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Indian Economy – Review and Analysis, February 2010

Readers, as promised, we have posted the market review for February without delay this time. Month of February witnessed the most important calendar event for Indian economy, the Budget 2010. Our reports on the same would have kept you updated. Hopefully this will update you about its affect on various markets.
Equity

After correcting for most part [...]

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS 2010

Poor Monsoon – affected Rabi and Kharif crops
India weathered the crisis well
Supporting and delivering services and not giving directly to the citizens
2009-10 – Challenging year attributed to 2008-09 Q3, Q4
GDP
FY 2008-09 – GDP 6.7 % Substantial fiscal expansion
Q1 2009-10 – GDP 6.1%
Q2 2009-10 – GDP 7.9%
Q3 & Q4 – expected higher than 7.2%
Hope to reach [...]

UAE Economy: Impact of Dubai crisis

Introduction
In 2009, the U.A.E. witnessed a significant slowdown in growth and strains in the banking system as a result of the global financial crisis, the decline in oil prices, and the continuing fallout from the bursting of the Dubai property bubble. The ramifications of the DW debt event will depend on the scope and modalities [...]

BUDGET FY 2010-11

Macro economic expectations
Budget 2010-11 will be presented against a backdrop of reviving economic conditions. The year 2009-10 saw all the economic indicators painting a healthy picture of the economy after a year of subdued growth. GDP has started to accelerate; IIP has gone into a double digit growth trajectory. Exports have entered into positive growth [...]

Indian Economy – Review and Analysis, January 2010

Dear readers, apologies yet again for the delay in posting January’s economic review but due to certain unavoidable circumstances the review could not be posted on time. Hope this review is useful and informative.
Equity
The BSE stock index started the year on a positive note, rising for the first 2 days to reach 17686. The markets [...]

USD-INR retracing the fall

The USD/INR retraced the highs of 45.28 and has settled at around 45.78 levels. Equity markets were directionless with the Sensex and the Nifty closing a tad lower than last week. The high point from the data point was the 11.3 % growth in IIP against expectation of 10%. Inflation for the month of December [...]

Infosys result analysis

Infosys declared its third quarter result today. The results came better than than the street expectations. The sales were around 3% above the Bloomberg consensus estimate, whereas the net profit was around 12% below, which was boosted on account of higher other income.
BSE                    :              INFOSYS
NSE                   :              INFOSYSTCH
Bloomberg     :              INFO IS [...]

IIP Data: November 2009 -Index for Industrial production

The IIP figure for November stood at 11.7%, taking everybody’s breath away. It stunned everybody since the market’s expected figures was hovering around 10%.The same index registered a growth of 2.4% y-o-y in Nov’08 whereas a [...]

Fourteen Companies: One Market

In a first of its kind scenario in 2010 , at least 14 national brands will promote the same value proposition- mobile voice
With the advent of new players and introduction of the tariff wars the listed telecom companies [...]

Indian Economy – Annual Review and Analysis

“Hello readers…warm wishes for the year ahead on behlaf of MoneyBol team. My apologies for delayed posting of the monthly update. To make amends I have also updated the yearly review. Hope these are useful and informative for you.” – Praveen Bajaj,
Equity- BSE Sensex
Stocks started the month with a 200+ points gain on the first day but [...]