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MOSPI Shifts Data Release Time To 5:30 PM

The release of CPI, IIP and GDP data will soon be moved to 5:30 PM. Presumably this avoids volatility in the market during the time that this data is released. ...

OT: Speaking at Traders’ Carnival 2013, Pune

I will be a speaker at at a Trader Conference called "Traders’ Carnival", being conducted by J. Dharmaraj (@ra1nb0w). The topic is on options, ...

Unilever Open Offer Nets $3 bn, Gets Them To 67%

Unilever’s open offer for Hindustan Unilever (HUL) shares has been completed, with them acquiring about 32 cr. (320 million) shares at the price of Rs. 600. ...

Sub-Prime Securities?

Economic Times has the news that Prime Securities, a broker with the NSE, is in trouble for owing Rs. 80-100 cr. to the NSE for derivatives trading margin. ...

The Lack of Credit to Buy Gold is Looking for “Alternate” Mechanisms

HDFC Bank has stopped accepting credit cards as a payment method while selling gold. It has also yanked off the “EMI” scheme for jewellery purchases, where ...

Should You Tender Shares in Unilever’s Offer For HUL?

Hindustan Unilever Limited’s owner, the global Unilever, is offering Rs. 600 per share to increase their stake from 52% to 75%. Effectively they are buying ...

Winsome Diamonds: Another 7,000 Crore Default

These figures astound me. Winsome Diamonds, a jewellery exporter, has defauted on loans to buy gold and the figures run up to a mammoth 7,000 crore. Says ...

There’s a Big Cash Economy in …. China.

China: In Cash We Trust (WSJ): We think of India as using a lot of cash, but in reality, China’s just as big, or bigger: Lugging nearly $130,000 in cash into ...

Emkay Has To Pay For Fat-Finger Trade, Says NSE

Six months after their “fat finger” trade in October 2012 (Read: The Flash Crash: Fat Finger or Algo, Emkay Must Pay) when the market fell nearly 15% on a ...

On Vacation: Stepping Back in Time

I’m on vacation, in Goa for a few days so posting will be slow this week. Goa is my favourite place to holiday. And even after two kids, the costs of a ...