2010

May 28, 2010

US Solar Energy policies seem misguided as Obama visits Solyndra which looks to be Billion Dollar Failure

Solyndra has been  the most hyped startup in the crowded Solar Energy field .It is not due to a lack of competition,another thin film player Nanosolar […]
May 28, 2010

Wind Energy in US hits an Air Pocket in 2010 due to Low Gas Prices and Federal apathy

Wind Energy in 2010 has ground to a halt in the US after a record 10,000 MW were installed in 2009.The ARRA grants in 2009 which […]
May 28, 2010

Could Maoist based Terrorism derail India's outperforming Markets?

India has been increasingly suffering from home grown terrorists who follow a Maoist ideology.These terrorists popularly known as “Naxalites” have been striking with increasing frequency and […]
May 28, 2010

StanChart Indian Depositary Receipt gets just 10% subscription till the last day

Standard Chartered Indian Depositary Receipt (IDR) remains 90% unsubscribed till the last day of the issue.In the first 3 days it has managed to get subscription […]
May 27, 2010

Electric Vehicles -Four Weddings and a Divorce as Auto Heavyweights jostle for position

Electric Vehicles is becoming the most active segment of the Green Industry in recent times with Alliances,Acquisitions as well as Breakups . Global Auto Heavyweights along […]
May 27, 2010

New Secular Bull Market or a Cyclical Bull within a Secular Bear

The recent sharp correction in the S&P and other US indices has been the biggest since the March 2009 Rally.The US and other Global Stock Markets […]
May 27, 2010

Standard Chartered IDR In Depth Review reveals Retail Investor Disadvantages

I had earlier written about Seven Reasons for Not Subscribing to the Standard Chartered IDR based on a high level analysis.Going through the massive 811 page […]
May 27, 2010

2010 to be the Warmest Year since 19th Century but Governments unconcerned

2010 has a very high probability of  being the warmest year since records have been kept from the 19th  century.Land Temperatures in 2010 are supposed to […]
May 27, 2010

Emaar,Lodha rethink their IPOs as Investors of recent Real Estate IPOs face big losses

Emaar MGF has been trying to do an IPO for the last 3 years without success.Recent news suggest that is has reduced its planned offering by […]
May 26, 2010

Merging Spanish Cajas brings no relief to beleaguered Banking sector as 2nd largest Spanish bank BBVA unable to get funding

Europe has been recently been rocked by problems in Spain’s Banking sector as Spain’s central bank was forced to seize a Priest led  Bank “CajaSur” which […]
May 26, 2010

Indian Government prepares $8.5 Billion Divestment even as Investors face losses from past Offerings

The Indian government is fast tracking the process of choosing Investment Bankers for its proposed Rs 40,000 crore($8.5 Billion) divestment of state owned companies in the […]
May 26, 2010

India could join the elite ICBM (Intercontinetal Missile) club next year

India could join the elite ICBM club of 5 countries next year with the launch of Agni – V  whose design work has been completed and […]
May 26, 2010

Mahindra becomes First Indian Auto Major to make an entry into Electric Vehicles by buying Reva

Electric Vehicles are receiving increasing amounts of attention and dollars from established vehicle makers around the world . Nissan has already seen massive bookings for its […]
May 26, 2010

Indian IPO Market – Seven Reasons Why Investing in Standard Chartered IDR seems a Stupid Idea

There has been a lot of media hype around the Standard Chartered’s  Indian Depository Receipt (IDR) offering which is going to be a First for the […]
May 25, 2010

Has a Worldwide Deal on Global Warming been put in Cold Storage?

The Copenhagen climate talks which was preceded by a huge media hype and global expectations on a deal between nations on climate mitigation proved to be […]
May 25, 2010

Honda and Coda look towards Chinese Battery Technology for their Electric Vehicles

China is leading US in Clean Energy Manufacturing while it lags behind the US in Technology .While the US government is only thinking that they might […]
May 25, 2010

Apple and Google battle it out in Smartphone Software;Steve Jobs may release iPhone 4G

Apple and Google have made Smartphones the most interesting  Technology Segment attacking each other with new approaches almost daily .Google has won regulatory approval to buy […]
May 25, 2010

Greek Contagion – Swiss Franc appreciating despite "currency manipulation" by Swiss Central Bank

The Greek Contagion has led to indirect negative effects in unlikely places all over the world with the Swiss Central Bank being one of the casualties.The […]
May 25, 2010

Greek Contagion – Euro pressured by Spanish Cajas as Asia slides due to Korean war mongering

The Greek Contagion continues to negatively affect the world markets and the Euro.Despite a short covering rally in the Euro last week,it has not managed to […]
May 25, 2010

Will China ever pass a Feed in Tariff Law for Solar Energy?

China has been rumored for a long time to mandate a law to  provide for a higher electricity rates for renewable energy production (Feed in Tariff) […]
May 25, 2010

Technology Wars – Minor players Nokia and Yahoo enter into strategic tie-up in Mobile Software

Nokia’s faulty execution in the smartphone segment has put it in  a position where I can only call it a minor player despite its leading marketshare […]
May 24, 2010

Priest cum Chairman of Spanish Bank CajaSur prays as bank gets seized

The State of  Management of some of the European banks would seem funny  if it was not such a serious matter.According to Bloomberg ,Bank CajaSur which […]
May 24, 2010

20% of All Hedge Funds went out of Business in the last Two Years

Hedge Funds are generally regarded with a lot of suspicion and frequently accused by politicians of unnecessary speculation and irresponsible behaviour.But unlike politicians of many countries […]
May 24, 2010

Technology Wars – Microsoft's Bing gains traction against Goolge in Search

Technology companies like Apple,Google and Microsoft are fighting each other on many fronts in Hardware and Software .Google has been the dominant player in the Internet […]
May 24, 2010

Even Professional Fund Managers avoid Real Estate stocks in India

Investing in Real Estate stocks is fraught with high risk because its almost impossible to value these stocks in this sector given the total lack of […]
May 24, 2010

India's Ambani led Reliance Group free to enter Power,Telecom and Financial Sectors

Indian mega industrial groups led by Ambani brothers decided to rescind their non-compete agreement which allows oil and petrochemical giant Reliance  to enter the financial,telecom and […]
May 23, 2010

Role Reversal – US Utility Duke Energy acknowledges China's Clean Technology Leadership

The US Government needs a Reality Check about who is leading the world in Clean Energy.While the US Commerce Secretary thinks that the US might lose […]
May 23, 2010

China to keep yuan stable – Chinese Commerce Minister

The sharp appreciation of the yuan against the Euro and the other currencies would make China think of depreciating the yuan against the dollar rather than […]
May 23, 2010

Chinese govt nudges India on Huawei,ZTE ban;Indian telecom operators also give support

Huawei and ZTE have been in the eye of a storm with the Indian government banning these companies from selling telecom equipment in India due to […]
May 23, 2010

Indian solar companies win a Pyrrhic Victory

Indian companies Fear Foreign Competition Indian companies raised a massive hue and cry against the Indian government’s draft to allow foreign made modules to be used […]