Weekly Round Up 9th August 2013

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10th August 2013

Weekly Round Up 9th August 2013   Hi Promofree Weekly Round Up gives you all the analysis and reports published by us during the week. Friday Podcast 9th August 2013 Develop an understanding of Fixed Income Markets Fixed Income plays a large part in your personal finance. A look at your individual balance sheet will reveal that most of your assets and liabilities are in fixed income products. Home loans, vehicle loans, personal loans and other such loans form the liability side of your balance sheet. On the asset side, investments in fixed deposits, public provident fund, insurance policies, post office savings and savings account would form a large part of your total assets. click here to listen to the podcast Selecting Stocks for the Future Series 56  Petronet LNG  Stocks for 2018 Issue 5 Petronet LNG Ltd. (PLL) a Government of India initiative is involved in the business of receiving and regasification of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) from its terminals in Dahej and Kochi. click here to read full analysis Personl Finance Articles General Old is not Gold is the message from Washington Post TJeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.com bought over the venerable US newspaper Washington Post for USD 250 million. The figures are stark and send out one clear message to investors and businessmen. Old is not gold. History means nothing in a changing world. click here to read full analysis RBI Policies The New RBI Governor – Expect a Conservative but Surprise Approach to Policies Dr. Raghuram Rajan, a former IMF economist, visiting professor to the World Bank and US Federal Reserve Board and one of the few economists who predicted the 2008 credit crisis will head the Reserve Bank of India. He takes over from Dr. D. Subbarao on the 4th of September. click here to read full analysis Currency Articles General INR at all time lows –Calm Not Storm Is Needed From Policy Makers The Indian Rupee (INR) fell to all time lows of Rs 61.80 against the US Dollar today and there is fear in all markets on the back of the weakening currency. click here to read full analysis Personal Finance Articles General  Loosely Regulated Markets – Few Profit at the Cost of Many The NSEL (National Spot Exchange) by deferring settlements has brought focus on markets where regulators are absent or are not being stringent on enforcing rules. The settlement amount is pegged at around Rs 5000 according to various media estimates. click here to read full analysis Weekly Fixed Income Market Analysis  Bond Yields to Move in Tandem with INR Bond market is trading the INR not directly but indirectly through government bonds. The correlation between ten year government bond yield and INR has never been stronger. The yield on the 7.16% 2023 bond will rise if INR falls against the USD and the yield will fall if the INR strengthens against the USD. click here to read full analysis Weekly Equity Market Analysis  Pain for Markets Post RBI Monetary Policy The RBI in its quarterly monetary policy review on the 30th of July left key rates unchanged and lowered economic growth forecast for fiscal 2013-14 to 5.5% from earlier estimates of 5.7%. The Sensex and the Nifty declined 2.96% and 3.53% respectively on a week on week basis on the back of macro economic concerns. 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.