Weekly Round Up Week Ended 6th December 2013

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7th December 2013

Weekly Round Up Week Ended 6th December 2013   Hi Promofree Weekly Round Up gives you all the analysis and reports published by us during the week. Podcast Economic Scorecard of UPA 2004-2013 and why Markets Favour the Opposition The upbeat reaction of equity, currency and bond markets to exit polls for four States and one Union Territory that went for elections in November and December 2013 suggest that the markets favour a change at the centre. The Sensex and Nifty gained 1.5%, the Indian Rupee (INR) gained over 0.5% and bond yields fell 3bps on news of exit polls predicting wins for the main opposition party at the centre, the BJP across the States. click here to listen to the podcast Selecting Stocks for the Future Series 57 WABCO India Ltd. WABCO India Ltd. is a subsidiary of WABCO Holdings Inc. a company in USA that has pioneered the manufacture of air assisted and air brake systems for commercial vehicles in India. The company has a product portfolio in three categories, Conventional Products, Advanced Braking System and Driveline controls. click here to read full analysis Fixed Income Investing Series NTPC Tax Free Bonds – Should You Invest? NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) is issuing tax free bonds in December 2013. click here to read full anlysis Fixed Income Investing Series HUDCO Tax Free Bonds – Should you Invest? HUDCO (Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd) is issuing tax free bonds in December 2013. click here to read full anlysis INR Will See A Sharp Rally This Month The macro environment is turning distinctly favourable for the Indian Rupee (INR). On the domestic macro front, sharp fall in current account deficit and strong inflows into the FCNR B swap window is highly INR positive. click here to read full anlysis Equity Investment Tutorial 65 Auto Components – Company Analysis – WABCO India Ltd. WABCO India Ltd. is a subsidiary of WABCO Holdings Inc. a company in USA that has pioneered the manufacture of air assisted and air brake systems for commercial vehicles in India. The company has a product portfolio in three categories, Conventional Products, Advanced Braking System and Driveline controls. click here to read full analysis RBI is losing USD 1.2 billion a year on the FCNR B swap window RBI has mobilized USD 34 billion through the swap windows for FCNR B funds and Banks Overseas Borrowing as of 30th November 2013. The swap window was opened in September 2013 to attracted USD flows into the country at a time when the Indian Rupee (INR) had touched record low levels of around Rs 68 to the USD. click here to read full analysis Currency Articles General RBI is losing USD 1.2 billion a year on the FCNR B swap window RBI has mobilized USD 34 billion through the swap windows for FCNR B funds and Banks Overseas Borrowing as of 30th November 2013. The swap window was opened in September 2013 to attracted USD flows into the country at a time when the Indian Rupee (INR) had touched record low levels of around Rs 68 to the USD. click here to read full analysis Equity Investment Tutorial Derivatives - Option Greeks - Delta Intrinsic value, time value and volatility are the three main factors that influence the value of an option premium. The variations in the value of the premium can be explained with the help of some tools commonly referred to as the Greeks, Delta, Gamma, Vega and Rho. click here to read full analysis Two Minutes Concept Series Incremental Credit Deposit Ratio (ICDR) Credit Deposit Ratio (CDR) is the amount of credit outstanding in the banking system in relation to the amount of deposits outstanding in the banking system. click here to watch the video Equity Articles General Risks are known but positives are unknown The answer to the question “should one be invested in Indian equities at current levels of 20,900 on the Sensex and 6200 on the Nifty” is yes as risks are known going into elections 2014 but the positives are unknown and those positives could actually play out going forward. click here to read full analysis Video Tutorial Overnight Index Swaps OIS are swaps where the floating rate is an overnight rate (such as NSE MIBOR) and the fixed rate is paid in exchange of the compounded floating rate over a certain period. click here to watch the video Weekly Fixed Income Market Analysis Is System Liquidity Easing Out? Liquidity as measured by bids for repo in the LAF (Liquidity Adjustment Facility) auction of the RBI, bids for MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) and bids for term repo was a negative Rs 810 billion as of 29th November 2013. Liquidity was a negative Rs 870 billion  as of 22nd November. click here to read full analysis Weekly Equity Market Analysis Markets to Trend Higher on Positive Domestic and Global Cues The Nifty and the Sensex rose 3.02% and 2.84% respectively last week on the back of record high levels in global equities. The Dow, S&P 500 and German Dax closed at record highs last week while the Nasdaq and Nikkei closed at 13 year and 6 year highs respectively. 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. 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