Most fund managers tend to prefer rising markets to falling markets, as the former tends to be better for the business in terms of more assets under management, higher fee revenues etc. However the market’s strong move up since early March has been at best a “mixed blessing”: most managers were positioned cautiously early in […]
Read MoreSince I could not think of a specific topic to talk on I just thought that I will talk on some random thoughts I have. Sovereign rating downgrades start – I had written on my blog on the 23rd of April on the Sanctity of Sovereign Ratings where I had argued that the process of […]
Read MoreAh the markets come a full circle. What we saw in the time period of October and November 2008 and subsequently after the Satyam scandal blew out in January to the early part of March 2009 were essentially “PANIC SELLING” and investors wanting to get out of stocks, especially mid caps at any price. Over […]
Read MoreAll the bears turn bulls, what now ? The weekend turned out to be an amazing one with the political uncertainty coming to an end in the country in just one day. The wide speculations of horse trading, big negotiations to support either the NDA or UPA by smaller formations etc. came to an end […]
Read MorePart II The Indian economy has slowed down in growth from over 9% a year back to the current levels in the region of 5%. The fall in growth has been contributed by various factors like the global economic crisis which has led to a severe fall in confidence as well as availability of liquidity; […]
Read MorePART 1 – Brief global overview Over the last few months we have had various forecasts on the way the global economy will grow and stabilize following the sharp downturn in growth over the last one year. There have been various forecasts from professional economic forecasters, IMF etc. etc. on the shape and likely speed […]
Read MoreSure it can be, it’s very easy Recently there has been lot of talk about the phenomenon of “Crowding Out”, which in simple words means that the government through its excessive borrowing reduces the availability of funds for investment and consumer lending to the private sector and thus leads to a phenomenon of stubbornly higher […]
Read MoreThe press release Prabhudas Lilladher Group appoints Sandip Sabharwal as CEO – Portfolio Management Services Mumbai, May 5, 2009: Prabhudas Lilladher has appointed Sandip Sabharwal as CEO – Portfolio Management Services (PMS). PL Group is one of India’s leading financial services organizations, providing a comprehensive range of financial services to institutions, HNIs, retail as well […]
Read MoreI am writing about an issue that a large number of people who have borrowed from various banks over the last few years are facing today. This is also borne out by my own experience. Back in the years 2004-2006 when liquidity was ample most private sector and foreign banks lured investors into borrowing from […]
Read MoreAs most people in the markets were waiting for the Nifty to fall to 2200 levels it has actually rallied and reached a level of 3500 a whopping 60% higher than the most predicted level at the beginning of March 2009. This has created a scenario today where most fund managers, investors, speculators, hedge fund […]
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