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Lending rate news, and signs of bullishness?

TED Spread at 2.57, way below the highs of 4.5 or so. Still, a little high, but should get better. 13 week treasury bill yield at 1.24%, which means people ...

Why not another black money amnesty scheme?

There’s a liquidity crisis out there, and if I may suggest something: Why not another one of those “declare your black money, pay 20% of it as ...

Shipping Index deep dives

From Big Picture: The “Ugly” Baltic Dry Index: This is going to cause a lot of damage to companies that have ordered ships because of all the ...

What to do now? Gilts, Nifty and No Predictions

A few comments have been mailed in asking “What to do now?”. I wish there was a universal answer but there is not. Here is what I am doing, and my ...

A 'Gunda' Credit Crisis Intro

If you want to read a “Gunda” based take on the Financial Meltdown (and if you have to ask what “Gunda” is, your answer is no), read ...

One Lakh in Jan 2008 = What today?

An interesting ET snippet of what a one lakh investment in Jan 08 would be worth today. Some stocks are down 80+% from their highs, and none of these companies ...

Indian Liquid Funds “break the buck”

From Value Research Online: Reserve Bank comes to the support of Cash Funds: RBI has decided to provide a temporary credit line to funds to enable them to ...

Pakistan in some deep trouble along with Iceland

Pakistan has some serious serious problems, as is hidden in an article titled “Pakistan to unfreeze stocks by October 27“: (HT: Kaushik) “The ...

$250 billion going to U.S. bank capital

From NYT: US Investing $250 billion in banks Of the $250 billion, which will come from the $700 billion bailout approved by Congress, half is to be injected ...

Schadenfreude in The Big Market Fall

The Harder They Fall, The More I Smile: John Shwartz (HT: Gautam John): You see, I was never able to make much money in the markets. I agree with Daniel ...