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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Sensex emerges as the best of the world indices

After suffering the ignominy of languishing among the worst-performing markets for the past few months, matters have slightly improved for India. Outlook on equities continues to remains dismal —barring the occasional surge — but Indian equities have shown better resilience than what most market watchers had expected it to.

After a fall in more than a third of its value in the six months of CY2008, the Sensex has rebounded remarkably to become the best-performing index amongst major indices in the last month.

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Easing of crude prices has provided some relief to the bulls who have been battling a flood of negative newsflow for the past few months. The price of crude has fallen by 20% from its peak of close to $150 a barrel. This has reduced the inflationary pressures to some extent, though experts feel it is too early to celebrate.

Indian shares, one of the worst performers in the first six months of the year, is gradually regaining some of its lost ground. A return to a degree of political stability after the trust vote as well as the strengthening rupee made Sensex the outperformer in the list of major global indices. The BSE Sensex recorded a rise of 18% in the period since July 15 — the day when all global markets were at their latest bottom. Capital goods, banks and realty — the sectors most impacted in the crash propelled the resurgence. Those sectors possess a high beta — indicating a greater correlation to the benchmark index, which entails that these sectors outperform the index in good times.

Slowing crude oil prices have not yet impacted consumer inflation figures, as the US inflation rose at the fastest rate in 17 years on account of energy and food prices. Despite the pessimism, a renewed confidence in the dollar brought cheer to US markets with the Nasdaq and Dow Jones posting positive returns. The exchanges registered returns of 12% and 6%, respectively, with investors anticipating inflation to cool off as reduced oil prices find their way to the inflation index.

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Whilst a correction in commodity prices brought about a relief to the Indian and American markets, economies dependent on commodities crashed further. The Brazilian Stock Exchange declined as investors grew sceptical on the commodity-driven economy. Commodities account for the entire export revenue growth, allowing for increased imports without worsening the trade balance. BOVESPA, the Brazilian benchmark index, declined by a further 12% in the period since July 17 as investors developed cold feet on the largest Latin American economy.

Lower inflation figures notwithstanding as well as the euphoria over the Olympics, the Shanghai Stock Exchange recorded a further fall of 8% in the past month. Market forecasts that the high producer price inflation figures reflect consumer prices to rise in the coming months in the world’s thirdlargest economy. Other Asian markets like the Nikkei in Japan and Hangseng in Hong Kong remained stable, registering marginal increases.

European markets have gained in the past month despite fears of a recession in the UK. The FTSE 100, the London Stock Exchange, surged 8% despite deterioration in economic outlook for the nation. Similarly, despite a contraction in its economy in the last quarter, German markets remained largely positive on the future. The DAX grew 6% on optimism that cooling crude and a weakening euro will boost Europe’s largest economy in the coming months.

Source - Economic times

Monday, August 4, 2008

BSE | NSE | Dow Jones | NASDAQ August 2008 rates

August 29, 2008 - FRIDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 14564.53 - Up^516.19

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4360.00 - Up^146.00

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2367.52 - Up^29.18

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11543.55 - Up^212.67

August 22, 2008 - FRIDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 14401.49 - Up^157.76

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4327.45 - Up^43.60

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2380.38 -Down(-8.70)

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11430.21 - Up^12.78

August 21, 2008 - THURSDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 14243.73 - Down(-434.50)

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4283.85 - Down(-131.90)

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2389.08 - Up^4.72

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11417.43 - Up^68.88

August 14, 2008 - THURSDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 14645.66 - Down(-78.52)

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4393.05 - Down(-37.65)

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2452.52 - Down(-1.15)

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11659.90 - Up^43.97

August 14, 2008 - THURSDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 14724.18 - Down(-368.94)

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4430.70 - Down(-98.35)

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2452.52 - Down(-1.15)

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11659.90 - Up^43.97

August 12, 2008 - TUESDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 15212.13 - Down(-291.79)

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4552.25 - Down(-68.15)

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2439.95 - Up^25.85

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11782.35 - Up^48.03

August 11, 2008 - MONDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 15503.92 - Up^336.10

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4620.40 - Up^90.90

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2414.10 - Up^58.37

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11734.32 - Up^302.89

August 6, 2008 - FRIDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX - Closing rates - 15167.82 - Up^50.57

NIFTY - Closing rates - 4529.50 - Up^5.65

NASDAQ - Closing rates - 2355.73 - Down(-22.64)

DOW JONES - Closing rates - 11431.43 - Down(-224.64)

August 6, 2008 - WEDNESDAY Closing rates :

SENSEX 15073.54 - Up^112.47

NIFTY 4517.55 - Up^14.70

Dow Jones 11615.77 - Up^31.62

NASDAQ 2349.83 - Up^64.27

August 4, 2008 Closing rates :

SENSEX 14577.87 - Down(-78.82)

NIFTY 4395.35 - Down(-18.20)

DJIA 11326.32 - Down(-51.70)

NASDAQ 2310.96 - Down(-14.59)

Saturday, July 26, 2008

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The stock market's troubles are far from over. The biggest concerns – inflation and high crude prices – continue to bog world economy, despite the latter now showing a downward movement.

A big challenge for the corporate sector is high input costs and, for the tech sector, the US recession. In fact, between them, these two factors are bound to affect the performance of several other sectors.

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In this background, short-term investors should invest in debt products as they give assured returns, in doubt-digits at that. On the other hand, if – and only if – investors are prepared to wait for at least three years, they can look at equity. But they need to invest in a staggered manner.

For instance, look at daily and weekly STPs (systematic transfer plans). Here, a lump sum gets invested in a debt fund with a fixed amount getting transferred from it to an equity or balanced fund regularly.

This will allow the investor to take advantage of market volatility by spreading his exposure. STPs are also cheaper as fund houses do not charge any entry fee for the transfer. However, STPs are applicable for investments of over Rs 50K as a smaller corpus can get invested in a matter of days.

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Investors with a long-term view can also look at accumulating stocks in sectors such as capital goods, construction, media and entertainment. In the case of construction, the investment would be 'contrarian', as the sector has been beaten down heavily in the last few months.

Aggressive investors can also look at banking and financial services as these could get a much-needed reform boost soon. But remember that these sectors are still not free from the problem of high interest rates. In the end, it’s you who will have to decide whether you have the confidence in the potential of the stock markets.

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Sensex emerges as the best of the world indices

Monday, August 4, 2008

BSE | NSE | Dow Jones | NASDAQ August 2008 rates

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Tips for how to finalise between Debt and Equities

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Fortune 500 Companies list - post7

Fortune 500 Companies of world - post6

Fortune 500 Companies List - post5

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Updates from BSE

Indian IPO updates

Older published articles