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Amusing…Punj Lloyd…’Sell’ says one arm of a leading Broking House…’Buy’ says ‘Private Client Group’ of the same Broking House !…both on fundamental grounds and both recommendations on same day ,May 31,2010 !

It needed a leading Broking House to liven up and entertain us and provide a chuckle while the markets swing around ! On May 31,2010 this Broking House gave a Fundamental Call Report to ‘Sell’ Punj Lloyd at Rs 137 with a down target of Rs 97 On the same day the ‘Private Client Group’ arm …

Amusing…Punj Lloyd…’Sell’ says one arm of a leading Broking House…’Buy’ says ‘Private Client Group’ of the same Broking House !…both on fundamental grounds and both recommendations on same day ,May 31,2010 ! Read More »

Standard Chartered Bank INDIAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPT…Looking Beyond the Financials…At the Exchange Risk Involved…What if the Rupee Appreciates !?

I’m Looking Beyond the Financials here…..at the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) INDIAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS (IDRs) Issue….am not inclined to recommend Investment,although the Pricing looks reasonable and it will not form part of the Overseas Investment Annual Limit of US $ 200k per Indian Citizen….probably a contrarion here as all seem to be recommending the IDR….I’m a bit …

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S & P’s Sovereign Rating of USA remains at Top ‘AAA’….Amusing!

One often gets wise after the Event…. but what if one does not !… does not deliberately want to actually! I don’t want to get into the game of Bashing up the Rating Agencies… but was curious to see how Standard and Poors have rated USA on long term and short term sovereign domestic and fx …

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‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs!

In November 2008,I had covered in two blogs,what our Telecom Minister,A Raja had blatantly done….he had gifted 2G Licenses to vested interests at a pittance…just over Rs 1000 crs,when he could have got ten times more for the Government Today, after a 34 days auction process it has been announced that the 3G Licenses auction has …

‘Tainted’ Telecom Minister A Raja ! ? The Conviction grows stronger…for his deliberately ‘gifting’ the 2G Licenses on a First Come First basis for just Rs 1000+ crs when the current auction of 3G Licenses has fetched over Rs 16000 crs! Read More »

At Long Last a Long Overdue Directive from SEBI to all Exchanges to make available latest Annual Reports of all Listed Companies on their websites

Well Done SEBI ! I have been advocating this for years !…that Annual Reports of Listed Companies had to be filed with the Exchange where listed as per the Listing Agreement….What prevents the Exchange from making these available on their website!?…I had asked an ex CEO of BSE this at one of our annual faculty …

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IPL Cricket Stink…providing a link to some bluntness

Have a look at this link http://www.india.com/news/india/ipl-the-rabbit-hole-runs-deep_7575 The author is aggressively forthright and blunt in putting across how he sees the IPL Mess and how it’s unfolding…a few may be conjectures at this stage…but quite plausible There are simply too many Strong Questions that remain unanswered or have unconvincingly been answered that has lead to this situation …

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