Tax Avoidance Strategy: What is the 'Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich'?

I have been indexing my Quora answers of late. I came across a particularly interesting one which I thought I should share with a wider audience. So, here's a light weekend read. Hopefully, you will have learnt something new and interesting.

Equity SIP Returns Simulator: An Indian Context

I was recently asked the question 'If I invest 6k SIP in mutual funds how much can I accumulate in 10 years?' on Quora, a Q&A site. I usually ignore questions like these, because there are a gazillion tools available online that calculate SIP values based on a required rate. Then I realized, there are no tools available, in the Indian context, that calculate SIP values based on historical averages and standard deviations. I'm a big fan of probabilities, reversions to mean and Excel models. So I pushed myself to build one!

Apple Juice Investing: Do You Know Your Cost of Capital?

The Discounting Rate or a 'Cost of Capital' is often a very important input in any kind of Valuation model, including Equity Valuation models. But do you know the Cost of your Capital?