Well, you can say it’s almost an about-turn! The US President Barack Obama has come up with a view which now urges US business groups to target burgeoning middle-class population of India and China to seek demand for their products and…

In the 1st part of the article on “Indian Economic Growth may slowdown in 2011” – we saw how high inflation, slow reformist movement, earnings slowdown, high fiscal deficit and volatile industrial growth can hamper the future growth…

There is one good news and one bad news! Of course, the good news first – the growth engine of the world, the United States, is recovering with a surge in exports to their highest level in 2 years helping it narrow their trade deficit. And,…

Over the last few weeks, the term ‘food inflation’ has been used synonymously with the benchmark WPI - based inflation by various media channels to highlight the decapitating value of Indian currency in terms of its purchasing power. In…

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…

The economics aficionados are harping on the emerging markets to be the growth centres of future. The leap in the number and size of emerging-market cities alongside the burgeoning middle-class households within them is creating both new…

With more than 12 different verticals from real estate to retail to defence, Mahindra has been there done that in almost every field. But at its core even today lies the automotive sector. By core I don’t really mean their success is…

Have you noticed how a bunch of ants surround a cube of sugar? Similarly, where there is big money involved – the corruption will most likely find its roots dug deep into the system. It is literally under every stone you turn. And, by…

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…

The developed economies are under turmoil; reports indicate that Aug 2010 recorded highest number of mortgage foreclosure for the month in US. However gold seems to be going strong in it’s pricing undeterred by US economy. In the last two…