The rally in Indian market is mainly due to resumption of foreign institutional investor inflows.
The World War I had been triggered by an assassination in then relatively unknown Serbia.
'The focus is more on the outlook for global growth'.
Budget could well determine if Achche Din will materialise
Rally restricted to big stocks; FIIs have hit investment caps in many large companies.
The Indian government and RBI must keep foreign equity investors happy and avoid crushing growth expectations, notes Akash Prakash.
Rajan drew attention towards the Nachiket Mor committee on PSL and said that the RBI is trying to make the entire process more effective.
As concern about the unfolding economic crisis has risen in India, many experts have assured us that 2013 is not 1991.
'They (BJP) can claim of winning even 82 seats, despite the fact that Uttar Pradesh has only 80 seats'
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.5% each
Amid a grim global scenario, India will have to labour hard to hold on to seven per cent growth in 2016-17.
OIL, IOC, HPCL, BPCL slipped between 0.1-1.5% each while the oil producing companies such as ONGC (0.1%), RIL (1.5%), GAIL(2.6%) also edged lower.
If indeed we want the board to manage the RBI, probably the government should take a close look at the US Federal Reserve system which has a two-part structure - a central authority in Washington, DC, and a decentralised network of 12 Federal Reserve Banks located throughout the country, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
An asset swap can simultaneously boost public investment, reduce the fiscal deficit and keep fiscal policy from being pro-cyclical.
They expressed concern on taxation issues, the high fiscal and current account deficits, and sought removal of capital gains tax.
Most immediately, he pledged to move slowly if needed in winding down an oil window that provides dollars directly to state-run oil companies
The 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
Experts caution against tough times in Indian equity markets in 2015.
Breastfeeding lowers chances of being a victim to cancer and circulatory diseases. Among children, it prevents diarrhoea and pneumonia.
Sanjay Mathur, managing director and head of economics research for Asia Pacific (ex-Japan), Royal Bank of Scotland, tells Business Standard that in the emerging market pack, India needs to learn lessons from Korea and Taiwan, which have managed their economic situations well.
The Indian stock markets may turn bearish after the US Fed decides to raise interest rates.
Expectations that the shutdown will hurt the economy and prompt the Federal Reserve to postpone the start of its withdrawal of monetary stimulus weighed on the US currency.
'I can confidently say there will be another financial crisis soon enough, and probably more than one global crisis within the next century, given the increasingly integrated nature of the global economy.'
Experts suggest domestic factors rather than the Greece crisis would determine the course of the Indian equities.
The Indian rupee slumped to a record low near 69 to the dollar on Wednesday on growing worries that foreign investors will continue to sell out of a country facing stiff economic challenges and volatile global markets.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay offers some unsolicited advice for a government wh,ich came to power, with brute majority and the nation's pragmatic chief money man.
Industries with the highest number of top-rated companies at risk were hospitality/travel, media and entertainment, retail, financial services and consumer goods/manufacturing
Sensex closed over 118 points down on Thursday.
Chanda Kochhar, managing director of ICICI Bank, says the new government must take effective action bringing clarity around tax laws.
The biggest disappointment was the compromise on the promised corporate tax reduction path.
Pharma major Lupin and mortgage lender HDFC were the top losers.
Two brothers are determined to preserve Delhi's struggling population of carnivorous birds
Optimism about a stable govt at the Centre, a demand revival and falling oil prices buoyed the markets.
They believe that long-term story is intact.
The 30-share Sensex lost 12 points to end at 29,559 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 4 points to close at 8,914.
Emerging markets and Asia may be first in the firing line
Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building
'The big elephant in the room is our misguided view about the rupee.' 'India is scared that if our currency appreciates, who will buy from us. But a breakout is inevitable.'
The government will announce minimum support prices for kharif.
India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options.
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