2010
May 22, 2010
Pakistan started by banning Facebook as one of the pages had a cartoon drawing competition of one of Islam’s revered figures. A group of lawyers petitioned […]
May 22, 2010
The United States could fall behind China and other countries in clean energy technology unless Congress passes energy legislation, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on […]
May 22, 2010
Jaypee Infratech which is one of the low quality offerings (IPOs) to list in the Indian market fell 10% on the very day of the listing.This […]
May 21, 2010
Market Research firm iSuppli has made an extremely “bullish call” for German demand in 2010 and 2011.iSuppli is predicting a 6.6 GW (up 70% y/y) demand […]
May 21, 2010
Pure play Electric Vehicle producer Tesla which has got a lot of press for its “Roadster” Electric Vehicle has found another partner in Toyota.Tesla has earlier […]
May 21, 2010
China which possesses 97% of the total rare earth minerals required by the new age Green Industry has further tightened its grip by cracking down on […]
May 21, 2010
Most of the low quality IPOs that have listed in the Indian market recently, have fallen on the day of the listing itself.Jaypee Infratech which is […]
May 21, 2010
The Solar Thermal Space or CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) is seeing increasing consolidation with numerous acquisitions and partnerships . There are 3 main reasons for this […]
May 21, 2010
India has seen a raft of low quality offerings in the the recent months. However investors should not lose all hope as there has been some […]
May 20, 2010
Jinko Solar is fundamentally a low quality stock.I wrote about Jinko’s IPO a few days ago pointing out the severe shortfalls that the company suffers from– […]
May 20, 2010
A Chronology of the Greek Contagion 1) Markets get spooked by the Greek crisis ; IMF/EU Bailout deemed insufficient 2) European markets and risky assets take […]
May 20, 2010
SJVN was one decent quality company to offer shares amongst the sea of junk initial public offerings.The government which had faced tepid response to the IPO […]
May 20, 2010
India has a number of large state owned Oil/Gas companies most of which are listed on the stock exchange.However these companies are difficult to value fairly […]
May 20, 2010
While European solar module producers have seen their marketshare and revenues crumbling in the face of the Chinese onslaught , there domination of the solar equipment […]
May 20, 2010
Conglomerates across the world have started signaling their attention to become big players in the Green Industry which is predicted to be one of the biggest […]
May 20, 2010
Despite “numerous efforts” by BP which took a week to wake up to the scale of the disaster, the Oil Spill has finally hit the American […]
May 19, 2010
Merkel and Sarkozy Declared War on Euro Speculators 2 weeks ago when they unleashed a massive $1 trillion bailout for the debt ridden “Club Med’ countries […]
May 19, 2010
When under the leadership of Arun Sarin ,Vodafone bought Hutchison Whampoa’s Indian telecom operations for $10.7 billion it was seen as a major triumph.India was supposed […]
May 19, 2010
Biofuels were all the rage during the Bush administration which mandated the use of biofuels for the Transportation Industry.It led to a huge boom in biofuel […]
May 19, 2010
For some time I have noticed that European Union has been coming down very strong on anti trust actions and price fixing against technology companies . […]
May 19, 2010
Twin Shocks Hit Markets as Germany Bans Naked Short Selling and US Senate puts Curbs on Credit Cards
Markets have become a very risky place both on the long and short side with governments coming up with new “bailouts” and “regulations” almost each day […]
May 18, 2010
The EU bazooka which led to a massive short covering rally has fizzled out with the Euro below the level that it one week ago.However I […]
May 18, 2010
India suffers from high population density making mobile spectrum a scarce and valuable resource for the 12-13 telecom companies operating in India.Even Vodafone which is the […]
May 18, 2010
The Indian market has seen a wave of low quality offerings in the recent days propelled by the bullish conditions prevailing in the market.Tarapur Transfromers is […]
May 18, 2010
The BP oil spill has garnered unprecedented media coverage due to the major environment impact it could have on some of the coastal states of the […]
May 17, 2010
The Euro’s rapid 15% decline against the Euro has had an important side effect against the Yuan which is pegged to the dollar.While currencies around the […]
May 17, 2010
Large nuclear power plants require a long time to build with delays due to permitting,environment clearances,financing etc. This can lead to project risk and cost escalations […]
May 17, 2010
Technology has consolidated around 5-10 big players around the world who are gobbling up smaller companies and using their huge cash hoards to outspend the competition.Nothing […]
May 17, 2010
China has massively increased its wind installations to become the world’s second biggest market in 2009 . It has also managed to cultivate its local home […]
May 17, 2010
The market for making batteries for electric vehicles is seeing more and more entrants making the competition in this nascent sector quite intense.The competition is being […]