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3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

Jun 17, 2013

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India - one of which will involve breaking the country #India #Maoists #InMyOpinion #Bharat #Culture Clash #Sensex India
Rupee hits 10-month low: Will it cause a correction in stock market?

May 29, 2013

Keep an eye out for market correction but do not close your eyes to the broad positive trends. #Sensex #Rupee #Bonds #CurrencyWatch #market rally
Nifty can reach all time high if Jan 2011 high is cleared

May 18, 2013

It is very likely that the Indian markets will follow the US markets at least to make it to its past all time highs #Sensex #Stock market #nifty #ChartView #Bulls #bears
P Chidambaram, Narendra Modi are Sensex 40,000 PMs

Apr 26, 2013

The FM has been doing the right things in the last six months by taking tough decisions on subsidies, FDI, government spending and deficits, while Modi is seen as an out and out capitalist. #Sensex #Investing #Narendra Modi #InMyOpinion #Industry #markets #Chidambaram #investors
Sensex at 20000: Markets will give credit where it is due

Jan 18, 2013

A good budget will see markets taking up PSU stocks along with the broad market and since PSU stocks have underperformed over the last two years the catch up could fetch handsome returns to investors. #Sensex #Stock market #Budget2013 #Fuel Subsidy #Diesel Price HIke
Two to tango: Nifty ready to rally, Sensex says not yet

Jan 05, 2013

Unless the Sensex breaks out we'd be cautious about a market rally. In case the Sensex closes above the 19,800 level, one could go long #Sensex #nifty #ChartView #market rally
India is still in a bear market rally

Jan 02, 2013

India is yet to come out of a five-year bear market as Sensex and Nifty are still down from highs seen in late 2007 and five-year returns are still negative. #Sensex #nifty #Rupee #MarketWatch
Will the rope trick effect on markets last long?

Oct 06, 2012

The Indian investor, who is taking money out of the markets, is looking at the rope trick announcements with skeptical eyes and he or she is not going to rush to the markets in a hurry unless there is a perceived change on the ground. #Sensex #investors #TheContrarianView
Sensex in bearish mode, could lose 1000-1500 points

Apr 15, 2012

The chart of the Sensex is forming a bearish chart pattern called the descending triangle. The Nifty too is forming the same pattern. #Sensex #nifty #MarketWatch
As dollar rally flops, equities are reaching selloff points

Jan 21, 2012

Equities are nearing a selloff point. This is where one should be shorting them with a stop-loss. #Sensex #DOW #nifty #S&P 500 #US Dollar #ChartView #NASDAQ 100 #Russell 2000

Editor's picks

Why India should have been prepared for Uttarakhand floods

But we aren’t helpless: we’ve failed because, though we’ve done our homework on how not to fail, we haven’t actually turned these lessons into practice.
Why the political isolation of Narendra Modi is temporary

If Modi stands in splendid isolation today, it would appear that he represents a break from the consensual leader. But once again the disagreement over Modi is all about optics.
Why is the Kedarnath pilgrimage so important? Five key points

According to reports, while the temple is safe, the outer compound has been damaged and the town around the temple has suffered massive losses as it felt the full force of the rising waters.
It's batting vs batting as India take on SL in Champions Trophy

The key player battles for the Champions Trophy semi-final between India and Sri Lanka in Cardiff.

The 4 MLAs who helped Nitish Kumar keep calm and carry on

Nitish Kumar’s fate today might swing on six independents. Four of them have extended their support, and two are undecided. Here we give you the low-down on who the decision-makers might be today
Hauz Khas Village: The hypocrisy of high-end 'alternative' chic

HKV provides Delhi’s socialites and chatterati with what they need most: Obnoxious status display masked as anti-establishment virtue.
Why diversification is at the heart of a good financial future

Diversification is a risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. The rationale behind this technique contends that a portfolio of different kinds of investments will, on average, yield optimally desired returns while lowering a risk that is posed by any individual investment found within the portfolio.
India lose 1-5 to Australia, crash out of Hockey World League

An error-prone India needed a miracle to topple Australia in what was the 100th international fixture between the two sides.

Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.