Global Markets

What are your Budget Expectations?

by Shabbir Bhimani on February 17, 2013

Not sure if anything will work as you expect but then it would be good to see what people want from the budget. Even if people who create budget may not read this, it will be definitely read by other fellow blog readers. So share what you expect from budget in comments below.

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How I Formed My List of Forever Stocks

by Shabbir Bhimani on October 7, 2011

Clarification on my list of forever stocks that I shared few days back along with the reasons for selecting those stocks as well as criteria for selecting your forever stocks.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Stock Prices Go Down Despite Good Results?

by Shabbir Bhimani on February 16, 2011

At times you wonder why the stock is falling despite very good fundamentals. There are many reasons why short-term stock price diverges from long term fundamentals.

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India to Raise Natural Gas Prices

by Shabbir Bhimani on September 11, 2009

The energy situation in India saw some significant announcements recently. The country is expecting to raise its natural gas price by 44 percent.

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DSP Blackrock World Energy Fund

by Shabbir Bhimani on July 28, 2009

In this Article I would analyze how good is DSP BlackRock World Energy Fund in NFO stage and whether DSP BlackRock World Energy Fund offers anything unique for the investors or its just yet another fund.

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Important week for Indian Markets

by Shabbir Bhimani on July 27, 2009

“I didn’t know what was going to happen the last two years. Why should I know what’s going to happen the next two years?” – Warren Buffet. But some predictions of market move for current week.

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Buffett at Annual General Meeting

by Shabbir Bhimani on May 3, 2009

Mr Buffet was speaking to shareholders of his Berkshire Hathaway company at their annual general meeting being held in Omaha, Nebraska. The value of Berkshire Hathaway’s investments fell by quite a bit and Mr Buffett’s personal wealth shrank by $25bn (£17bn) and he is now not at the top of the richest person list.

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Indian Depository Receipts ( IDR’s )

by Shabbir Bhimani on April 24, 2009

Companies outside India can raise capital from the Indian capital market with the Government notifying norms for issue of Indian Depository Receipts ( IDRs ). This has been stipulated in the Companies (Issue of Indian Depository Receipts) Rules, 2004 but there is not even a single company till date after 5 years listed as IDR.

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Is this the right time to invest in Indian Equity

by Shabbir Bhimani on April 21, 2009

We have seen a 40% rise in equity for over the past 5 weeks in Indian equity due to the strong Global Cues but now when the Global Equities Indices going down we at Indian Equity market is resilient to go down and so what could be the potential reasons.

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Protectionism !! problem or solution to global turmoil

by Shabbir Bhimani on March 7, 2009

Now US was ( I am saying was and not is ) considered as free trade country but suddenly all the policies goes into the pocket when the situation turns bad and now they have a higher Tax for the companies doing outsourcing.

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Bailout rejected

by Shabbir Bhimani on October 1, 2008

There were reports, that due to this rejection, stock markets all over the world saw a dip of 1.2 trillion dollars in just a matter of 6 hours!!!!! Stockmarkets will go sideways for the next 20 years in real terms like they did between 1935 and 1955.

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Global markets and Indian Impact

by Shabbir Bhimani on September 16, 2008

Global markets went for a toss after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and Bank of America decided to buy Merrill Lynch for $44 billion. Lehman Brother’s announced that it is filing for bankruptcy came after all potential buyers walked away.

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Appreciating alternative investing

by Shabbir Bhimani on August 22, 2008

The most common and traditional form of diversifying one’s portfolio is by diversifying across various asset classes, such as equities, fixed income, real estate, commodities like bullion and crude etc. However, many investors will readily sacrifice this discipline when a particular asset class is faring exceedingly well. As a result, their allocations become distorted.

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What are penny stocks?

by Shabbir Bhimani on August 11, 2008

To put it simply, penny stocks are any security available for purchase; however they are not traded on the formal stock exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ).

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Experts say valuations in India “concerning”

by Shabbir Bhimani on June 2, 2008

Experts (As seen on TV) say that there is 25% of fall in US dollars which is affecting the EMs and so valuation in India is important and in last few months due to inflation and rise in commodity prices Indian markets is facing a tough time.

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