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Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae to be taken over, by the Treasury
The U.S. treasury is likely to take over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae: Under the plan, which could prompt one of the most sweeping government interventions in ...
General
SOS Update: +30K but big rally takes away profit
Here’s the latest on the Short Only Strategy: (Click for current status) A huge rally this week took the current position to a mark to market loss, but ...
Commentary
US Markets down 3%, but don't panic
The DOW is down 3%, or 344 points, in a pretty lousy day. The rupee is trading at 44.55 and looking weak. Inflation was declared at 12.34% – a very high ...
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Update: Ranbaxy up 3%
So since my last post, Ranbaxy’s September future has scaled up to 414, a 3% increase. I’m still holding; it seems to have some steam left. ...
Commentary
Is Haath De, Us Haath Le
Remember when the government decided to up employee salaries by some 20%, and even back date it? Well, it turns out they’re going to get this ...
Stocks
Ranbaxy: A very short term buy?
Ranbaxy has this open offer that’s ending on Thursday. Tomorrow is a holiday, and delivery is T+2, so the last trade for the open offer would have been ...
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Don't Override Your System; stay FAT
So today was a crazy day. We were long four stocks and short one – Cairn – as our system threw out the trades. Within a few minutes we noticed that ...
Charts & Analysis
System Trading – Time for a Nifty straddle?
A small system update: We’ve been testing and working with about 3 systems with real money and a couple others under a test phase. We’ve thrown out ...
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ICICI sees pre-payments on home loans
ET: ICICI Home Loan Borrowers pre-pay ICICI Bank, the country’s second-largest mortgage lender, says it has witnessed a 15% jump in foreclosures following ...
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