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FDI in Retail Approved, More Bark Than Bite

The cabinet has approved Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Retail. 51% in multi-brand retail (think Walmart, Tesco) 100% in single-brand retail (like a Nike) ...
Charts & Analysis

Chart Of The Day: FII and DII Purchases

How have institutions been doing in this fall? The answer comes in a chart of the day – the Nifty with the cumulative purchases of FIIs and DIIs in 2011. ...
Commentary

IRDA’s Final Insurance Aggregator Guidelines

IRDA has released guidelines for “web aggregators”. (I’ve written about this earlier) These are final guidelines and will be applicable from February ...
Opinion

Fishing For A Bailout

From my piece at Yahoo! Much has been made of the fall from grace of Kingfisher Airlines. The King of Good Times — the Kingfisher brand byline — is a ...
Commentary, Economy

Real Estate Prices Can’t Fall, And More

Subra debunks the myth that real estate prices can’t fall. I agree with him. Real estate prices have fallen big time in the past, and will continue to when ...
Charts & Analysis

Chart Of The Day: Nifty EPS Growth Plummets to 10%

The Nifty Earnings Per Share stands at Rs. 276.25, which translates to a dramatically low 10.23% growth in EPS since Nov 21 last year. The Price to Earnings ...
General

Money, Money, Money

A HUGE and informative infographic at xkcd.com about Money: ...
Foundations

Can You Afford To Lose Your Job (Contd.)

In my first post, I’d asked what you would do if you lost your job. Not too many responses came about, and I think that’s because people don’t think such ...
Charts & Analysis

Chart Of The Day: India, The Biggest Loser

In the more than 2% fall today India has become the biggest loser in the big world index. This is data from Yahoo, but please let me know if something’s ...
Charts & Analysis

Market Snapshot: Index P/E Goes Below 18

This week has killed the index, which fell 7.2% to go down just 3% above the last critical low of 4747. (Click for larger image) It has been an incredible ...