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The Asia Update: It’s Conferencing time again, do India advisors need the Brain Buzz

The Kent RO India Economic Conclave(ET//ETNOW), probably reminds other Indiaphiles of the Autoclaves and Indian barbecues as the Delhi Winters approach. Indian (Mughlai) Barbies of course last all year and … Continue reading

November 20, 2013

It’s Monday Again!: A celebration weekend, Monday is slow off the pike? HBC:US, TWTR:US, GS:US, GM:US, F:US, NFL, (The Week ahead: Nov 04, 2013 – Nov 08, 2013, US Economy & Markets)

If you still have your Halloween costume on, or celebrating Deepavali in India you might be excused. In fact I almost did, but then I remembered that HSBC had reported … Continue reading

November 4, 2013

This week in Asia: India Morning Report: The Rupee continues to not find the levels to be looking for .. The SGD enters the Discount Store portals again

India Morning Report: My right shift key doesn’t work. Will the right UBS please step up! on the India Investment Blog on Post The McDonald Happy meal is still Rs … Continue reading

August 27, 2013

It’s Monday again!: Economic Recovery strength in the second half greatly exaggerated ( US Economy & Markets:: August 05- August 09, 2013)

The ISM Services indices, comparable to PMIs in other geographies, jumped to 56 even as the sub indices for unemployment followed the declining numbers on the Employment situation Report on … Continue reading

August 5, 2013

The Mid-Week Trend Update: Banking heavies on watchlist as US exits S&P ‘risk’

The week’s continuing month long Global FX turn seemed ominous for the big banks, Citi coming under fire from one of the rare remaining bears (analyst Mr Peabody) as Emerging … Continue reading

June 13, 2013

Bank Earnings Season : JP Morgan beats the housing blues ( Q4 and Full year 2012 )

JP Morgan finally came to terms with the housing blues and its prime housing portfolio notwithstanding large robo signing indictments helped the bank post a firm Net income of $5.7 … Continue reading

January 16, 2013

Bank confirms higher liquidity and payout ahead of stress tests | Banking Insight

Both Meredith and Dick Bove released reports for record 2013 Bank stock performance based on identical expectations of a bigger and better payout from Bank of America , Meredith mentioning … Continue reading

December 19, 2012

Thanks Abigail, Denial is indeed not just a river in Egypt | Banking Insight

Ofcourse I am not a female employee if this is another emancipation theorem and as I am not part of any institutional subscrription for a long gap, I have not … Continue reading

December 18, 2012

Citi Comebacks: The Global citizen tries the Mike O’Neill way

For a man who has done it before, it was easy for Mike O Neil to get down to real surgery at Citi with strategist and CEO MikeCorbat getting into … Continue reading

December 5, 2012

HSBC keeps running Asian deal markets singlehandedly | Banking Insight

Even as banks enjoyed the spree on the bourses and the pre-election equity juggernaut moves to within 5% of the S&P 500, the weekend was relatively quiet except for a … Continue reading

September 17, 2012

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