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Month: May 2013

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Winsome Diamonds: Another 7,000 Crore Default

These figures astound me. Winsome Diamonds, a jewellery exporter, has defauted on loans to buy gold and the figures run up to a mammoth 7,000 crore. Says ...

Just Dial IPO Gets 50% Takers on 1st Day

The JustDial IPO has opened and at the end of the first day, has only 50% of the shares bid till now. About 67 lakh shares (6.7 million) of the 1.75 crore ...

16 years of Inflation and Bond Yields

We’ve discussed how Inflation Indexed Bonds might work in India, and like in the US, the difference in the yields between the two is likely to be the ...

JustDial IPO: The Safety Net Clinches It

  Just Dial promoters will sell shares in an Initial Public Offer from 20th to 22nd May. They will sell 1.75 crore (17.5 million) shares at a price band ...

Pandit buys into JM, The US is Not 1999 and More

Vikram Pandit has bought a 3% stake in JM Financial for $10 million, and they’re applying for a banking license. The group’s financial activities will be ...

Inflation Indexed Bonds in India

If you buy a fixed income bond, your problem is that as inflation increases, your income remains the same and this gives you a much lower return, net of ...

Market Melt-Up Takes Nifty to Reaching Distance of New High

Market investors will rejoice today as the Nifty went up 2.5% to reach 6140, in reaching distance of the all time high of 6312. (Click for larger picture) Note ...

There’s a Big Cash Economy in …. China.

China: In Cash We Trust (WSJ): We think of India as using a lot of cash, but in reality, China’s just as big, or bigger: Lugging nearly $130,000 in cash into ...

Can’t Believe WPI Inflation Numbers: April 2013 at 4.89%, but Feb number revised to 7%+

Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation comes in at a number you wouldn’t believe: 4.89%. But you don’t have to believe it. In Feb they told you WPI ...

When Gold Prices Fall, India Doubles Gold Imports!

I had recently mentioned that the Gold price drop would cause the Indian Current Account Deficit to narrow, and even quantified the amount: (How Much do the ...