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Centralised clearing vital for credit default swaps |
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The current financial crisis is requiring policymakers to rethink the existing approach to market regulation and oversight. Many observers have singled out OTC credit derivatives, including CDS, as needing greater scrutiny and transparency.
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Happy Diwali likely for India's investors! |
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Capital market is ready to cheer in this festive season. There are several reasons. First, there is nothing wrong with Indian Economy or Indian Capital Market as such. Proactive regulators geared up to insulate India from the heat of global credit crisis. |
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Will crisis affect India's much valued commodity? |
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In recent times, the above-average growth in several sectors including retail, FMCG, real estate, coffee consumption was the result of higher disposable incomes created by IT, BPO, BT, BFSI industry. Will the global economic crisis reverse the trend? |
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Silver Rush as bullion market gets tight on bailout |
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Of the total one billion ounces of “investable” silver, 500 million is in coin form and approximately 500 million is in bullion form. The amount of open interest for silver is 100,000 plus, which is almost 6 times as great as the entire dealer inventory. In monetary terms, 85,000,000 ounces at $12 per ounce. |
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US Dollar: Flat money, created out of thin air |
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The Fed is the key to how much money and credit is in the US economy in any given time. This is due to the fact that the United States currency is a fiat money — in other words, it is not backed by anything tangible, and therefore it can be created out of thin air. |
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The $7 trillion reasons to buy the Yellow Metal! |
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Today, America is paying for a war that is ruinously expensive in both blood and money. In many ways, it’s a repeat of what we had in the 1970s. Inflation has been red-hot, and gold is going higher — and we aren’t even officially in recession yet. |
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India may have crossed the inflation hump |
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A marginal fall in the inflation is not something one can be satisfied with. What, however, is a matter of satisfaction is that the phase of constant rise in inflation seems to be over. Removing supply side bottlenecks in agriculture is vital to contain inflation. |
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How US crisis impacts Indian economy |
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Liberalisation and globalisation policies initiated when Dr Manmohan Singh was Finance Minister in the 1990s have led Indian economy to be dependent more on global trends. That is why shocks of the global economic slowdown are felt in India too. |
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Why the Great Bailout is not that stimulating |
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Here is a figure that dwarfs that trillion-dollar package Congress is screwing around with: Excluding “volatile food and fuel”, prices increased 0.2% July to August, and 2.6% between August 2007 and August 2008. The latter is the largest spike since January 1995. |
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Invest in commodities when markets are in turmoil |
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Stock markets are in misery. Equities are under severe stress. Investment banks are gasping for breath. Financial markets have suddenly become instable, across the world. So should you stay invested in commodities? |
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Learn how Gandhiji won through non-violence |
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21st century has witnessed wide-spread violence in many countries of the world. No place seems secure. The UN General Assembly has declared October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi as the International Day of Non-violence. The world has recognized that there are only two alternatives, non-violence and non-existence. |
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Bankruptcy of US banks: Can Islamic banking help? |
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Can there be a better system to ensure strict credit rating system so that banks don't fall into bankruptcy? Perhaps, Islamic banking could help as it adheres to strict credit rating system and disallows indebted economic agents to avail more debt finance. |
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How America fell into the $700 billion bailout plan |
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Paulson's ideological grand-standing in Shanghai last year preceded a few other events that may have forced his Damascene conversion. With $700 billion...if not $1.2 trillion or the end of civilization itself at stake. The these events are worth recalling. |
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Food crisis: Developing nations not over-consuming |
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An argument is made that large developing countries are “over-consuming” leading to increased food costs. Nothing could be further from the truth. Developing countries continue to have high child malnutrition levels and still need to battle chronic hunger. |
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Right time to hedge in commodities like gold, silver |
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Banks are collapsing, markets are falling and recession fears have put fear into investors and traders. But this is the right time to hedge in commodities like gold and silver.
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Gold vs Dollar: Which will dominate the market? |
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Gold and crude oil have become the hottest commodities in the wake of the global financial crisis brought about by the plunging US economy and collapse of investment banking giants like Lehman Brothers. |
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Financial Inclusion is a compulsion now |
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Credit has to be an integral part of an overall programme aimed at improving the productivity,income of small farmers and other poor households. Mere supply-side solutions from the financial sector will not work unless steps are taken on demand side.
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Value of Dollar will drop; Gold will skyrocket |
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Over the next two years you can expect to see the value of the dollar drop, bonds drop, and gold skyrocket. Will the Fed one day say we must fight inflation by raising interest rates to 20% or beyond like the Fed did in 1980 or will the Fed let the value of the dollar literally go to zero. |
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Peak Oil: America uses 21 million barrels per day |
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The world today uses 85 million barrels per day. That is 31 billion barrels per year. At that rate, the one trillion barrels of estimated reserves would last 32 years until it was all gone. The US uses 21 million barrels per day. |
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How IT has helped India's banking system |
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IT has played a major role in achieving significant improvements in the banking system such as centralised operations, network based computing, new delivery channels like networked ATMs, internet banking etc. |
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The only commodity that kills its consumers |
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Tobacco is perhaps only the commodity that kills its consumers in such large number and yet gets a fresh stock of consumers. Hence the tobacco companies are always on look out for new consumers. |
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