15, 2022
\u2022 How options can be used
\u2022 How to trade in options & exit strategy- buyers
\u2022 Imp of theta decay
\u2022 How to trade in options & exit strategy -sellers
Time for a Thread\U0001f9f5
Curated in collaboration with@AdityaTodmal pic.twitter.com/Ebd99afDKB
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I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.
Ironies of Luck https://t.co/5BPWGbAxFi
— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) March 14, 2018
"Luck is the flip side of risk. They are mirrored cousins, driven by the same thing: You are one person in a 7 billion player game, and the accidental impact of other people\u2019s actions can be more consequential than your own."
I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.
