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RBI Cuts Rates by 0.25% and We Told You So
Just three days ago, we wrote : At this point we at Capital Mind believe the RBI is very likely to cut rates , even before the next meeting. Because Inflation has looked like this: And The RBI Has Cut...
View ArticlePetrol and Diesel Prices Cut By Rs. 2+, Excise Duties Also Hiked Similarly
Petrol prices are down by Rs. 2.42 per litre and diesel by Rs. 2.25 per litre from midnight today . And at the same time, in a notification, excise duties of petrol and diesel have been hiked . Excise...
View ArticleThe Aftermath of the SNB Cluster Bomb on the Swiss Franc – One More Turkey...
The massive move in the Swiss Franc versus the Euro has claimed its early victims. On Thursday, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) suddenly removed its four-year peg of 1.2 to the Euro. The Franc went up...
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Premium: Understanding Leverage and How Markets Can Reward and Kill
This is a long post. We hope to explain the concept of leverage and the impact to your portfolio, and highlight the recent international changes that seem to have caused much turmoil. The rest of this...
View ArticlePortfolio: Two More Stocks Showing Strong Tech Strength
We’re adding [Stocks] on a momentum move. This post is for Capital Mind Premium subscribers only. [via Capital Mind] Follow us @investmentheat – lists / @sectorheat
View ArticleSuzlon Rids Itself of REPower, But Its Still Overburdened
Suzlon has decided to sell that big thing it bought in the past: REPower . Now named Senvion , the German acquisition was the bane of Suzlon’s existence. After it bought REPower in 2008, it couldn’t...
View ArticleMacronomics: That Massive QE in Europe, What Does It Bring for India?
We analyze the ramifications of the newly-announced Eurozone QE program. This post is for Capital Mind Premium subscribers only. [via Capital Mind] Follow us @investmentheat – lists / @sectorheat
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Forex Reserves at the Highest Ever, but RBI Controls Balance Sheet to...
The RBI’s back to buying dollars by the truckload. Forex reserves have been going up substantially. The RBI has over $322 bn of cash reserves, and then another $13 billion from forwards (it may even...
View ArticlePortfolio: Two Stocks Out, Two Stocks In
We are tweaking our CAPM Portfolio. This is a post for Capital Mind Premium subscribers only. [via Capital Mind] Follow us @investmentheat – lists / @sectorheat
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Greece: 11 Lost Years, and Counting
As we see Greece rejoicing the win of a party that says they should renegotiate Euro debt, let’s see how their economy has done. (Data from ECB) They’ve seen their GDP go down to levels last seen in...
View ArticlePremium: What’s Feb Going To Bring Us? Look at the MA20 and MA5
We look at what to expect in the month of February from a macro-economical viewpoint. This is a post for Capital Mind Premium subscribers only. [via Capital Mind] Follow us @investmentheat – lists /...
View ArticleCoal India’s Offer For Sale: Lack of Profit Growth Even With Monopoly Scares...
Coal India has an offer for sale out today. 31 cr. shares for sale on the exchanges This should raise Rs. 10,000 cr. If there is more demand, they will sell another 10,000 cr. worth Retail investors...
View ArticleThe Disruption of Bankers: Technology makes them mis-sell, But their jobs are...
Bank employment is getting disrupted by technology. As transactions get primarily enabled on cards and mobile (at least in cities) you find that that bank employees have a different mandate: To sell...
View ArticleThe Hunt For Yield Takes the US to Subprime Auto Loans.
The next US subprime problem, apparently, is in auto loans : Ms. Payne went with her daughter to a dealership that arranges loans for Santander and other auto lenders to buy the car. She said an...
View ArticlePremium: Backtesting an Options Strangle Strategy, Even A Dangerous One
We talk about the use of back-testing to analyze an Options Strangle Strategy. This post is for Capital Mind Premium subscribers only. [via Capital Mind] Follow us @investmentheat – lists / @sectorheat
View ArticleRBI Policy Decoded: No Rate Cut, SLR Drop Overrated, Forex Freed and...
RBI has not cut the repo rate . At Capital Mind, we expected this – we said at the time of the last rate cut (in Mid-Jan): RBI will continue to cut rates. But since the next meeting is only on Feb 3,...
View ArticleTelecom Companies Getting Sued in Consumer Forums after Landmark Decisions,...
In February last year, the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) had paved the way for telecom companies (Airtel, Vodafone etc.) to be sued in the consumer courts. But the consumer courts themselves...
View ArticleApplications for Payment and Small Banks: The Public Companies Who Applied
The list of applications for Payment and Small banks has been released . And interesting among them are: Public Companies Dewan Housing Finance (Small bank) IIFL Holdings (Small bank) SKS Microfinance...
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The Nifty is Down 6 Consecutive Days For the First Time in….14 months.
The Nifty’s been down six consecutive days. We haven’t seen something like this for the last 14 months: And no, these things are not that uncommon. Here’s the number of times we’ve had 6 or more...
View ArticleEvent: Offer for Traders’ Carnival in May 2015, Mumbai
Deepak will be speaking at Traders’ Carnival 2015 , on May 1 to 3 in Mumbai. This is an annual event, and Deepak is part of the core team that helps with the organization. The speakers are a very...
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