2010

May 16, 2010

US wants a piece of China's Clean Energy Boom;But China only Wants Technology

US wants the booming China clean energy sector to help boost its exports to meet Obama’s mission of doubling exports in the next 5 years.However the […]
May 16, 2010

Top Five Green Investments for the Risk Averse Investor

Investing in Green stocks  is fraught with a lot of risk due to the following factors The demand and supply can fluctuate a lot as the […]
May 16, 2010

Nokia continues to lose marketshare in the Indian mobile market as Local Companies gain traction

Nokia is  already losing the smartphone wars to Apple and Google in the developed markets.So the low end segment is where it is relatively insulated from […]
May 16, 2010

Global Labor Cost Arbitrage – Spanish workers Lose Jobs to poorer EU neighbours

One of my theories is that a lot of distortions and opportunities for arbitrage that we are seeing in the world today is because “Labor is […]
May 16, 2010

Do Indian Solar Manufacturers Fear Foreign Competition?

The Indian Government under the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission has proposed ambitious plans for the development of solar energy with a 20 GW target by 2022. […]
May 15, 2010

Green IPO Jinko Solar Analysis – Extremely Low Quality Offering Seems to be Done in Desperation

Jinko Solar  managed to list today at the bottom end of the range at $11.Earlier they had to cancel their  plan to list in February due […]
May 14, 2010

Technology Wars – Google makes a Strategic Retreat in the Smartphone Front;Closes Nexus One Web Store

Technology has seen the rise of 5-10 big Giants which are consolidating smaller companies and expanding their products/services to fight each other across  multiple segments like […]
May 14, 2010

Greek Contagion Friday Deja Vu : European Markets closes down 3-5%,Euro goes below 1.24,VIX up 15%

The Greek Contagion is back with full force with its attendant symptoms.Only last week these symptoms had shocked us with its ferocity.Last week I wrote in […]
May 14, 2010

Greek Contagion – Euro hits new low despite EU Bazooka as Political and Social Fissures Increase

The European Bazooka which led to a massive short covering rally on Monday has been proven a complete waste in just 5 days. Reports of political […]
May 14, 2010

How Information Technology is Helping the World's Extremely Poor Populations

Uses of Information Technology The use of Technology has immense benefits for the world’s poor in improving governance and accountability and reducing of corruption.It has been […]
May 14, 2010

SMA Solar Inverter Numbers imply Strong Growth in 2010 for Solar Installations

2010 Solar Installation Growth Rate is going to be above 50% driven by a sharp decline in module prices and excelled government guaranteed above market prices […]
May 14, 2010

India's Junk IPO Market – Real Estate IPO Nitesh Plunges 6% on Listing

India has been hit with a wave of extremely low quality IPOs in the recent past . These offerings have extremely poor fundamentals and plunge immediately […]
May 13, 2010

Have US and Europe already Lost the Green Industry Leadership to China

China is recognized as the manufacturing hub of the world due to its low cost of labor and capital coupled with the  pro industry policies of […]
May 13, 2010

Great Numbers of Intial Public Offerings to List in the Indian Capital Markets

I have been writing about the rash of low quality offerings in the Indian market.Many of these companies are trading  below their list prices because  investors […]
May 13, 2010

Technology Wars – SAP gobbles up Sybase to counter Database Leader Oracle

Technology Wars have erupted between  Technology Titans as the Industry consolidates behind 5-10 Big Global players.One of the strategies in these wars is acquisition of small […]
May 13, 2010

Smartphone Skirmish – "Google Proxy" HTC retaliates against Apple through patent lawsuit

The Technology Wars between Google,Apple,Microsoft ,Nokia and others is getting more intense and interesting by the day.Smartphones is the segment where we are seeing the greatest […]
May 12, 2010

Technology Wars – Google to partner Verizon in Battle with Apple in the Tablet Arena

Apple,Google,and Amazon which earlier used to compete in separate technology segments are now competing head to head with each other in Smartphones,Digital Ebooks,SAAS,Music Players etc. You […]
May 12, 2010

US Senate Proposes a "Climate Bill" with support for "Nuclear" and "Oil Drilling" ;Even Then has Little Chance of Being Passed

US has been a laggard in matters of in the climate mitigation issue compared to   Japan and Europe.They are even having trouble in formulating the bill […]
May 12, 2010

Gold goes up as Europe and US Continue to Print Paper Currency

Gold has gone up to touch all time highs. Despite the European Bazooka and the melt up in markets,gold has not come down from the highs […]
May 11, 2010

India's Telecom companies face "Winner's Curse" in savage 3G Spectrum Bidding

India’s Telecom Market is a unique market in a lot of ways.The differences are Second Largest Potential Market in the World Cheapest Rentals in the World […]
May 11, 2010

Technology Wars – Nokia reshuffles its Management and Divisions once again to turn the Tide of the Smartphone War

Nokia has been losing the smartphone wars to RIMM,Apple and Google . Despite having a long history,R&D and supply chain in the mobile handset market,it has […]
May 11, 2010

India Junk IPO Market : Texmo Pipes seems a classic case of "Pump and Dump"

I have been wondering whether the rash of low quality IPOs in the Indian markets is the sign of a market top. There have been numerous […]
May 11, 2010

Despite the European Bazooka,Falling Chinese Stocks May Point to a Market Top

Europe’s $970 Billion Bazooka yesterday certainly led to a “defeat” of the “speculators” yesterday as major European markets climbed by 5% while smaller ones climbed by […]
May 11, 2010

2010 Solar Demand to Skyrocket, 2011 however is a Question

Demand in 2010 for solar products is going to be extremely strong with projects of 30-100% y/y increase. Already prices increase and shortage in intermediary products […]
May 11, 2010

Samsung bets Big on Green Energy propelled by Competition and Growth Imperative

Samsung has started taking baby steps into the green business while signaling big intentions about growth and investment.The Company sees most of the future growth to […]
May 10, 2010

Will China Dominate Global Wind like it is dominating Solar ; Europeans bleed while Chinese capture marketshare

China’s rise in solar manufacturing has been nothing short of spectacular.From less than 5% of world marketshare it has gone to more than 50% in the […]
May 10, 2010

EU blows away the "speculators" and the "market" with $970 Billion Bazooka;CAC up 8%,Euro up 2.2%,Asia up 2-3%

The European leaders plan to blow away the Euro sceptics has been an outstanding “success” . The $971 billion plan by the EU,ECB and assorted central […]
May 10, 2010

India's Junk IPO Market : Jaypee Plans to List at Bottom End,Tawalkars manages a 15% premium

I have been writing that the slew of low quality offerings in the Indian market may herald a market high.But this might not be the case […]
May 10, 2010

Huawei's Desperate Ploy to Overturn India's ban : Chinese employees keep Indian Names

India has  put a ban on Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers Huawei and ZTE due to security concerns.There have been reports of Internet espionage of sensitive government […]
May 10, 2010

Hazardous Indian Capital Markets : MFs Distributors Disregard Regulator's Rules with impunity

Investing in the Indian capital markets is fraught with dangers for the retail investors even experienced and informed ones.For the newbie investor they are a veritable […]