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Sad Saturday…India wakes up to an Air India Tragedy at Mangalore….We will survive Sensex crashes everytime…but How do we survive such Air Tragedies…even when we’re not aboard!

At @ 6 am this morning as I was getting up to a Saturday Life, 166 aboard an Air India Flight from Dubai to Managalore in South India were Landing to their Death ! …Apparently the Plane overshot the Tricky 8000 feet Table Top Runway atop a Hill and cracked up after landing a went up […]

Sad Saturday…India wakes up to an Air India Tragedy at Mangalore….We will survive Sensex crashes everytime…but How do we survive such Air Tragedies…even when we’re not aboard! Read More »

‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs!

In November 2008,I had covered in two blogs,what our Telecom Minister,A Raja had blatantly done….he had gifted 2G Licenses to vested interests at a pittance…just over Rs 1000 crs,when he could have got ten times more for the Government Today, after a 34 days auction process it has been announced that the 3G Licenses auction has

‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs! Read More »

India reflect Global Blues and Cues as Stock Indices drop a little under 3% today…confirm your Asset Allocation matches your Risk Profile…you’ll sleep sounder

Sensex just closed down 460.03 points (2.72 %)  at 16415.76 and Nifty dropped to 4921.40,down 144.80 points (2.86%) reflecting Global Blues and cues…..Volumes were relatively high and this does not augur too well for the immediate short term…tomorrow’s opening may just be weak too There was red ink all over,with just a few specific stocks

India reflect Global Blues and Cues as Stock Indices drop a little under 3% today…confirm your Asset Allocation matches your Risk Profile…you’ll sleep sounder Read More »

Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan are having their Cake and eating it too in the Amalgamation with ICICI Bank!

Ostensilbly under great pressure to vacate the banking field,the Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan are having their Cake at eating it too! The Board of Directors of the Bank at their meeting yesterday have given an in-principle approval to amalgamate the Bank with ICICI Bank The important issue here was what would the swap ratio be….Mrs

Tayals of Bank of Rajasthan are having their Cake and eating it too in the Amalgamation with ICICI Bank! Read More »

First Time we see Dichotomy between Strong FIIs Inflows and the Sensex Trend…A clear Macro Warning

SENSEX CLOSE IN 2009 : 17465..SENSEX LEVEL NOW AT 11.09 am,MAY 17,2010 : 16628 Down 367 points from Friday Close….but down 5% from 2009 Close       FII EQUITY FLOWS AND SENSEX MOVEMENTS …A CLEAR DICHOTOMY IN 2010   Year Net Investment US($) million Sensex % Movement in the Year 2005 10707 42 2006 8106 47 2007 17655 47 2008 

First Time we see Dichotomy between Strong FIIs Inflows and the Sensex Trend…A clear Macro Warning Read More »

Bit Early on a Weekend,but try and catch me on TV on DD National at 8.30 am tomorrow morning in ‘Money Plant’ for my Views on Forex Markets,Currencies and related Investment Opportunities…

I know it’s relatively early morning on a weekend but If you can,catch me on the ‘Money Plant’ Show tomorrow, Saturday,May 15,2010 at 8.30 am in the morning on DD National (It’s Channel 14 if you’re a Hathaway Subscriber in Mumbai) It’s a half an hour show on Forex Markets & Investment Opportunities in it…you’ll sense my views on

Bit Early on a Weekend,but try and catch me on TV on DD National at 8.30 am tomorrow morning in ‘Money Plant’ for my Views on Forex Markets,Currencies and related Investment Opportunities… Read More »

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