Indian markets should worry about the inverted US Yield Curve In the last few months, Indian analysts and economists have spent a lot of time and ink worrying about the likely effects of a full-fledged trade war. Trade war is not even helping the US Read more [...]

OPEC is back to supply controls, but will it be effective The OPEC meeting on December 06th and 07th finally agreed upon the quantum of supply cuts. The total supply cut would be to the tune of 1.20 million bpd. Out of the cut, OPEC would contribute Read more [...]

The RBI is still playing it safe and keeping its options open The monetary policy announced on 05th December was largely along expected lines. A lot has been said about the repo rates but that was held at 6.50% along expected lines. This ensured that Read more [...]

News Announcement Impact Analysis RBI maintains status quo on repo rates at 6.50% in December policy The RBI held rates considering low inflation and growth rates not picking up in the second quarter However, the RBI chose to maintain Read more [...]

The Nifty did show a smart bounce on Friday to get closer to the 10,700 mark but the recent exit poll outcome is not going to be favourable for the markets and one can see some panic selling and hedging on Monday. What the markets may have to worry Read more [...]

With the exit polls indicating a strong performance by the Congress in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, the markets are likely to react negatively on 10th December. The markets would prefer a better showing by the BJP as it would hint at a Read more [...]

Nifty cracked by 181 points and the Sensex sold off by 572 points as the weak global cues and a mountain of uncertainty came down heavily on the Indian markets. Selling was almost uniform across the board. The selling was quite heavy across financials Read more [...]

The meeting of the OPEC at Vienna concluded with a broad agreement to cut supply by around 1 million barrels per day by the OPEC. Of course, Saudi Arabia has made it clear that the supply cuts would only be effective if all the members of OPEC agreed Read more [...]