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INFLATION COMING DOWN, OH SOOO SLOWLY!!!

If inflation is coming down, even if slowly, does it mean that we are looking at inflation climbing down to comfortable levels soon? That would be too early to predict; the truth is that inflation is not going to fall down to 4% any time soon; we are probably looking at FY24 and ahead for that elusive 4%. more..

RBI GOES TONGS & HAMMER BEHIND INFLATION

A few days ago, the US Fed hiked rates by an aggressive 75 bps and yesterday the Bank of England raised rates by 50 bps. And that pretty much indicated the RBI’s decision today – aggressive and decisive.RBI hiked the rate by, as expected, a 50 bps with immediate effect; aggressive but much needed to tame the wild inflation. RBI also decided to focus on withdrawal of accommodation more..

AB TERA KYA HOGA INDIA?

A harbinger of things to come here too at the 5th Aug RBI meet? The dialogue, "Ab tera kya hoga kaaliya" resonates in the same Gabbar voice! That’s the thought which came to mind when the Fed tonight hiked rates steeply by an aggressive 75 bps; from near zero in March, the rates now stand in the range of 2.25 to 2.50% more..

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HAL hits a new high

The stock price of HAL has reacted positively to this news, rising 2.6% to hit a new 52-week high at Rs.2349.90 and is now trading at Rs.2318 levels. more..

Techno Electric volatile

The stock is pretty volatile today; opening over 2% higher at Rs.304, profit booking soon pushed down the stock into the red, currently trading 0.5% lower more..

Bharat Gears in fast lane

The stock opened over 13% higher at Rs.169.90, and rose almost 20% to an intraday high at Rs.179.55, briefly hitting its UC of the day. more..

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Syrma SGS

Seems a Good Stock more..

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Buzz from Dalal Street about the latest trends

Yesterday's MG on Vedanta - Few Thankless Members Shown Their Colors

These were the last 2 paras of MG carried here yesterday on Vedanta. But few lazy, oversmart, greedy (briefly called as thankless members here) will only read heading and never take pain to read full text, while each word of article has its existence and meaning, which is written by us, taking huge pain, by burning midnight oil as well. more..

Vedanta - May Take 1 Week Pause

There may be some halt on buying or frenzy getting cooled till Wed 8th December, where volatility to be seen in the stock, may see it falling to 325 levels as well. But short, medium and long term view on the stock remains extremely bullish. more..

Hind Zinc Stake Sale: CBI Probe

All these stake sales in 2002, in HZL, BALCO, VSNL were made under the leadership of Late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as PM of India, against whom, even Opposition parties have not been able to levy a single charge of Corruption till this date. more..

PayTM: CEO seen justifying unjustified pricing.

As a cover up to the disastrous listing, company chief defended that the ‘business model’ is not well-understood by the investors more..

Paytm CEO Insults National Anthem

Wealth of retail investors got eroded by about 25% on first day of listing itself. more..

Pathshala

Pathshala explains Financial Language & Terms

OPERATION TWIST EXPLAINED

The RBI, four months ago, came up with a unique way to get the banks to lend more – Desi Operation Twist. RBI announced that it will buy longer-tenor bonds while selling shorter debt. Sounds familiar? That’s because its similar to what the US Fed Reserve did in 2011-12 to make its long term debts cheaper and spur lending. more..

Why does RoE keep falling even though PAT is rising?

Return on Equity is the ratio of net income to equity or net assets (i.e. assets - liabilities). more..

Why does a company’s EPS falls even when the PAT rises?

Earnings Per Share (EPS) is an important metric tracked by investors, shareholders and analysts. It is calculated by dividing PAT by the number of shares. more..

Are buybacks positive for stock price performance?

A company which is usually flushed with cash (without any need for capex and other investments) goes for a buyback to of shares in order to reward the shareholders for their ownership in the company and also boost stock price. more..

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe ratio calculates the excess return for an investor over the risk-free return for a certain amount of risk. more..