Real challenge will be to get LIC prepared for the IPO There was big hype over the proposed LIC IPO announced in Budget 2020. Before the LIC IPO becomes reality, there are 4 key shifts that are essential. Sec 24 – Corpus Handling Section 24 of the Read more [...]

Why oil prices crashed by 20% in the last 2 months? Most people did not realize that the price of crude oil had touched a yearly low at $54/bbl and had fallen nearly 20% in a span of just 2 months. Here is why the oil prices cracked. Chinese pandemic Read more [...]

RBI’s rate decision was largely along expected lines The RBI policy announced on 06th Feb had little by way of surprises. The RBI held on to its repo rate of 5.15% leaving the reverse repo at 4.90% and the MSF and bank rate at 5.40%. What were the Read more [...]

  News Announcement Impact Analysis RBI holds repo rates at 5.15% largely along expected lines High inflation at 7.35% forced the RBI to maintain status quo on repo rates and therefore on reverse repo and MSF However, the stance Read more [...]

Markets continued to rally for the third day in succession after the initial budget jitters but markets are likely to be a lot more cautious on Friday being the last trading day of the week. Expect some profit taking towards the end. The monetary Read more [...]

The RBI in its last credit policy for the fiscal year 2019-20 maintained status quo on the repo rates at 5.15%. This retains the reverse repo rate at 4.90% and the bank rate at 5.40%. This status quo on rates was largely along expected lines after the Read more [...]

The 900 point rally in the Sensex on Tuesday was followed by another 350 points rally on Wednesday wiping out most of the losses of the post budget correction. The easing of the Coronavirus tensions also helped matters. With a likely end to the Read more [...]

The benchmark US stock market index, S&P500 closed at a record high as did the NASDAQ. The record performance of the US markets came on the back of solid macro data coming from the US. In addition, the news of an antidote to the Coronavirus also helped Read more [...]