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Thoughts on the Recovery
I’m going to be thinking aloud. The recovery in the last year has been great. Just one year ago today (May 18), the market was up 18% on post-election ...
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Credit Card Profitability, Insurers ask advisors for your Data
Moneylife: IFAs being poached by insurance companies to reveal your data. If you aren’t sick of stupid SMSes, get ready to be. But another article is ...
Stocks
DLF Results and Technicals
DLF threw out impressive results. EPS moved up from 0.94 in the fourth quarter to Rs. 2.51, a fairly large gain. The folks at LiveMint aren’t impressed ...
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ABAN’s Pearl Sinks, Stock Down 16%
Aban Offshore announced that Aban Pearl, a semi submersible ship owned by a subsidiary, sank in offshore Venezuela early yesterday. Let’s look at some ...
Economy
Inflation at 16%, Falling Bond Yields
The wholesale price index is on fire yet again. The latest data – for May 1 – shows primary articles at 16.76% inflation, with the index widening 2.5% from ...
Commentary
Beijing Property Prices Down 30%
Alert Reader MK says: Deepak, How about a writeup on Beijing Commercial Property prices which have collapsed 30% in the last one month. So I do the Google and ...
Opinion
At Yahoo: The Problem With Greece
My second piece, “The Problem With Greece” is up at Yahoo. Greece takes center stage again in the markets as investors worldwide get spooked by the ...
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Jon Stewart on the Perfect Storm in Wall Street
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c A Nightmare on Wall Street www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party ...
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Europe’s Debt Bomb
A fantastic graphic by Nelson SD. Schwartz at the New York Times: If the PIIGS default, their inter-dependent obligations between the PIIGS countries total 369 ...
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