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Charts & Analysis
India Dec 2012 PMI at a 10 month high
India’s composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) – a blend of the inputs from manufacturing and services – shot up to 56.3, a ten month ...
Foundations
Demystifying: Share Buybacks
What are buybacks and how do they work in India? We explore how companies buy their own shares back, why they do it, and what restrictions apply. Buybacks are ...
Charts & Analysis, Commentary
Happy New Year 2013!
Folks, hope you all have a great year ahead. 2013 is here and it’s time to celebrate the new calendar year, which means you have to write an entirely ...
General
Don't Buy What You Don't Understand
Okay, I’m up to here with relationship managers and financial advisors and the like. In the process of assessing a new business opportunity in providing ...
Commentary
New Business for Insurers Continues Decline in 2012
Insurers seem to be getting lesser new business, as new premiums (single premium policies + new regular premium policies) drop 4.2% in the first half of the ...
Economy
WPI Inflation for Nov 2012 Falls to 7.24%
Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) fell to a low 7.24% in November. However, remember that these are preliminary figures and subject to ...
Commentary
Mutual Fund Mis-Selling is now Fraud: SEBI
SEBI has made misselling a fraudulent practice by adding a clause into the "Prevention of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices" Regulations, via a ...
Charts & Analysis
CPI for Nov 2012 at 9.90%
Consumer prices went up 9.90% according to the "new" CPI (a measure being recorded from Jan 2011, which is what qualifies for "new" in this ...
Economy
Oct 2012 IIP Jumps to +8.21%
In a massive jump, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) jumped to +8.21% in October 2012. While Mining indexes slowed, the jump was because of the heavily ...
Commentary