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We Need More Financial Institutions and To Let Indians Invest in Them

Our financial institutions have, for the most part, failed us. LIC is the biggest receiver of savings as a public insurer, and yet, it puts very little of its ...
Economy

IIP for Oct 2014 at Three Year Low, at -4.2%

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) went to the lowest growth seen since October 2011, with a -4.25% number. There might be an element of seasonality here ...
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Premium: Lose Nothing if the Nifty Falls, Make 75% of any Upmove: Capital Mind’s Do It Yourself Products

Lose Nothing if the Nifty Falls, Make 75% of any Upmove: Capital Mind’s Do It Yourself Products   Last year, just as we started with Capital Mind, ...
General

Russia Hikes Interest Rates as Ruble Goes Through the Roof

Russia’s being deep sixed by the fall in crude oil prices. The Russian Ruble has crashed to a record low of 55 to a dollar, which would make its 2014 ...
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Optionalysis: The Strange Negative Time Value In the Nifty and the Opportunities It Brings

Why are put options expiring on Dec 24 trading with NEGATIVE time value? This is surprising, but not quite if you understand the logistics of how markets ...
Stocks

Inexplicably, The Government Isn’t Selling ITC Shares It Owns, But Insiders Continue Their Selling

Surjit Bhalla has an interesting take on why the government isn’t selling ITC shares it owns through the SUUTI stake (HT @baddutt): A suggested ...
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Premium: CAPM 20DMA Shows More Damage To Come, Options Underpriced?

The CAPM MA20 continues its way down, and for the first time yesterday we see the index following suit. The MA20, for those of you who don’t know is ...
General

Greece Gives Markets Jitters While China Surprises With a Big Fall

Greece is back in the news again. Antonio Samaras, the Greek Prime Minister, has called for what is effectively a “vote of confidence” for his ...
Stocks

Equity Mutual Fund Inflows Till November At Highest In Over 8 Years

This year seems to have really kicked off for Mutual Funds. Especially Equity Mutual Funds, which have recorded a Rs. 86,816 cr. worth of inflows for the ...
Charts & Analysis

Low Volatility: The First 1% Down Day in Two Months

Volatility‘s been low. And low on the downside, to a fairly large extent. Prashanth mentioned on twitter that yesterday was the first 1% down day since ...