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US China Trade Wars: What Happens Next!

US China Trade Wars: What Happens Next!

The first 10 days of May 2019 have been rocky for international markets – with concerns around the US withdrawal of waivers for crude imports from Iran spiking volatility and… Read more »

Understanding Derivatives Rollover Data

Understanding Derivatives Rollover Data

Rollover percentage indicates whether traders are willing to carry forward their existing positions (long or short) to the next series or not. Generally, the rollover figures alone will not indicate… Read more »

Update on Emerging Markets: So Far So Good!

Update on Emerging Markets- In our previous blog, https://www.plindia.com/blog/is-a-money-tsunami-on-its-way-to-india/, we had mentioned the possibility of India starting to receive receiving excellent flows – and that transpired with March 2019 seeing… Read more »

What is a selling climax?

Fishing in Troubled Waters: What is a Selling Climax?

A period of extraordinary volume which comes at the end of a rapid and comprehensive decline which exhausts the margin reserves of many speculators or patience of investors. Total volume… Read more »

VIX Above 20! Time to Panic?

In a previous piece (https://www.plindia.com/blog/india-vix-vs-nifty-a-see-saw/) , we had forecast that the mid term VIX movements may allow Nifty to bottom out but that it may reach 20 levels around election… Read more »

FMPs, Not As Safe As They Seem

Half a year ago, the IL&FS fiasco rocked the debt markets. Debt schemes invested in the assets lost as much as 5% of their NAV in a day. In an… Read more »

India: We Aint Seen Bears Yet!

What if we told you us Indians have never seen a bear market in the last 15 odd years? Sounds weird after having seen the 2008, 2016 and 2018 periods… Read more »

The yield curve is a simple curvy line that plots out bond yields across bond maturities (in terms of time). Typically, the curve slopes upward, with investors demanding higher yields to hold a longer term bond, given the risk of inflation,  liquidity and many other uncertainties.

Risks of an Inverted Yield Curve: All about it!

“Every U.S. recession in the past 60 years was preceded by a negative term spread, that is, an inverted yield curve. Furthermore, a negative term spread was always followed by… Read more »

How to Invest In an Unpredictable Market?

Market volatility is an inevitable part of investing. CY2018 was undoubtedly a tumultuous phase for the markets. Last year, the bellwether Nifty 50 index bobbled between the 10,000 and 11,000… Read more »

Bank Nifty Pole Vault! An Interesting Time Ahead

The Bank Nifty has had a spectacular run in 2019 so far. Propelled by a wide variety of factors ranging from expectations on profitability next year (55% plus of Nifty… Read more »