Weekly Round Up 14th June 2013

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Weekly Round Up - 14th June 2013 Hi Promofree Weekly Round Up gives you all the analysis and reports published by us during the week. Friday Podcast 14th June 2013 Why The Sell off In Emerging Market Assets The last one month has seen a broad sell off in emerging equities and currencies. A look at the performance of indices across a few key emerging markets over the last one month show that benchmark equity indices of Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Brazil and South Korea are down by 7.5%, 14%, 16%, 10% and 4% respectively. click here to listen to the podcast Link Between Currencies, Commodities and Equities Series 28 Non Deliverable Forwards NDF (Non Deliverable Forwards) as the name suggests is an OTC (Over the Counter) derivative market for currencies. The NDF market is an off shore market where trading for a currency pair takes place outside the country of origin. click here to read full analysis Economic Analysis - June 2013 Macro Economic Data is Interest Rate Positive - Expect Rate Cuts in July CPI (Consumer Price Inflation) came in at 9.31% for May 2013 against levels of 9.39% seen in April 2013 and 10.39% seen in March 2013. The WPI (Wholesale Price Inflation) for May 2013 is expected to come in at 4.87% against levels of 4.89% seen in April. click here to read full analysis Fixed Income Investing Series 27 INR and Interest Rate Volatility and Your Investments in Long Term Bond Funds The Indian Rupee (INR) is trading at record lows against the USD leading to worries on inflation and liquidity in the economy. RBI is not likely to cut rates in its 17th June policy review given INR volatility. click here to read full analysis Weekly Fixed Income Market Analysis  Market will go cautious into RBI 17th June Policy Review Bond market will go circumspect into the 17th June RBI policy review as expectations of rate cuts have come off on the back of INR volatility. The INR is trading at close to all time lows against the USD and RBI will sound cautious in the policy statement on the back of a weak INR impact on inflation and the economy. click here to read full analysis Weekly Equity Market Analysis  Uncertain Times Ahead for Sensex, Nifty and INR US Non Farm Payroll numbers boosted market sentiment on the last trading day of last week with major global equity indices rising by well over a percent. The US economy added 175,000 jobs in May 2013 while unemployment rate rose to 7.6% from 7.5%. April job numbers were revised downwards from 165,000 jobs originally reported to 149,000 jobs. click here to read full analysis Fixed Income Articles General FII’s Will Not Pull Money Out of the Indian Debt Market FII’s selling government bonds and corporate bonds is a short term reaction to expectations of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) removing monetary stimulus. The discontinuation of bond purchases by the Fed can lead to USD Strengthening and rising USD funding costs that is negative for an FII holding Indian Rupee (INR) bonds. click here to read full analysis Arjun Parthasarathy www.investorsareidiots.com arjun@investorsareidiots.com Information herein is believed to be reliable but the editor of Investors are Idiots.com Arjun Parthasarathy does not warrant its completeness or accuracy. Opinions and estimates are subject to change without notice. This information is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument. The financial markets are inherently risky and it is assumed that those who trade these markets are fully aware of the risk of real loss involved. Unauthorized copying, distribution or sale of this publication is strictly prohibited. The author of the articles may have investments in instruments that are the subject of the articles. © InvestorsAreIdiots.com. All rights reserved. Not interested in receiving emails from us? Click to unsubscribe.