During the past year, investor interest in the so-called BRIC countries [Brazil, Russia, India and China] has skyrocketed with a commensurate rise in respective share prices. Is it too late to jump on the bandwagon? What is the best way to invest in these countries and what allocations should be made to each country [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘General’
December 17, 2006
NYMEX Planning to Acquire Stake in MCX India
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is in talks with India’s largest commodity exchange Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) for acquiring a 9% stake. DSP Merrill Lynch, which is advising MCX on its proposed IPO, is advising on this deal too.
In February this year, Fidelity International picked up 9 per cent in MCX for Rs [...]
August 6, 2006
NSE and BSE Sector Allocation
The Indian stock markets have seen a lot of unpredictable swings since May. From an all time high to the highest one-day fall, the investors have seen it all here. Given the current dynamics at play, a good sectoral allocation should be as follows:
IT, Telecom and Media – 20%
Infrastructure – 25%
Textiles – 15%
Auto and Ancillary [...]
May 14, 2006
Art of Information Research
With a wealth of information available from so many research reports that are being published by various brokerage houses, this is what Wall Street Journal has to say:
Having access to more information won't give traders an edge on the competition if every other trader has the same info at their fingertips. To that end, more [...]
April 6, 2006
Indian Stock Market
My blog on the Indian Stock Markets. I will be putting up my thoughts and ideas on this blog site. Please note that anyone using this blog to solicit advise would be doing so at his own risk.