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Alternative Investment Returns

Precious Metal Index 1 Year Returns   33.52%

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Art Index 1 Year Returns                       14.40%

Sensex 1 Year Returns                              8.93%

The Rich Have 80% More Energy Than the Rest

http://wealthwork.blogspot.com/

According to a survey of more than 1,400 people around the world with an average net worth of $2 million, the wealthiest respondents in the sample had 80% more energy than those at the bottom of the sample.

Read the full article at:

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/02/25/the-rich-have-80-more-energy-than-the-rest/?mod=WSJBlog

EWI's Oscar Nominees for the Financial Markets

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Most of us will gather round the TV this Sunday night to watch the Academy Awards broadcast. Who will win the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor? We've got our own score sheet here at EWI that compares five of the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture to our stories about the markets and the economy. Vote for your winner today.

http://gainesville.elliottwave.com/read/archive?id=15938&e=orangent%40gmail.com&x=14ca5345

NPS Swawalamban Scheme

As part of the Government's initiative towards "Financial Inclusion", the Finance Minister has announced a new scheme called “Swavalamban” to encourage subscribers to take the all important step of saving for their old age, where Govt of India will also contribute Rs 1000 per year to the pension account ( for details see the link below)

http://pfrda.org.in/writereaddata/linkimages/NPS%20Lite_Flyer4458690618.pdf

http://wealthwork.blogspot.com/

Global Economic Power List: India enters top 5

The Indian government is the fifth most powerful in the world in terms of its ability to project the economy in the global sphere, as per a new ranking of 112 governments released as part of the Economic Survey 2010-11. 

As per the Index of Government Economic Power (IGEP), India’s economic power has increased substantially in the nine year period. It moved to the fifth spot in 2009 from a ranking of 10 in 2000. According to the IGEP 2009, the US was at the top of the list, followed by China, Japan, Germany, India, Russia, Brazil, France, Italy and the UK.

India likely to be world's largest economy by 2050

In view of its continuing robust growth, India is expected to be the world's largest economy by 2050, surpassing China and the US, a Citi report said.

"China should overtake the US to become the largest economy in the world by 2020, then be overtaken by India by 2050," financial services group Citi said the report. 

Going by the report, India would surpass the US -- currently the world's largest economy -- to become the second largest by 2040.

"We expect India to overtake Japan to become the third largest economy in the world by 2015," it noted.