5L Virtual Portfolio: Short India Cements

During 2008, I posted a bunch of articles on why I was bearish on real estate in India - especially residential 2/3 BHK apartments in Tier I and II ... , there are no cement futures traded on any commodity exchange in India. There are also no sector-specific ... dropped from their peaks in India, while most other commodities have tanked - locally & [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:39:57

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Commodities plunge further in India; Consistent food safety standards a must for trade

Commodities plunge further in IndiaMaize prices remained stable at the market yard this week at Rs.7900 per MT ... down by 3.8% to Rs.9790 per MT at Jaipur.Corn on CBOT bounced back and gained about 22% closing ... for Mar delivery. For may delivery, corn on CBOT closed at %151.41 per MT. Fob prices (US Gulf) were [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 04:42:00

Will globalization be reversed?

OK, I am re-reading The Economist (even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, right?) ... exports of key commodities and, in India’s case, restricting futures trading. Concern about food [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 20:07:05

Commodities I'm Trading In

Because I don’t trust the millions of brokers on the Bombay stock exchange who are out to steal my cash, ... Before They Hatch’. This commodity will sell well because India has once again been hit by Bird Flu ... - The Indian political class has begun to buy feet as an important commodity. Political leaders [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:21:04

Impetus ranks among Top 15 in GSMA 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition - APAC Tournament

/India PRwire/ - Impetus Technologies (www.impetus.com) ... commodity trading application which is its flagship offering in the Indian Rural VAS market. The application is targeted towards farmers and agricultural commodity traders who need updated information [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 13:15:39

Sunday Morning Crumbs

Click charts to ENLARGE. No doubt that the big money comes from holding a trending, winning position, rather than trading ... that among the BRIC house (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) the short-term winners are the commodity ... see how much follow-through we get today. Good trading and great risk management [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:27:11

Patenting Software and Business Methods In India

The Mint published an op-ed of mine cautioning that India should simply read its statute in a straightforward manner to exclude software and business ... of hedging risks in the trading of commodities. The result may seem fairly obvious to many — ... interpretations advanced by US and EU courts on this count. If at all software and business method [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 06:05:27

The Contribution of SAP In Today Economy

By Dave TorresBack in the day when computers were infants, an engineer or IT tech ( ... not be so unexpected; dealing that for the past 30 yrs, 80% of every consumer commodities came from this country. India, on the other hand has been just a blip on the map of global trade; til now. Walk down any big [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:23:00

Understanding The Silk Road

The silk fabric fascinated even the ancient civilizations. It was considered to be a valuable commodity and China was the main producer of the finest silks ... items traveled great distances along the trade route. Traders in India and Malaysia valued [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:45:42

Introducing GalaTime 5L Virtual Portfolios

I’ve been mulling over some new initiative in the area of portfolio management for retail investors in India ... . Q: Is this an investment / trading game? Is this an online tool that allows me to track ... ; these include - stocks, stock & index futures & options, ETFs, commodity futures &amp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:18:04

India Halts Trading of Stocks, Bonds, Rupee on Mumbai Attacks

BLOOMBERG - Chen Shiyin and Pooja Thakur Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) ... commandos battled to free hostages held by gunmen at two luxury hotels. S&P CNX Nifty Index futures ... and National Stock Exchange were shut, along with bond, foreign exchange, commodities and money [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 02:58:22

Reliance-MTN Deal Offers an Opportunity for Private Equity

The proposed share-swap deal between India’s Reliance Communications and MTN Group of South Africa could throw up one of the biggest deals so far ... , a local commodities and futures exchange, and Bovespa Holding, the publicly traded company [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 10:35:16

US crisis will slow India’s growth, say analysts

The financial tsunami in the US, which threatens to engulf Europe, will slow India's economic growth to about 5-7 percent, ... ," he said. "The US is our major trading partner and the export basket for the American market covers a wide range of products and commodities such as software, gems and jewellery, auto parts and machine [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 07:58:06

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