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Charts & Analysis
November Does 4.5%, Closes At 52 Week High
November 2012 saw a good run on the indexes, with both the Nifty and Sensex going up more than 4.5%. This is way better than November last year, which was a ...
Foundations
Don’t Buy HDFC Crest – It is Not a Fixed Deposit
I have now had a few people complaining to me – including my own mother – that relationship managers in HDFC Bank have been strongly selling HDFC ...
Commentary
No More Gold Loans From Banks
The RBI, in the October Policy banned loans against Gold, citing that it causes speculative trading in the yellow metal. A notification has now been issued: ...
Charts & Analysis
Oct 2012 Inflation Dips Slightly to 7.45%
Official figures show October 2012 Inflation (based on Wholesale Prices) at 7.45%, slightly lower that September’s 7.81%. The problem is that this data ...
Commentary
Diwali Wishes and Predictions 2012
Happy Diwali, folks. It’s 2012, and this is the sixth series of the Diwali posts when I analyze my last year, and the last predictions and laugh my head ...
Charts & Analysis
CPI Inflation for Oct 2012 at 9.75%
Consumer Price Index based Inflation (YoY change) is now 9.75% for October, a marginal increase over inflation in September (9.64%). Inflation remains sticky ...
Economy
Sep 2012 IIP Falls 0.4%
I know I shouldn’t bother with figures like IIP (Index of Industrial Production) that are hugely revised every season, but since I’ve been ...
Charts & Analysis
Has India Lost Interest In Stocks?
The volumes on the stock exchanges don’t seem to impress, although we are at near term highs on the Nifty. Notice how the volumes have been around 10,000 ...
Charts & Analysis
The Indexes fall 1.5% in October, First Fall Since May
Time for the monthly update. The indexes fell for the first time since May. October is the worst month of the year, historically speaking (but this is skewed ...
Charts & Analysis