Special
Issue
Investment
Trends
-- G
Kumaraswamy Naidu, Consulting
Editor, Portfolio Organizer, Kamakshya
Prasad Prusti, Member,
IUP Research Team
If
short-term developments are significant for the markets, a
look at the long-term trends open up a plethora analysis for
everybody. Indian markets have progressed appreciably over
time; time for a look at the trends.
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Equity
Market
Why
are Stock Markets so Unpredictable?
-- Parag
Parikh
Why
are stock markets so unpredictable? This question has engaged
thousands of researchers in their respective areas of research
for years. This very unpredictability of the market is the
attribute that draws the brave and the cunning to its playground.
Some are gifted to rise in the swing of the market and the
lesser mortals are reduced to doing self-analysis.
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State
of the Equity Market
-- Prof.
Binay Bhushan Chakrabarti
Equity
markets, by virtue of their simplicity, come best in terms
of understanding, even for a common man. The question most
frequently asked by the crowd is about the state of the market
and its course. The question is relevant for the current market
conditions also.
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Time
to Take a Bigger Bite of Equities --Krishnan Ramchandran
Several
times the equities have been termed as an asset class of great
potential. The Indian equity markets have learnt many lessons
already and its time for the market to put all these understanding
into practice.
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Privatization
and Technology will be the Key Stories
-- Rajiv
Handa
Expect
a good but not a gala time in the current year. A section
of the market is optimistic that the current year would present
them with better and bigger fishes in their nets. This is
already evident in the market outlook pages circulated by
fund managers and institutional investors. Truly, they have
a reason for being so. With a more stable macroeconomy and
fewer tussles in the political horizons, the current year
in many ways appears better equipped to invite the investors
back to the market.
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Technical
Analysis : To Make a Prominent Impact --Prasoon Dalal
Increased
market volatility has presented the study of technical analysis
as an indispensable tool for the investors. Smart usage of
the technique can see the investors through these turbulent
times with relative case.
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Online
Trading: Do it Yourself
--
Anoop
Bagchi, Chief
Operating Officer, ICICIDirect.com.
The
Indian Capital market has come a long way since the days of
globalization. The market has adopted various industry practices
as followed by the players in the international markets. In
recent times there has been a wave of operational standards
and best practices that have been introduced into the market.
The whole idea revolves around creating a better market place
for everybody. In this journey, the contribution made by the
online trading service providers would be defining.
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Information:
Set to Revolutionize the Investment Landscape --
Amit Abraham, Head,
Research and Advisory, ASIAN CERC Ltd.
The
benefit of information encompasses all the faculties from
business, research, war to trading in an overwhelming fashion.
It can revolutionize even the mundane of the activities into
an exciting one. If that were to be the case, imagine what
it can do to the capital market whose second name is enthusiasm
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Regulatory
Challenges Facing Equity Markets --Prof.
V Panchapagesan
Absence
of regulation or little of it is of no explicit distinction.
Especially in the context of the securities market, the regulator's
seat is always bombarded with ideas and criticisms. Nevertheless,
the market has to be controlled subtly enough to discourage
any mischief at the same time promoting innovation and growth.
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DEBT
Market
Debt
Markets - A Fast Changing Scenario
-- Ramgopal Kundurthi, Chief
Investment Officer
Opportunities
presented by the debt market nearly four quarters ago are
not there any more. That was expected and therefore the prudent
players have started devising suitable strategies already.
It's now time to take stock of the situation and face the
next round of uncertainties with a renewed spirit.
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March
Towards Excellence -- Nilesh Shah
The
fixed income market has given investors what they needed at
a time when the equity portfolios were busy eroding investor's
wealth. The interest rate order of India is likely to pose
challenge to the managers of the fixed income securities,
a far distant case roughly a year ago. All machineries of
the financial system regulators, journalists, academics, researchers
and even astrologers have to decide on a new course of action.
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Mutual
Fund
Trends
in the Indian Mutual Fund Industry
-- Prof.
G Sethu, Dr. Rachana Baid
The
benefit of an enhanced activity level in the Indian mutual
fund industry is evident in the industry structure. The industry
is beginning to show signs of moving towards maturity. This
paper aims to capture the developments in the industry over
the years.
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Derivatives
Market
Who
is Hedging Whom? -- GRK
Murty, Consultant, IU
Investors
are aware of their risk return trade-offs. Therefore, the
quest to nullify their share of risk is undertaken with no
less passion. Futures market, in these cases come with some
proven solutions and prospects to benefit the investors with
its offerings.
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Equity
Derivatives - Just Taking Off -- Raghu
Iyer
Derivatives
market, within a short span of its launch has managed to pick-up
in terms of volume. Now that the start has emerged satisfactorily,
the market participants are more concerned to clear away the
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Derivatives
Market... New Opportunities
--Prakash
Gaba, Member,
Society for Technical Analysts, London.
Introduction
of the derivatives was anticipated by the market players since
long. Contribution of the derivatives is going to be defining
to the development of the capital market in India, at a time,
when benefit and convenience continues to be the most favorable
arguments in favor of the derivatives. How far these complicated
products would be understood and accepted by the common investor
is the question that remains.
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