John Arnold Shuts His Centaurus Energy Fund
Legendary fund manager John Arnold told investors that he was closing the Centaurus Energy fund , to pursue other interests. Arnold was one of the “good” guys in Enron, making around $750 million in...
View ArticleCPI for April 2012 at 10.36% vs. 9.38% in March
Consumer Price Inflation has come in at a whopping 10.36% for April 2012. The March number has been revised marginally down from the first reported 9.47% to 9.38%. The divergence is increasing and if...
View ArticleChart: Market Cap To GDP is 63%
With popular request (from Kaushik ) I have updated the Market Cap to GDP chart for India. Market Cap is the total NSE Market Cap at the end of the month, and GDP is known quarterly, so I put it in at...
View ArticleIs The Market Looking To Rally?
With this month having seen a big fall, and markets looking very haggard, are looking to see a big rally? I use an indicator – the net number of stocks above the moving averages (Net = Number above...
View ArticleChart: Petrol Prices Up by Rs. 7.5
Petrol prices went up by Rs. 7.5 per liter yesterday, making life miserable for nearly all Indians. Turns out Goa is the cheapest petrol in the country, charging no state taxes on the black fuel....
View ArticleWhy the Petrol Price Hike is a Good Thing
I write at Yahoo: Why the petrol price hike is a good thing Petrol prices were raised again recently, by Rs. 7.5 and the hike leaves the country seething, except those that drive diesel cars. And to...
View ArticleFinMin Pressures RBI to Prolong Housing Bubble?
In response to buyers not being able to afford property and thus not allowing builders to buy more Bentleys*, the Finance Ministry has asked RBI to consider making housing a part of the “infra” sector...
View ArticleWill There Be No More 0% EMI Schemes?
It seems – and we don’t know this for sure – that RBI is not happy about 0% EMI schemes. In these schemes, people pay on a regular basis (monthly), a smaller amount, rather than the full amount...
View ArticleNo More Prepayment Penalties for All Floating Rate Loans : RBI
At Capital Mind I have been strongly in favour of abolishing any sort of prepayment penalty. (Read: The Unnecessary Prepayment Penalty , written in 2011) The RBI had, in 2012, banned prepayment...
View ArticleYour Friendly Neighbourhood Loan Waiver Moral Hazard is Here.
It’s incredible what kind of idiocy passes for politics in the country. In 2008-09, the UPA government threw a huge sop to farmers, telling them their unpaid loans would be forgiven.… (Read On…) [via...
View ArticleSuckered: How a 4% Loan for Furniture Actually Costs You 12%
So my friend, let’s call him K, decided to go buy furniture and fixtures. He went to HomeTown and bought … (Read On…) [via Capital Mind]
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