Today, most people know of Microsoft and Apple as competitors and also as two of the most valuable companies in the world. Between them, Microsoft and Apple command a combined market capitalization of almost $5 trillion. Incidentally, that is about 6

It is not often that you expect Warren Buffett to go so wrong on his stock positions. But then, June 2022 was no ordinary quarter for the US markets. The Dow and the S&P gave up nearly 20% from the peak levels while the NASDAQ had given up more t

Just about a month back, the RBI had issued detailed instruction wherein Indian traders could pay for their exports and imports in Indian rupees. The view is that once the Rupee trade is introduced, then India does not need to denominate its trade wi

For a long time, Yes Bank has been making presentations to various PE funds regarding sale of a stake in the bank to a large private equity player. Finally, that may be approaching fruition. Just a couple of weeks after Yes Bank finalized the sale of

Before we get into this story in greater detail, let us first understand the difference between a hedged position and an unhedged position. A hedged position is a protected position and today it is possible to hedge your risk with the use of futures

The European Central Bank (ECB) had already signalled ahead of its meeting that a 25 bps rate hike was on the cards. But, in its meeting on 21st July, the ECB went a step further and hiked the rates by 50 bps, taking the markets by surprise. In

The previous week was data heavy with most of the key data points like the CPI inflation, WPI inflation, US inflation and trade data being announced. However, the current week will be the interim period between the data announcement and the actual FO

How do you judge the probability if the Fed will hike the rates by 75 bps or 100 bps. One way is to look at the CME Fedwatch. It is a measure of the probability of the extent of rate hike and the possible quantum of rate hike based on the rates impli

To add to the woes of the world economy, China's economic growth for the second quarter ended June 2022 slumped to just 0.4%. Clearly, the widespread COVID lockdowns have taken a massive toll on the economic activity in China. Now, China is not only

It is said that there are few funds in the world where the fund managers rarely say not to a meeting with the fund. Temasek of Singapore is one of them. The investment arm of the Singapore government, it is a formidable investment player in equities

It also looks like a very long time since we saw Brent Crude hovering around $95/bbl, but that is exactly what happened on 14th of July. Oil prices fell sharply, even briefly below the $95/bbl mark, for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine ear

On Thursday, several oil company shares like RIL and ONGC saw a sudden rally. That can be largely attributed to the expectation that government was considering a reduction in the windfall taxes. It may be recollected that on 01st July, the government