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India may have hit a jackpot with Rs.1 lakh crore treasure bonanza at Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala; but that’s not the case to be with Greece which is wrestling against tough austerity measures; junked economy status of Portugal;…

They say – stock markets are always right. But, then, they’re equally weird as well! Don’t you agree? Let me give you a glaring example on this. In its Q3 performance, IT bellwether Infosys Technologies posted 14% jump in net profit to…

Call it the magic of positive sentiment in the year 2010. Almost all asset classes gained significantly in the year that just passed by. Most remarkable among them was commodities which outperformed all asset classes on the back of supply…

The Indian stock market is a bubble which keeps bursting every few months. From rising to 21000 and then falling to 8000 and then rising again, it thrives on speculation. From North Korea’s relatively low-key attack on South Korea to major…

Oh! Yes, the media-savvy junior Ambani has a knack to narrate bad news in a pleasant way to his shareholders and investors. He extracts the positive news from a related report on any ADAG group issue and uniquely gets through with the…

On 5th November 2010, whole India was gung-ho on India growth story which saw the benchmark index close at a high of 21005-points on the BSE Sensex. The surge in optimism, then, was supported by a record FII inflow of $6.4 billion in the…

Gold standard is such a splendid monetary system where paper money is usually backed by gold or precisely saying paper money is easily convertible to gold and vice versa. No doubt gold is always considered the best sheet anchor for the tuff…

Infosys Technologies, the second largest IT services exporter, which usually marks the beginning of the results season, is known to set the tone for the earnings season by beating market expectations and its own guidance. However, since…

A clear gain of 3000 points – that’s the appreciation the Indian benchmark index has notched in 2010. The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index has galloped from 17500 points at the start of the year to 20,500 levels to mark the end of…

Although there are doubts whether HCL FPO will come in December we decided to write about two issues which are the overall guiding factors for the public issue. Government disinvestment plan : Ever since Government has targeted 40,000…

Today (1st December) is the last day of MOIL IPO. If you have still not subscribed, please DO it today. It is one of the rare issues which promises to be a super hit and promises good listing gains to the Subscribers. As of 30th…

The negative rub-off of housing finance scam in India and sovereign debt issues in Europe is being clearly felt by the equity markets. Indian stock markets have corrected almost 10% from its peaks over the last 1 month. In fact, the…

The Indian stock markets have corrected to the extent of 5% from its peaks – the benchmark Sensex has slipped below a psychological 20,000 mark - over the last one week on the back of resurgence of sovereign debt crisis and fears of…

Savings and investment are two key macro variables which play a significant role in economic growth. Global emerging economies are experiencing record savings at a time when the developed world has been witnessing a decline in gross…

2009 was a disappointing year for the commodities in the light of asset bubbles bursting catastrophically across the globe – And, it comes as a no surprise that 2010 has panned out to be a good year for the companies that deal with…

This is one thing which surprised me at least when I read the headline of the news article. Surprised because till date I didn’t know that something called a diamond exchange existed. A diamond exchange and that too the world’s largest…

Starting from today, the stock exchanges have opened with a 15 minute pre-opening session for the 50 stocks in the NSE’s Nifty index – in order to arrive at an indicative equilibrium price point at the start of the trade. The Bombay Stock…

It is a known fact that the Primary market exuberance feeds on secondary market sentiment. And, the prevailing positive rub-off from secondary markets can be clearly sensed from the way the corporate India is hitting markets with their…

Let me draw you back to March 9, 2009 – From this day, the Indian stock markets started its secular up-move after witnessing a sharp correction triggered by the US sub-prime crisis followed by the global recession. During this time, the…

I paraphrase Lord Rothschild: ‘The time to buy is when there's blood on the streets.’ The strongly-held belief that the worse things seem in the market, the better the opportunities are for profit generation, forms the foundation for…