For investors in India, with the US dollar strengthening and the rupee weakening, US assets become more lucrative
2 min read19 Jun 2018If investors are piling into US bonds and gold on account of rising geopolitical tensions and a flight to safety, that suggests EM equities too could come under pressure soon
1 min read18 Apr 2017The market is now convinced it has the best of both worlds: Strong US growth and slow US Fed interest rate hikes, which means a not-so-strong dollar
1 min read17 Mar 2017US stocks have defied warnings of impending doom to reach record highs while corporate debt has also rallied
5 min read12 Jan 2017US bond yields have moved higher and the dollar has strengthened in the hope that Donald Trump will provide a fiscal stimulus to the US economy
1 min read9 Jan 2017Corporate leverage has increased in recent years because of easy availability of money
4 min read6 Jan 2017The Sensex is a bit lower now since 8 November, but then there are many other factors besides demonetisation that have affected the markets
2 min read3 Jan 20172017 promises to be a year of dollar strengthening, and US bond yields rising
4 min read15 Dec 2016We do not know whether Donald Trump will make America great again, but he is certainly making American equities great again
1 min read21 Nov 2016The chart shows the remarkable inverse correlation between the US 10-year bond yield and the Sensex in the last one year
1 min read7 May 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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