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Tackling the Weapons of Financial Terrorism….Runaway Food Inflation and Fear of Oil Prices surging yet again….India’s Twin Challenges

We keep waving our High GDP growth rate,Infrastructure and Domestic Consumption Stories like a Magic Wand that will solve all our Economic Woes Ofcourse they do hold out great hope…but pause to think of critical economic challenges that India faces…atleast on two major fronts…Runaway Food Inflation and Fear of Oil Prices surging yet again…these are […]

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SEBI warns Investors of heeding Investment Advice from questionable or dubious or even astrological sources…well done SEBI!

On October 27,2009 I had blogged Beware of Equity Advisors coming out likes worms in a rotten woodwork ! Then last month on January 10,2010 I again blogged RED ALERT ! SIMPLY BEWARE OF UNSOLICITED STOCK ADVICE FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES THROUGH SMS AND EVEN EMAIL ! Now SEBI has warned Investors not to heed astrological

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RBI announces a CRR hike by 0.75% to 5.75% to tackle Record Food Inflation at 17.40%…Interest rates must rise soon !…Equities will React

I have been increasingly impressed by this RBI Governor,D Subbarao…..his thought process is very inspiring and rational and intellectually stimulating and challenging…..A few days ago,he humbly stated that what happened to the Financial System in 2008 in the USA taught a lot of lessons and challenged traditional assumptions And today he showed his assertive and

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Sensex sheds 490 points and 3% to close at 16290 in this turbulence…What Now !?

Imagine you’re aboard a Plane in Flight and hit turbulence…the Plane drops altitude…sometimes very sudden…..Sensex is akin to this situation…dropping 2.1% on Jan 21 and then near 3% today…Suddenly from reaching up for 18000 recently it is now poised to dive below 16000!…It closed at 16290 today…..and those who were proclaiming glory are quickly reversing opinions to

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Two Interesting Bulk Buys…Essar Oil by LIC at Rs 140 and S Kumars by Merrill Lynch at Rs 47.60

Among the Bulk Deals that took place last week,two interesting purchases caught my eye…..even though I’m not a great Fan of the Ruias (Essar Oil) or the Kasliwals (S Kumars)…both gravely let down shareholders and other Stakeholders in the 1990s and even into the 21st Century…there were several Corporate Governance Issues too  20 Million Shares of ESSAR OIL (currently

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20-X registers it’s first major Indices correction of 2.4% on the bourses today

Don’t lose sleep over today’s correction Sensex closed 2.42 % lower at 17051 today from yesterday’s close of 17474…The Nifty dropped 2.44% to close 5094 today from 5222 yesterday’s close This was enough to spook the low cap and mid cap scrips that have risen smartly in the recent month….Most of them reacted strongly by even 5%…some

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