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Macronomics: Whoa, Cement and Steel Slow Considerably, Just as Banks Pump...
In Macronomics, we bring to you something that’s another sign of “Yellowing Shoots”, our phrase for what seems to be a change in the macro picture for the worse. The list currently includes: The rest...
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Portfolio: Two More Stops In The Panic of the Market
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Premium: Don’t Catch a Falling Knife – Both Stock and Bond Markets Near 2015...
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Optionalysis: MA20 Disappoints, But a Chart Pattern Shows a Potential...
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If You Think Markets Are Volatile, Think Again; We Are Likely To See Much...
We think markets are volatile as the Nifty has fallen 10% from the all time high. But in the historical context, we are just starting to get there. Here’s how many 2%+ days we have had, from when the...
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Macronomics: It’s a Storm. Bond Yields Soar to 8%, USDINR Crosses 64, and the...
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RBI Buys a Record $96 Billion in 2014-15, as Forex Reserves Cross $350 Billion
2014-15 was the biggest Year for RBI Dollar purchases, ever. With over $10 billion purchased in March ($7.6 billion in cash, $2.5 billion in forward contracts), the RBI has effectively purchased over...
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Optionalysis: Yet Another MA20 Signal Shows Up, Take a Careful Option Position
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Rising Yield Impact: Bond Auction Flops, Primary Dealers Have to Underwrite...
After the cancellation of the 364 day T-Bill auction on Wednesday , we have further drama in bond markets. The 20 and 30 year bonds, auctioned today for 3,000 cr. each, have failed to get enough bids...
View ArticleMacronomics: Three Important Charts – Nifty Results Suck, Indian Trade...
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View ArticleWe Have To Free The Rupee Because There Is No Other Choice, Says RBI ED
G. Padmanathan, ED at RBI, spoke about the concept of Rupee convertibility recently. He mentioned a lot of things against making the rupee “capital account convertible”. A concept that typically means...
View ArticleThe Gold Monetization Scheme: The What, The How and The Capital Mind View
The government has released Draft Guidelines for the new Gold Monetization Scheme . In Budget2015 , Jaitley had mentioned this. Essentially you can deposit gold with banks and they’ll give you...
View ArticlePremium: KPR Mill Plans a 60% Capacity Expansion, Grows Profits 21%
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View ArticleIMPS Volumes Go Up 5x In A Year, We Think This Will Be Huge
We’ve written about IMPS – India’s Instant Payment Service – in the past. In 2011, I made an “instant” payment to my friend Shyam. I hit send on my machine and it was on his netbanking immediately –...
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Optionalysis: MA5 Flips But MA20 Remains Buoyant
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Premium: SBI Profits Sound Good, But When You Look Inside…
State Bank of India announced results today and they started off well, but ended badly. First, their profits were up 23%, to 3700 cr. from 3071 cr. The rest of this content is only available to...
View ArticleWill The Government Bond Auction Fail Today?
There’s a government bond auction today for Rs. 16,000 cr. for which primary dealers (mostly banks) will be paid underwriting commissions. These commissions are “bid” for; that is, banks bid for how...
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A Bond Auction Failed Today, The Second Failure in A Month
So the bond auction did fail. We mentioned this earlier today . It didn’t fail by too much, though; just 890 cr. that devolved. However the yields at which these bonds have been sold are substantially...
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Portfolio: Investing in A Rope and Cord Business
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View ArticleConcepts: How the "Ex" Date and Record Date for Dividends, Splits and...
When stock demerge, give dividends, or have a bonus or split, there is always two dates give. One is a “Record” date, and the other is what is called an “Ex”- Date. It’s not apparent to investors what...
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