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Persistent Lists at a 30% Gain, Bad for IPO Financing
The recent IPO of Persistent Systems was hugely oversubscribed – over 92 times. Yet, today’s listing, in a market that is at a two year high, was strangely ...
General
The Stuff That Worries Us
Lately, as the stock market refuses to give a rat’s ass, we have been inundated with major concerns about the global economy. Some of these offer comfort to ...
Commentary
Burry: Why didn’t the Fed see the crisis coming?
A phenomenal Op-Ed by Michael Burry, “I Saw the Crisis Coming. Why Didn’t the Fed?” I have often wondered why nobody in Washington showed any interest in ...
Stocks
SEBI releases Guide To IPOs
On it’s website, SEBI has released an excellent “Guide to understand and Offer Document” and instantly has also made it so difficult to find that one ...
Stocks
BHEL Early Results, 87.6 EPS for the Year
Bhel announced results yesterday, an early primer into what’s going to come as details later: At 36% TTM EPS growth this stock has done fairly well and the ...
Foundations
Are Futures Simply Better?
I’ve been railing about the cash volumes in the market recently. With volumes reaching 12,000 cr. – lesser than most of 2007 – and as I recently tweeted, ...
Fixed Income
Govt. to borrow 287,000 cr. in next 6 months
RBI has put the borrowing calendar of GSecs for April-September 2010. The total borrowing is slated to be 287,000 cr. with 11,000 to 15,000 crores borrowed ...
Fixed Income
RBI introduces STRIPS
Not the kind that involves invasive body searches, or certain dance bars. STRIPS is Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities – ...
Commentary
Links for 29 Mar 2010
It’s one of those days I have too much to read, so… Day Traders 2.0 – Wired, Angry and Loving It (NYT). Indian markets are also full of day traders, and ...
General