Since the start of your professional life, your well-wishers including family members and friends might have told you, “Work Hard and Earn More”. You possibly made it the mantra of your life but the day you received your pan card and approached the income tax department, the mantra started to sound like a myth after… Read More »
We tend to ignore the basic fundamental of stocks when we invest. However small the ownership of the company, we tend to buy it! Every stock represents a tiny ownership of the company. This implies that the corporate events within the company will impact the stock. The purpose of a firm is to maximize the… Read More »
RBI, on 29th Aug, 2011, issued draft guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector. This has been cheered by corporates and NBFCs, especially NBFCs whose stock prices zoomed after the news. The draft guideline was much awaited by corporates who have shown keen interest in entering the highly regulated banking sector. RBI… Read More »
RBI raised the policy rates by 25/50 basis points. This is the most familiar statement in media for last couple of months. The role of RBI seems to have increased recently since India started experiencing major inflationary pressure on her economy. What exactly RBI intends to achieve by raising policy rates, also known as… Read More »
Debt has become one of the most dreaded words in recent times. One consequence of the deepest recession since the depression is the build-up of public debt.
The market has shown extreme fluctuation for last couple of months. The volatility has increased in last few days after Standard & Poor downgraded US credit rating from AAA to AA+ and warned to downgrade further to AA if the situation persists. This has created panic selling in American and European markets leading to… Read More »
Is it time to panic or is it time to smile? Depends on which side of the wall you are in. If you are a contrarian, sitting on cash patiently for this day to come, you have reasons to rejoice. But, has the day arrived?
There is a lot of buzz being generated all over the world over the debt-ceiling issue of the US of A. No day goes without a front-page article on the issue. This article tries to give you a basic understanding of the whole issue and gives insights into the Indian scenario too.
Nifty and Sensex went up the hill, they took along the NASDAQ and Hang-seng too, then Greece and Obama’s problems started and they all came tumbling down! Ironical, but the Jack and Jill poem seems to hold true for what’s happening in the financial markets around the world. Every market seems to be tumbling… Read More »
The US stock and commodity markets crashed by almost 10% during the last week with a 5% drop happening yesterday. Indian markets have also dropped by over 1200 points (Sensex) in less than 10 days. What lies ahead?