Knowledge Inhaler

I would like to begin by saying that despite my education in Finance (Undergrad) for 3 whole years, my "real" education in financial markets started once I graduated, and had to actually do something with my income, although it was (is) not much. When I started doing my research into the Indian banking market, and the Indian equity market , I almost could not believe that rates of interest were not beating inflation, at any of the banks, barring IDFC Bank. (6% p.a on a savings account, Inflation was 5.5% approx). It became clear to me that this wasn't sustainable in the long run, and for someone whose general outlook was a long term one, I fe...