Category Archives: India
How to choose a Sector to Invest
Deciding to invest in a sector may not be challenging but choosing the sector definitely is. One of the ways to pick a sector is to look at its medium-term prospects. Though sector funds are riskier than diversified funds, invest … Continue reading
The Government, RBI need to Act NOW
If there ever was a time when the government needed to overreact to a situation, it is now. The drying up of global liquidity after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers has hit financial markets across the board in India with … Continue reading
Time to Buy Stocks is Now!
Rajiv Mundra has a keen eye for the markets and he has the following post on his Google Group. Details here Buy & go to sleep for 4-5 years!
Stock Market Updates & News
Sensex opened with a negative gap of 242 points at 12,284 on the back of negative cues from the global markets. Sensex finally ended with a significant loss of 725 points at 11,802. The market breadth was extremely negative, as … Continue reading
Banking Sector Funds Outperform over last three months.
While the financial crisis has felled several international banking giants, closer home, it is the banking sector funds that have outperformed all other categories of funds over the last three months. Seven of the 10 top performing mutual fund schemes … Continue reading
Guidelines for the Power Sector in India
CERC has issued draft guidelines for tariffs for the period 2009-14. The proposed guidelines has retained the 14% ROE for tariff fixation. However, it has proposed to link incentives based on plant availability as against the earlier practice of incentive … Continue reading
Stocks News Update as on September 10, 2008
Stocks News An unknown Mauritius based entity has picked up a 17% stake in BPL Mobile, a cellular services player with operations in Mumbai. (ET) The Tata group is close to diluting its stake in Tata Teleservices for around Rs … Continue reading
Valuations of Banking Stocks in India
Depth and breadth of private banking space has now increased. You see significantly large private banks. And the private sector is getting market share. I feel the valuation of PSU banks continue to trade at a discount. People are talking … Continue reading
Fool’s perspective of High Growth Stocks in India
Goldman Sachs issued a report in 2003 predicting that India’s economy will be the world’s third largest by 2035. The report cited expected annual growth rates of 5.3% to 6.1%.Though it has been a bumpy ride as of late, India … Continue reading
The Currency Futures Market in India
The Finance Minister dedicated to the financial services community, a new product – Currency Futures on 29th August, 2008. And ever since, Ajay Shah is busy on the NSE web page with its live display of currency futures. NSE hasn’t … Continue reading
