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China: 70 lakh sq. feet malls lying empty
Anita Campbell writes: South China Mall is the world’s largest shopping mall, according to this article in The National. At over 7 million square feet, it is ...
General
The Short-Only Strategy
Kaushik and I were talking today about how nice it would be to have a short-only fund or even a short-bias fund. Something that made money on stocks going down ...
General
OT: Gold Is Ours!
This may be off topic, and Gold may have fallen 4%, but this is one Gold that is going to be priceless. Abhinav Bindra (who even has a blog) has won ...
Commentary
SEBI sues Rajeev Kapoor; no tips, no guarantees
SEBI has launched criminal action against Rajeev Kapoor, of Imax Equity Research, for luring the public, committing fraud and operating as an unregistered ...
Premium Portfolio
No more margin tension for the calendar spreaders
SEBI has released a notification that calendar spreads (buying one month’s future and selling another) would no longer require margin towards the end of ...
Stocks
A Covered Call Fund
Benchmark has provided a draft offer document for a covered call fund – essentially buying a future and writing a call option on it at the same time. ...
Commentary
Rupee Futures: $25m is the MINIMUM, stupid!
From Mint: Forex futures position limits must be raised: The key worry about the recommendations (now accepted as guidelines) is the low position limit ...
Charts & Analysis
Inflation is the highest since WPI was indexed to 100
So when someone talks about “Inflation at 13 year highs” – here’s what they really mean. This graph (click for larger view) is from ...
Commentary
Inflation at 12.01%
Congratulations. We have now officially crossed 12% in reported inflation numbers. Do note however, that we may experience turbulence and “revise” ...
Commentary