Thecontrarianview

Pantaloon share is no goldmine: note the FDI fineprint

The ifs and buts on FDI in retail are too many to assume that shares in companies like Pantaloons have nowhere to go but up. Not quite

United Spirits can fall 65% if Diageo deal fails: Macquarie

After jumping on the stock exchanges for the last week, shares of Vijay Mallya's liqour company United Spirits were down in a bullish market today as brokerage Macquarie pointed out that the stock price ignores the risk of the deal not falling through.

DLF: Rally may be short term as troubles still exist

While the government's move to open up both single and multi-brand retail for foreign players has pushed up the stock in the short term, its overall fundamental and structural problems of high debt and lower liquidity are still not solved.<br /><br />

Contrarian view: The charts still favour the Nifty bears

The fundamental view on the markets is that reforms will push up the indices. But the technical charts give us cause for pause.

Citi buy on JSPL foolhardy? Coalgate could go the 2G way

Citi's buy advice on JSPL may be discounting the future shocks too easily.

Why the new bear market theory in gold is all wrong

Bite this: Survey proves cash transfer critics wrong

Wal-Mart in India, GMR in Maldives: A study in contrast?

Would it not be better for GMR also to introspect on its own business practices, just like Wal-Mart is doing?

Why bullishness on Indian real estate is misplaced

Here are some reasons why the housing sector, be it home financing or the residential market, will not grow at the ambitious targets set by several experts. Unless the builder or the investor is willing to take a cut on his profits, the housing market in India is not going to grow.

Dear realtors, 'online brand managers' are not the answer

It would be interesting to see how these reputation managers can deal with online complaints as the home buyers are likely to see it as a mere PR exercise that seeks to divert attention from the core issue.