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Nifty falters back to support, but don't expect a selloff

The Nifty has not broken support, but the US markets have. The index to watch is the Nikkei, with the Japanese govt set to flood the economy with liquidity

As US fiscal cliff looms, the markets will be jittery

The Republicans and Democrats are still far away from compromise over the tax increases and spending cuts that kick in automatically in January

If you are a bull, you should pray for a Romney win

An Obama win is sure to sock the stock markets since he is likely to end the Bush era tax cuts on capital gains and other taxes the markets love.

Nifty hammering away at support; global cues weak

The Nifty lost its bullish power and is now back at support by not catching a significant bounce. On the contrary, the index is hammering away at support, which is weakening that level, making it more susceptible to a breakdown.

Nasdaq-Nifty link: Why you should watch Apple, Google shares

Nifty began falling before Nasdaq fell in April 2012. However, after the Nasdaq fell, the Nifty fall accelerated. This shows Nasdaq has an effect on the Nifty.

Bans on short-selling serve no purpose; so hug your shorts

A US study reveals that banning short-selling does not arrest price declines, but may in fact worsen the fall.

The dollar's strength could mean a thrashing for the Nifty

The dollar's strength has usually meant bad news for the Nifty. So Nifty bulls should hope for a dollar stagnation or fall

Gold could fall all the way to $1,350 - but watch the euro

Gold is on the cusp of a selloff as the dollar strengthens, but all bets are off if the US eases monetary policy and there is fresh eurozone panic.

EU's sugar rush peps stocks, but it's a bit late to join the party

The EU decision to directly bail out weak banks in the eurozone gave the markets a reason to rally, but don't count on the rally continuing indefinitely.

Equity bounce depends on dollar fall, copper revival

Two factors raise doubts about the currently stock rally. To sustain, the dollar has to sell off and copper must show signs of revival.

Sensex at Death Cross; its future depends on easy money

The Sensex has reached the point where it could move decisively downwards. It can bounce, however, if there are signals of monetary easing everywhere.

US bond action has negative impact for rupee-dollar rate

A continued positive return on the US dollar could mean a depreciating rupee. This scenario could play out over the long term.

Precious metals fall on dollar rally

But, does that mean it's game over for gold and silver. Not so fast. Notice that silver is still hovering near its 200 day moving average as shown by the blue line. And gold bounced off its 200 day moving average.

Silver faces last hurdle before blast off, but there's a caveat

Silver is at a critical level from where it can take off quickly. But hold your horses. There is still one hurdle to clear.

Sensex closes at record high, pharma stocks rally on earnings optimism

Gains among drug makers helped offset a fall in some banking shares after a central bank panel recommended making taming high retail inflation a priority for monetary policy, raising the prospect of a sustained period of high interest rates.<br /><br />

FIPB to discuss hiking of HDFC Bank FDI limit on 3 Feb

The RBI recently said foreign shareholding in HDFC Bank had crossed the overall limit of 49 percent of its paid-up capital.

VC investments fell in 2013; IT still investor darling

Companies headquartered in Bangalore and Mumbai were the favourite among VC investors during 2013 attracting 49 investments each, followed by Delhi based companies that accounted for 24 investments and Chennai based companies with 21 investments.

Debit card PIN use: Has RBI rule put you directly in the path of fraud?

Cyber security sleuths have detected a "black" private information stealing virus in the Indian online banking transactions space and have alerted consumers who swipe debit or credit cards at shopping counters to make payments.

Sebi directed to disclose MCX-SX licence grant details

The appellant had filed an RTI application in November last year with Sebi, seeking copies of correspondence including file notings on approval to stock exchange licence granted to MCX for MCX-SX for currency futures in 2008.<br /><br />

Smartphone insurance: No cover if you misplace or damage it

A mobile insurance may cover a variety of risks like fire, theft, riots, strike, accidents and fortuitous circumstances but does not cover mysterious disappearances or theft from unattended vehicles.

Elections will be wild card for India this year, says Nomura

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Prabhat Awasthi, Head-Equity Research & MD, Nomura said that elections will be a wild card for India this year.

Sensex flat on subdued global cues, Wipro is the star performer

Stock markets will take cues from the next batch of earnings from blue-chips, including HDFC and L&T, this week amid cautious trading ahead of the RBI policy later this month, say experts.<br /><br />

Commodity prices are weak; adjust your equity portfolios

Commodities could look up when global economic growth picks up on a sustained basis and when inflation starts to look up in the developed economies. However, as of now that does not seem to be the case and commodities as an asset class will be underperformers.<br /><br />

Do you know difference between dirty bond price and clean bond price?

To understand the difference between the dirty price of the bond and clean price of the bond, first we need to understand the difference between the coupon rate of the bond and yield.<br /><br />

Sensex closes down on profit taking in IT; TCS declines 5%

The Indian stock market failed to hold ground in subdued trades today and slipped due to profit taking in a few software shares. The Sensex closed at 21,063, down just nearly 1 percent and the Nifty at 6,261, down 0.9 percent.

How deflation can spoil the global stock market rally

Once countries get into what is known as a deflationary spiral, it is very difficult for them to get out. Japan is an excellent example of the same. The country has been trying to come out of a low inflation/deflation kind of scenario for close to two decades now, without much success.<br /><br />

Investors need not worry about TCS stock, co still outperforms IT peers

The investor darling today recorded its worst percentage loss since October 17. However, the stock had rallied almost 10 percent in the run-up to its results so far in the year 2014.<br /><br />