Share markets in India are presently trading marginally lower. Sectoral indices are trading on a negative note with stocks in the oil & gas sector and IT sector witnessing maximum selling pressure. The BSE Sensex is trading flat, while the NSE Nifty is trading down by 16 points (down 0.2%). The BSE Mid Cap index is trading down by 0.3%, while the BSE Small Cap index is trading…
Gold update: While I don’t care much for Cycle anomalies (i.e. short of long cycle), I am not going to fight them. Therefore, I am very bullish on Gold given the short ICL that has been left behind but the yellow metal has disappointed before so we still need to be cautious until the next resistance…
The stock market has had a bumpy ride lately and volatility is elevated. That means juicy option premiums for traders willing to bet that the market will rebound within the next few weeks. On Friday, VIX spike to 25.65, having been as low as 15.34 just a few days earlier. Traders, who believe the decline…
SiaCoin Continues Gains: Majority of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others in top 30 continued to consolidate throughout the weekend. But there’s been one altcoin which saw rapid gains. Siacoin, ranking 29th in terms of coin market cap, gained 16.60% on Sunday after ranging for 4 consecutive days. What is SiaCoin? Sia is tapping on the…
We asked financial advisers for some of the most important ideas they wish their clients understood when it comes to money, retirement, and the future. Here are 7 of the most important. Wish you had a crystal ball for retirement planning? Most of us do, and for good reason. Even if you’re sure you’ll have enough…
What are the four behaviors that transform ordinary people into world-class leaders? This is the question that Elena L. Botelho and Kim R. Powell ask and answer in The CEO Next Door (Currency / Crown Publishing, 2018). From a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives, they analyzed over 2,600 leaders. They coupled…
When it comes to investing there are many options. For the investor looking to participate in the stock market one can obviously buy individual stocks. Over the years mutual funds became the investment of choice and still dominate in retirement accounts employers provide. Then came ETFs (Exchange Trading Funds) which are very popular for those…
Right now the stock market is on a 16 month upswing and the question I receive all the time is “should I sell or buy in this kind of a market?” My answer is simple…………..Who knows! How many times have experts predicted the market would crash and it skyrocketed? Or that it would skyrocket and…
Neil Irwin had an interesting piece arguing that Trump is fighting the last battle on trade in worrying about imports of steel and aluminum. His main point, that the millions of jobs we lost in manufacturing to trade in the last decade are not coming back, is largely correct. But there are a few points worth adding….
After all the preparation, all the expectation, cheerleading and doomsaying, China’s Yuan-denominated crude oil futures contract began trading tonight and appears to be off a good start with well over 10 billion yuan notional traded within the first hour. So far it has tracked WTI futures well, trading at around a $2 premium to WTI (when…
