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Oil at $145 and Indian Oil Companies In Danger

Oil refineries are fighting a political battle now – of not being allowed to export their products and having to support a “managed” price of ...

When they say inflation they really mean inflation

How would you like two cholo-mint for this note: (from Yahoo, hat tip Sanjeev) This is worth one (Indian) buck. Today. Tomorrow it might not, because Zimbabwe ...

Liberating Myself With A Trading System

Siddharth says in a comment to my last post: An article on web by Ila Patnaik. Excerpt from article “As a result we should expect to see business cycles ...

Oily questions

If oil prices has started to hit usage everywhere, including the US, then why isn’t the slowdown hitting the oil futures prices? Why is oil price at $142 ...

Inflation at 11.4% is meaningless

Inflation at 11.4% today and the folks on CNBC are jumping around in excitement. I usually don’t watch business news, but today I have this viral fever ...

HOVS: A takeover story gone awry

HOV Services, a stock I’ve traded in the past (and exited with a stop loss) has seen some major action in the last few days. They made an announcement on ...

"Pompous Prognosticators" you might recognize

You want to read this post by Colin Seymour: Read the full post to see what people said in various times. Nearly every time they said that the future looked ...

Misaligned Incentives for Agents

The incentives provided to Mutual fund and Insurance agents are all warped, and actually hurt the industry more than anything else. Agents get a commission ...

RBI Raises Rates – Why Are We Surprised?

RBI raises rates in two phases – the repo rate, which is what is most related to your loan rates, is up to 8.5% now, a 50 basis point hike. The Cash ...

Short Sellers Bask In A Well Deserved Glory

An interesting article about a short seller, David Einhorn, and Lehman Brothers: That was 1996. The firm had just $900,000 in assets, more than half of which ...