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
Bank Policy Tuesday: India Governor(sic!) takes extreme steps to shore uneven policy
With the forced liquidity constraints as the currency devolved on the nation in June ( after May 21 announcement) RBI was stuck in the middle of a rate cut leg … Continue reading
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
It’s Monday Again!- Brazil sets off Dollar’s return on the wrong foot, but EMs it seems to be (July 22-July 26, 2013 – US Economy & Markets)
Firstly, it wasn’t us to blame for not starting you off on Monday the last 2-3 weeks as we did deliver the Bank results and well, you have not … Continue reading
India Morning Report: FDI flows bolstered in 13 sectors including Defence and Telecom (FX Intervention 2013 – This week in Asia July 15-19, 2013)
Pending Cabinet decisions, Parliamentary Debates, Ordinance and Laws A welcome decision was announced to increase FDI limits in state of the art Defence equipment to 49% from 24% through the … Continue reading
India Morning Report: Central bank forces rerating of Indian growth forecasts, india inc reports great Q2 performance(This week in Asia on The Banking and Strategy Initiative: advantages.us)
The Reserve Bank of India pulled up the bank lending rates for its MSF (the emergency lending by RBI at the top of the rate channel prescribed) from 8.25% to … Continue reading
Bank Results Season: Wells Fargo plays follow the leader to assert dominance (Net Income $5.5 Bln in Q2 2013)
Even as trading rich investment banks like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan survived without a scratch as competition from the Bank of America and Morgan Stanley was vanquished, Wells Fargo … Continue reading
India Morning Report: India regains investment preference in Asia, builds on 5900 (Whats happening in Asia on the Banking Initiative)
Markets had a choppy week early on in India but with selling having refused to resume and Asian markets keeping a comeback worked into the numbers meant the Dollar indices … Continue reading
India Morning report: Oil signals treated as critical sell levels for the Rupee (This week in Asia on advantages.us)
An old adage for the market, it is now a repeated phenomena in the global markets for India to retain the dubious double distinction of heralding global commodity lows and … Continue reading
iT’S MoNDaY aGaiN; another “too little too late” moment for Obama, more Bank settlements (US Economy and Markets) [July 01 – July 05, 2013]
The week is a bore really. For probably the nth month in succession where n=9, apart from a spike in Q1 2013, China has posted sub par manufacturing data, Yen … Continue reading
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