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Nifty Protects 200 DMA, EPS Growth At a Miserable 6%

The Nifty bounced off it’s 200 day moving average to end marginally above the 6,000 mark, a level it hasn’t closed below since 22 Nov 2013, which was more ...
Charts & Analysis

Services PMI Improves, But India’s PMI Still Contracts in January

After a decent Manufacturing PMI, the PMI for Services for Jan 2014 has come in at 48.3 (after a low 46.7 in December). Remember, a PMI value below 50 is ...
General

Consumer Courts Can Rule on Telco-Customer Disputes: DOT

If you’ve been stiffed by your telecom company by high bills or unexplained debits, you are now in luck. The Telecom Regulator has announced that you can ...
Economy

India Gets a Housing Start Index But it’s of Two Years Ago

RBI has, along with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (really), released an index on housing starts in India. (Housing Start Up Index or ...
Premium

Optionalysis: Portfolio Trades In a Trending Market

This is an archived post for Capital Mind Premium subscribers, sent on Feb 03, 2014. Click here to know more! In today’s Option Strategy we’ll run through ...
Charts & Analysis

Manufacturing PMI at 51.4, Highest Since March 2013

India’s HSBC Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Manufacturing for Jan 2014 was at 51.4, the highest since March of last year. A PMI reading above ...
Foundations

It’s Not Their Fault, It’s Ours. (On Rajan’s Blaming Western Monetary Pullbacks)

“International Monetary Cooperation has broken down”, says Rajan, the head of the Indian Reserve Bank, which has been fighting inflation, the falling ...
Charts & Analysis

Monthly Nifty Move of -3.4% Worst In Six Months

The markets start the year badly as January brings with it a -3.4% return on the Nifty, the worst month since August 2013.   Yes, there was a run in the ...
Premium

Optionalysis: Demystifying The Covered Call

After a while we’re back to Optionalysis. The last week was extremely volatile to trade, given the RBI and Fed actions, and the fact that I would only be ...
Economy

You get 12 Subsidized LPG Cylinders and You’re Paying For It Anyway

And the populist policies are back. With the government realizing that elections can be won by bribing people, the number of subsidized cylinders has been ...