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Opinion
Of Losses and Low Prices
From my column at Yahoo: Is "cheap" good, when you’re making losses? In general, people like cheap. As in "inexpensive", not ...
Opinion
Why We Shouldn't Ban Algorithmic Trading
I write on Yahoo: Why We Shouldn’t Ban Algorithmic Trading On Friday, 20th April 2012, two mysterious events occurred on the National Stock Exchange ...
General
Slideshare, LinkedIn and Indian Taxes
Slideshare has just been bought by LinkedIn for $119 million. Slideshare allows you to share documents on the web, and lets you embed them on web sites or view ...
Charts & Analysis
The First Four Months: 13.5%
With a marginally negative return in April, the markets have still managed to keep a double digit return for 2012, with a 13.5% return YTD. And the Sensex: In ...
Charts & Analysis
April 2012 Composite PMI Holds Up at 53.8
The April 2012 HSBC-Markit Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Composite index for India comes in at 53.8, unchanged from last month. (The Manufacturing PMI was ...
Stocks
Nifty Stuck Between 50 and 200 DMA
It’s been a while since I’ve done a snapshot, but the Nifty seems to be coiling in between the two big DMAs. (Daily Moving Averages) Even as the ...
Economy
April Manufacturing PMI at 54.9
HSBC-Markit’s Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for April 2012 came in at 54.9, marginally higher than the 54.7 in March. PMI is a better indicator ...
Charts & Analysis
Rupee Nears 53 a Dollar
The Indian rupee has started sliding again, going up to nearly Rs. 53 a dollar (RBI Reference rate). This is the highest the dollar has been since 4 Jan, and ...
Economy
Only 406K Taxpayers Earn Over 20 Lakhs: DTC Report
According to the Parliamentary Committee Report on the Direct Tax Code (DTC) headed by Yashwant Sinha, the total number of individual taxpayers (2010-11) that ...
Commentary