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Readings: Bank Elite, MFI, MoneyLife, 99ers
A Secretive Banking Elite Rules Trading in Derivatives by NYT. How the big bankers won’t let in the small guys into the market they control and keep opaque. ...
Stocks
Mahindra Holidays: Too many members, Too few rooms
A quick note on Club Mahindra (MHRIL) . Rooms: Where? On September 30, 2010, they have 117,993 members. And 1,473 apartments. Even if they use them 100% for ...
Economy
PI WPI Inflation: 12.66%. Big Past Revisions Continue
Primary Articles Inflation as of 27 Nov 2010 is now at 12.66%, down from the 12.72% reported last week. This is because of a large base impact – last year ...
Stocks
IB Report Takes 3 Stocks Down
Three stocks – KS Oils, Ruchi Soya and Karuturi Global have been hit hard by an Intelligence Bureau report that says these stocks were manipulated. An ...
Stocks
UFlex Dives 20%, Promoter Gets 4 Years Jail
Promoter of UFlex Limited, Ashok Chaturvedi was sentenced to four years in prison by a special CBI court, in a case of bungled land allotment in Noida. Former ...
Commentary
The Oddities of US Inflation.
Krugman says “Disinflation Confirmed”. Because if you remove housing from US core inflation the graph still slides downwards. Let’s see – Core ...
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Rupee Dollar Exchange Rate Woes
A reader mails in: While reading thru the financial page of a newspaper I read this – "The rupee surged to a six-month high against the dollar on ...
Foundations
At Yahoo: Frequently Unanswered Questions
I answer Frequently Unanswered Questions in my Yahoo! column: Over the last few months I’ve received a number of questions over email, for which I will ...
Economy
Inflation: Primary Articles at 12.72%, and a HUGE past revision
WPI index announcement as of November 20, 2010 showed the Primary Articles inflation (think: food) was down to 12.72%, the lowest in a while. What’s worrying ...
Commentary