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JP Morgan Fined For Shorting Madoff
JP Morgan has just been fined $ of money for shorting Madoff without telling anyone. How the heck do you short a guy? I mean, do you buy insurance on him? Do ...
Charts & Analysis
December Composite PMI Anaemic at 45, Slowdown Continues
The HSBC Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for December 2013 (Combined Services + Manufacturing) came in at 48, which indicates a continued ...
Economy
RBI Says Don’t Poll For Benchmarks, Use Trade Data Instead
Finally RBI seems to have figured out the banks and market players shouldn’t allowed to set benchmark rates based on “polls”. They’ve a draft report ...
Economy
Imagine No Taxes
At Pragati, I write: Imagine No Taxes. Nitin Gadkari, former BJP president, is quoted by NDTV Profit saying that they’re considering a total abolition of ...
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Macronomics: The Insane Fiscal Deficit and The Onslaught of Bond Issuance
At Capital Mind Premium we take a quick look at how the fiscal situation has panned out in this financial year. Fiscal is a term bandied about quite often, and ...
Charts & Analysis
December 2013 PMI Holds 50, Inflation Pressures Remain
The HSBC Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) of Manufacturing for December 2013 dropped marginally from 51.3 in November to 50.7. Anything above 50 is ...
Stocks
December’s +2% Takes Nifty To +6.8% in 2013
December 2013 was, as December’s go, a good December. The Nifty clocked over 2% to end the year at +6.8%. As we can see, the markets favour December, and we ...
Economy
The Road To Agricultural Hell is Paved With Good Intentions
Ila Patnaik talks about the terrible situation created by the concept of the APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) APMC acts were passed by states ...
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Capital Mind Sees 1 Million PageViews in 2013!
We’ve had a great year at Capital Mind, in 2013. As I moved to convert the blog into a full-scale business, things improved dramatically on the number of ...
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