http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/Nageswaran.aspx?NavId=88&NavsId=90 Nageswaran- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:42:56 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16222612/Securitizing-microfinance.html The responsibility of microfinance lenders to society is more important than that to promoters and investors Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:55:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/16222612/Securitizing-microfinance.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09205223/Getting-off-the-dollar.html Betting on Asian currencies gaining against the two Anglo-Saxon currencies appears to be a low-risk gamble Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09205223/Getting-off-the-dollar.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/12223556/Time-to-switch-priorities.html There are two goals the US will now pursue: asset price reflation and preserving its hegemonic status in global affairs Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:05:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/12223556/Time-to-switch-priorities.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/05214508/A-matter-of-tricky-timing.html IMF thinks it can advocate early restraint for the developing world and measured exit for the developed Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/05214508/A-matter-of-tricky-timing.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/28221437/Sharing-is-beautiful.html For most NGO heads, over time, anxiety to guard turf and territory drives action and the original mission is lost Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:44:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/28221437/Sharing-is-beautiful.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/14222723/The-bane-of-wishful-thinking.html A legitimate question is why there ought to be objection to positive thinking being applied to asset markets Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:57:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/14222723/The-bane-of-wishful-thinking.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/07215541/Three-investor-concerns.html What is real is not real in deflationary times and the nominal is not real in inflationary times Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:25:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/07215541/Three-investor-concerns.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/31211107/Japan-is-ready-for-change.html The margin of victory and the DPJ’s policy priorities augur well in the near term for Japanese stocks Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:41:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/31211107/Japan-is-ready-for-change.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/17223057/Australia8217s-good-story.html If China’s appetite for commodities falls, a big pillar of Australian growth would be weakened Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:25:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/17223057/Australia8217s-good-story.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/03205342/Overconfidence-and-greed.html Those who do not recognize errors are condemned to repeat them. For investors, too, the message is the same Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:23:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/08/03205342/Overconfidence-and-greed.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/27220042/An-antifiat-currency-wave.html The US reckons it can’t do without foreigners’ benevolence to fund its massive government expenditure Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/27220042/An-antifiat-currency-wave.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/13220916/Towards-economic-warfare.html In Beijing’s view, the US’ raison d’etre is to pay back the debt it owes China. India shouldn’t join in this blackmail Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:24:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/13220916/Towards-economic-warfare.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/05205526/The-answer-to-oligarchy.html Whenever economic opportunities arise, the well-connected and well-endowed benefit the most Bare Talk | V Anantha Nageswaran Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/05205526/The-answer-to-oligarchy.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/29215122/Change-the-US-can-believe-in.html Recent evidence of regulatory capture by Wall Street is so conclusive that the prognosis for reform is bleak Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:21:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/29215122/Change-the-US-can-believe-in.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/15225141/Dangerous-liaisons.html The birth/death adjustment model is meant to estimate jobs created by new businesses and lost due to closing businesses Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:19:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/15225141/Dangerous-liaisons.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/08213608/Why-do-we-like-stocks.html For stocks, the sky is the limit for imagining earnings growth. With imagination as the constraint and luck as the tool, investing is gambling, and gambling is exciting Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:06:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/08213608/Why-do-we-like-stocks.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/01220648/The-Wile-E-Coyote-moment.html The Coyote moment has arrived. We don’t know when the market would realize that it is floating on thin air. Smart investors would not wait for that day Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:09:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/06/01220648/The-Wile-E-Coyote-moment.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/25212133/Opeds-don8217t-bring-chang.html If all reforms and changes are about pain now and rewards later, intellectuals can kiss their political aspirations goodbye Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 25 May 2009 15:51:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/25212133/Opeds-don8217t-bring-chang.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/11205144/Overdone-and-overdue.html At the present level, any reasonable estimate of corporate profits for the S&P 500 companies in 2010 would show that the index is, if anything, a trifle overvalued Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 11 May 2009 15:21:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/11205144/Overdone-and-overdue.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/04222429/In-short-we-are-doomed.html Our readiness to inflate our predictive power on the basis of observed outcomes in a way explains our readiness to take profits and reluctance to get out of loss-making investments Bare Talk | V. Anantha Nageswaran Mon, 04 May 2009 16:58:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/04222429/In-short-we-are-doomed.html