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Expected Weak Weekly Sensex Opening….drops @ 300 Points and struggling to stay over 16500…French Connection ?

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Expected Weak Weekly Sensex Opening….drops @ 300 Points and struggling to stay over 16500…French Connection ?  Socialist Francois Hollande has won the French Presidential Elections beating the incumbent Sarkozy….Hollande is against Euro Zone austerity measures and wants to renegotiate the Eurozone Austerity and Bailout Package…seeks to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany right away as […]

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IPO Failure : Samvardhana Motherson Finance Ltd issue closed today with just a shade over 23% subscription…BRLMs Standard Chartered Securities and J P Morgan India and Selling Shareholders decide not to proceed with the Issue

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The Idea of this Blogpost is not to rub salt on the wounds but to again expose the twins Greed and Fear that characterize our markets …either the two BRLMs grossly overestimated their own ability or they grossly underestimated the intelligence of Investors or both ! IPO of Samvardhana Motherson Finance Issue closed today grossly

IPO Failure : Samvardhana Motherson Finance Ltd issue closed today with just a shade over 23% subscription…BRLMs Standard Chartered Securities and J P Morgan India and Selling Shareholders decide not to proceed with the Issue Read More »

Overheard a Stock Market Conversation….”I’ve Lost Rs Two Lakhs in Stocks last year !”….”You’re lucky,I’ve drained Rs 10 lakhs !”

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Overheard a Stock Market Conversation….”I’ve Lost Rs Two Lakhs in Stocks last year !”….”You’re lucky,I’ve drained Rs 10 lakhs !” Both uttered with Straight faces…no chuckle ! They say Fee Based Income in Capital Markets is safer and less riskier than Fund Based…of course it will be !…it’s those who you advise and transact for

Overheard a Stock Market Conversation….”I’ve Lost Rs Two Lakhs in Stocks last year !”….”You’re lucky,I’ve drained Rs 10 lakhs !” Read More »

Performance of the BSE Sector Indices in 2011/12 and to date is quite Interesting

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Performance of the BSE Sector Indices in 2011/12  and to date is quite Interesting ….What provoked this post is Sameer’s counter argument in my earlier post…he is bullish in the short term,citing the favourable upmoves in the Pharma,Cement and Auto Sectors…I’m looking at the Bigger Picture and I’m not so excited really as Macros are

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Dashing Through the Economy…Printing Currency all the Way !…Oh what Fun it is to ride on a one PIIGS Open Sleigh !… Hey ! Warning Bells ! Warning Bells ! Warning all the Way !…Santa Claus is not Coming riding on a Sleigh !

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Sing this to the Tune of Christmas Carol “Jingle Bells” “Dashing Through the Economy…Printing Currency all the Way !…Oh what Fun it is to ride on a one PIIGS Open Sleigh !… Hey ! Warning Bells ! Warning Bells ! Warning all the Way !…Santa Claus is not Coming riding on a Sleigh !” Have

Dashing Through the Economy…Printing Currency all the Way !…Oh what Fun it is to ride on a one PIIGS Open Sleigh !… Hey ! Warning Bells ! Warning Bells ! Warning all the Way !…Santa Claus is not Coming riding on a Sleigh ! Read More »

India is the Biggest Banana Republic !…Surely Vodaphone and Ratan Tata would agree !

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At the outset let me disclose that this Post has been provoked by Vodaphone….Our Government giving a Clarification with retrospective effect ,effectively overturning the Supreme Court order that agreed with Vodaphone  not being subject to Billion of Dollars of tax in India  and Ratan Tata…..he expressed his frustration that India is headed towards becoming a Banana Republic …..but

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