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Buffett Got The Answer Right in 1999, But the Reasoning Didn’t Work Out
Buffett made a very interesting talk in 1999, on the stock market craziness, and it would be more than apt to review it now. He said: Now, to get some ...
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Macronomics: FIIs Sell The Most Debt Since Jan, Are Flows Reversing?
Fund flows are important. Much of the stock markets peaking to a new high has been due to Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) inflows. This has also caused ...
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LearnTA: Introduction to Technical Analysis
Technical Analysis is how you analyse stocks based on their price movements. Prices are an indication of fear, greed and all those emotions that are inevitably ...
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Einhorn Withdraws Case Against Blogger Who Revealed Holdings. Is Anonymity Good?
In an interesting test of the anonymity of the internet, Hedge fund manager David Einhorn first demanded to know the identity of a blogger that revealed his ...
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Links: Housing Index Gains, Foreclosure Crisis, Energy Up/Downs, Chinese PMI Slows
Karthik Shashidhar mentions the Capital Mind All India Housing Index in his post on how to calculate “disproportionate” income of politicians. (LiveMint) ...
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Government Taps Institutions For 5,500 cr. Selling Axis Bank Shares
The government will sell Rs. 5,500 cr. worth holdings of Axis Bank that it holds in the SU-UTI structure. This was created when the US-64 fund was liquidated; ...
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SEBI Calls Financial Technologies "Not Fit And Proper" To Promote a Stock Exchange
Finally, the ball has fallen. SEBI has found FT to be not-fit-and-proper to run a stock exchange. In an order yesterday: FT isn’t Fit and Proper to own ...
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The US Tapers Another $10 Bn, Indicates Early 2015 As Rate Hike Season
The US has tapered once again. Janet Yellen announced yesterday that the US economy was back on track, or at least on the track of getting back. This will then ...
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Government Buys Back Only May 2014 Bonds
The government has repurchased bonds worth 10,590 cr. and all of the accepted ones are the 6.07% that is maturing in May 2014. I had mentioned the repayment ...
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