The higher the promoter stake in a company the more faith he has in the business. That is how the general belief goes. The same obviously holds true for the reverse as well. And this (lower promoter s...

...if it is intended to be 'buy and forget’! The two bear markets that we have seen over the past ten years - first at its start in 2000 and then near its end in 2008 - have demonstrated exa...

The rise in the stock markets post March 2009 is probably the sharpest we have seen in over a decade or so. The BSE-Sensex has risen by around 81% during the year. However, there were a few stocks tha...

Most likely, Monday, January 4th 2010 is when you would have recovered from the new year celebrations and the weekend that follows. It will also be the day when Indian stock markets first open at 9 am...

The past ten years have been like a lost decade for the US stockmarket investors. The Dow Jones is nearly at the same level as it was in December 1999. And since inflation has averaged around 2.5% per...

For all the darkness that was cast in 2008 by arguably the worst financial crisis in the world, 2009 emerged as a much stronger year. While the economic performance of countries was still not much to...

The BSE Sensex is one of the most widely tracked gauges of how the stockmarket is doing. A single look at the Sensex’s level is a popular way to know how stocks have been performing. Off late th...

It is that time of the year again when the US central bank takes a call on what yield most asset classes around the world should trade at. And it appears near certain that the status quo is going to b...

The first Discussion Paper on GST has been released by the Central Government which also provides few (twenty) frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) on GST. These FAQ’s do not cover all aspec...

Foreign institutional investors’ (FIIs) net investments in Indian equities crossed US$ 8 bn in mid-2009. Last year, hit by recession back home FIIs had withdrawn nearly US$ 12 bn from the Indian...

Many readers would want to disagree with this argument. Many would want to reason why asset bubbles can not only reduce but also derail a healthy economy’s growth prospects. But if statistics ar...

Dubai World, the government investment company behind some of the emirate’s most ambitious projects,is seeking to delay repayment on a tranche of its debt. The company has $60bn (£35.9bn) of l...

Yes, you’ve read that right! If Morgan Stanley India head, Narayan Ramachandran is to believed, Indian companies are expected to raise more than Rs 3 lakh crores (US$ 70 bn) through share sales...

Data released yesterday showed that industrial output in India grew by 9.1% in the month of September, further evidence of the rising domestic demand in the country. And even though this is lower than...

Decades ago, India had decided that profit motive must be tempered by societal needs when it comes to the banking sector. For example, banks must not cater only to the more profitable urban areas bu...

The dream run has ended with a big thud. At least for the time being that is. And the bulls have been halted in their tracks. Yesterday’s correction has taken the Sensex lower by 11% in just a c...

We all know how much King Midas loved gold. As a boon, he wanted all that he touched to turn to gold. And that’s exactly what happened. Everything he touched turned to gold- his bed, his chair , an ap...

timulus packages have been the magic wand that almost every government and central bank has waved since the beginning of the financial crisis last year. Most are still wary of withdrawing the same les...

Long ago, human beings were bewildered by natural phenomena. Our body of knowledge had not reached the point where the complex world around us could be explained in a rigorous manner. People tried, bu...

Writing an article on India as a market looks a bit difficult task as India is a country with so much variety in itself. It looks an impressive market with respect to the population numbers. But is th...