Recession warnings in the US having been doing the rounds for quite some time now. The question is; how severe would be this recession. Would it be unforgiving like the recession post 1929 (lasting for over 40 months) or would it be a relatively hard

Bank of America Securities cut its Nifty target by 1,000 points for the year ending December 2022. The original target for the Nifty was 18,500, which has now been revised lower to 17,500. Broadly, the broking house has blamed this downgrade on a num

For the month of September 2022, the US consumer inflation came in at 8.2%. That is still lower than the 9.1% recorded in June 2022. Now, consumer inflation in the US has been coming down rapidly but not as fast as the Fed would have liked. Also, con

The Fed rate hikes are continuing for now and the Fed would be relentless in its anti-inflation stance. However, the members of the Fed are totally confused with one thing. The idea of aggressive rate hikes was that it would impact growth to some ext

When TCS announced its quarterly earnings numbers, its 8.4% profit growth and 15.3% growth in revenues in constant currency terms were very impressive. However, behind this façade, there is a much deeper problem that Indian IT companies are up again

That is the million dollar question or rather a billion dollar question. Will Gold make a comeback as an asset class amidst the rising uncertainty in the global markets. Normally, when inflation risks are so high and the global macros are so volatile

There are fears of recession and there are fears of a slowdown in demand, but the US Federal Reserve appears to be unperturbed. In its latest indications, the Fed officials have almost underlined that the Fed would target 4.5% interest rate tar

Indian Unicorns (billion dollar start-ups) are facing a unique problem. In the last few months, several top PE funds have committed to infuse funds into start-ups and then backed out. There are two surprising aspects to this story. This is not about

According to Reuters, Indian automakers have proposed lowering the tax rate on imported cars to 30% as part of a trade agreement with Britain, an unprecedented move that could ease access to one of the world's most protected automobile markets. It

Throughout much of the developing world, China finds itself in an awkward position as a geopolitical giant with significant sway over the financial futures of many nations but is also owed vast sums of money that may never be fully repaid. Over th

The $4.7 billion acquisition of BillDesk by PayU, a unit of Prosus NV, was supposed to be one of the biggest deals in India in the fintech space. Not it looks like the deal is not happening. As per a statement issued by Prosus NV (the owner of PayU),

It is a long time since we discussed the possibility of the demise of massive financial institutions. That was way back in 2008. It began with Bear Sterns going bust followed by the formidable Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy in September 2008.