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2012-01-27T21:49:00.000+05:30

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2012-01-12T23:05:00.001+05:30

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Option to beat the bear

2012-01-07T15:14:00.000+05:30

Option to beat the bear

(old one... may be useful in learning, trading)

Business cycles play a dominant role in defining the stock market direction. Options offer the flexibility to generate income at any stage of a business cycle, even in a bear market, without owning any stock. There are two ways of making profit in a bear market: selling a call option or buying a put option. When the markets are expected to be moderately bearish or remain range-bound, it is advisable to use a combination of options. This helps in reducing the cost of trade and also enables an investor to earn income through option prices. The strategy that employs a combination of call options is termed 'bear call spread', while the one that uses put options is termed 'bear put spread'.

Bear call spread: This involves purchasing an OTM (out of the money) call and simultaneously selling an ITM (in the money) call. The OTM call will have a higher strike price compared to the ITM call. The call options purchased and sold must have the same underlying stock or index and expiry date. An investor who uses this strategy will get net credit as the ITM call will be costlier than the OTM call due to the presence of intrinsic value and time value (see Trade Terms, September 2009). If the stock/index falls as anticipated, both calls will expire worthless and the investor can retain the net credit. The net credit is the maximum profit that this strategy can generate. If the stock/index rises, it will result in a loss. However, the loss will be restricted to the difference between the strike prices of the call options, minus the net credit.

Bear put spread: This involves buying an ITM put option and simultaneously selling an OTM put option with the same underlying stock/index and expiry date. The ITM put option will have a higher strike price compared to the OTM put option. The transaction will result in a net debit payment, which is also termed 'cost of trade'. The strategy results in maximum profit if the stock/index crashes below the strike price of the OTM put option. On the other hand, if the market rises, the loss will be restricted to the net debit payment.

Both strategies work well when the markets are expected to be bearish in the near term and they also restrict losses if expectations prove to be incorrect. However, the profit potential of these strategies is limited.

Let us consider an example. Suppose the XYZ Index is trading at 4,400 and the markets are expected to be moderately bearish in the near term. The call options on the index with strike prices of Rs 4,340 and Rs 4,650 are available for Rs 65 and Rs 28, respectively. The put options with strike prices of Rs 4,350 and Rs 4,600 are available at Rs 25 and Rs 70, respectively. The market lot is 50 contracts. Tarun wants to use the bear call spread, while Rahul wants to use the bear put spread. We are assuming zero brokerages and commissions in this example.

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The cost involved in the bear call spread is Rs 1,850, which is the difference between the amount received from selling the ITM call option (50x65=Rs 3,250) and the amount paid to purchase the OTM call option (50x28=Rs 1,400). The amount, Rs 1,850, constitutes net income for Tarun and also his maximum gain if the markets fall. However, if the markets rise, the loss will be limited to Rs 13,650, which is the difference between the strike prices of two call options (purchased and sold) and the net premium [(4,650-4,340-(65-28))x50]. The break-even point of the bear call is at the XYZ Index level of 4,377, which is the sum of the lower strike price call (Rs 4,340) and the net premium (Rs 37) [see Bear Call Spread Pay-off]

The cost in the bear put spread is Rs 2,250, which is the difference between the cost of the put option purchased (50x70=Rs 3,500) and the amount received from selling the put option (50x25=Rs 1,250). This amount is also the maximum loss in case the market moves against expectations. The profit potential is limited to Rs 10,250, which is the difference between the strike prices of put options and the net premium paid [(4,600-4,350-(70-25))x50]. The break-even point is reached at the index level of 4,555, which is the difference between the strike price of the put purchased (Rs 4,600) and the net premium paid (Rs 45) [see Bear Put Spread Pay-off.]

Src:Businesstoday

Option Strategy

2012-01-07T15:03:00.000+05:30

Option Strategies for Indian Stock Exchanges

http://india.avasaram.com/

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2012-01-06T16:18:00.000+05:30

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OPTIONS TRADING STRATEGIES MODULE-workbook-final

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SMART WAY TO INVEST IN GOLD

Option Bingo

http://futureoptionsbasics.blogspot.com/2008/12/strategy-for-nifty-option-players-14th.html

http://www.investmentkit.com/articles/category/stock-market-2/

Options Strategy:

2012-01-06T16:05:00.000+05:30

Options Strategy (Old Article... may be useful in learning)

The success of an option strategy depends on the accuracy with which one can predict market movement. This task is not made easy by market volatility, which is defined as the variation of an asset return around its long-term average. Its two sub-phases are high and low volatility. In the January 2010 issue (The Long & Short of Straddle), we had explained how long and short straddles are effective in highly volatile and low volatile markets, respectively. In most option strategies, the losses from inexact market expectations are marginal, but in a short straddle these can be high if predictions of low market volatility are incorrect. To help limit such losses in volatile markets is a strategy called 'butterfly'.

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This sophisticated strategy is so called because its pay-off, when represented graphically, resembles a butterfly (at expiration). Like straddles, butterfly has two break-even points and two legs that are useful in the two sub-states of volatility—long call butterfly for less volatile and short call butterfly for highly volatile markets. But unlike straddles, which require a combination of two options, butterfly uses a combination of four options. While it restricts losses, the strategy also curbs the gains. Here's how to set up the two legs of a butterfly:

Long call butterfly: It involves selling two ATM (at the money) call options, and buying one ITM (in the money) and one OTM (out of the money) call option. All options must have the same underlying security and expiry date. An important condition is the equidistance between strike prices. So, if two sold ATM calls have a strike price of X, the ITM call bought should have a strike price of X-a and that of OTM call bought should be X+a. To enter this strategy, the investor needs to pay a net debit. This is the maximum loss he suffers in case of unrealised expectations. The strategy is useful in markets likely to show limited volatility in the near future. The investor gains if the price of the underlying security closes at the strike price of sold calls.

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Short call butterfly: It involves buying two ATM calls, and selling a lower strike ITM call and a higher strike OTM call. The options should have the same underlying security and expiry date, and must maintain equidistance in strike prices. If two ATM call options are bought at Z strike price, the ITM call sold should have a strike price of Z-b, and OTM call sold, Z+b. This strategy is useful in volatile markets. The maximum loss is if the underlying security closes at the strike price of ATM calls, and the maximum profit is if it closes at the strike prices of ITM and OTM calls. So, profit will be earned irrespective of the rise or fall of the market.

Consider an example. On March 1, Nikhil thinks the market may show limited volatility and uses the long call butterfly. The XYZ Index is trading at 4,500. Call options at strike prices of Rs 4,400, Rs 4,500 and Rs 4,600 are available at Rs 105, Rs 65 and Rs 40, respectively. Ten days later, Rohit thinks the market will be highly volatile and uses the short call butterfly. On March 10, the XYZ Index is trading at 4,600. Call options at strike prices of Rs 4,400, Rs 4,600 and Rs 4,800 are available at Rs 210, Rs 70 and Rs 55, respectively. The market lot is 50 contracts and we assume zero brokerage and commissions.

On March 1, Nikhil sells two ATM call options at a strike price of Rs 4,500 (X), and buys one ITM call option at Rs 4,400 (X-a; a=100) and an OTM call option at Rs 4,600 (X+a). The strike prices are equidistant. He gets Rs 6,500 (65 x 2 x 50) by selling two ATM call options and pays Rs 5,250 (105 x 50) and Rs 2,000 (40 x 50) to buy ITM and OTM call options, respectively. Nikhil needs to pay a net debit of Rs 750 (5,250+2,000-6,500) to enter this position. This is the maximum loss in case of unrealised expectations. The maximum profit is earned if the index closes at 4,500, the strike price of the ATM option. The lower break-even point, 4,415 is calculated by adding the net premium (Rs 15) to the strike price of the lower strike ITM call (4,400). The upper break-even point of 4,585 is calculated by subtracting the net premium from the strike price of the higher strike OTM call (4,600). For the strategy to be profitable, the XYZ Index must close within the two break-even points on the date of expiry. Even if the expectation of low volatility is incorrect, the loss will be marginal as opposed to short straddle’s unlimited losses (see Long Call Butterfly).

On March 10, Rohit buys two ATM call options at a strike price of Rs 4,600 (Z), and sells an ITM call option at Rs 4,400 (Z-b; b=200) and an OTM call option at Rs 4,800 (Z+b). The strike prices are equidistant. He pays Rs 7,000 (70 x 50 x 2) to buy two ATM options and gets Rs 10,500 (210 x 50) and Rs 2,750 (55 x 50) by selling ITM and OTM calls, respectively. He earns a net credit of Rs 6,250 (10,500+2,750-7,000), the most gain he can earn. The lower break-even point, 4,525, is calculated by adding the strike price of lower strike ITM call (4,400) and net premium received (Rs 125). The upper break-even point, 4,675, is calculated by subtracting the net premium from the higher strike OTM call (4,800). To ensure profit, the market should move beyond the break-even points. The profit potential is limited compared to an unlimited one from long straddle (see Short Call Butterfly).

src: Businesstoday

2011 End Edition -1

2011-12-31T10:54:00.000+05:30

HAAPPIIEE NEW YEAR 2012 to All.

Sensex down 25% among worst global markets in 2011

Gold heads for 11th annual gain

'Govt to be biggest trigger for market in 2012'

Rupee falls 16% in first annual loss since 2008

Top 20 large cap & mid cap stocks to buy in 2012

young entrepreneurs

Top fund managers on stocks which could be tomorrow’s winners & sectors to watch out for in 2012

10 companies that will gain from rupee's slide and economic slowdown

Stock market ends 2011 with 25% loss; second-worst annual performance

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/investors-guide/fastest-growing-small-companies-that-could-be-future-giants/articleshow/10531665.cms

Gold's "death cross" signals more losses coming

2011 report card: Mixed bag, yet eventful year for MFs

Refresh your portfolio: Stock ideas by Tulsian for 2012

The Protester - Person of the Year 2011 - TIME

2011-12-22T21:57:00.001+05:30

The Protester - Person of the Year 2011 - TIME

Best & Worst Lists from Time Magazine

ET 500

2011-12-21T17:59:00.000+05:30

Economictimes 500

Tomorrow's leaders: a BT article 2011

2011-12-21T17:51:00.000+05:30

The business icon

Tomorrow's leaders

The game changers

IDEAS TO CHANGE INDIA

News Corner:

2011-12-21T16:49:00.000+05:30

Announcing: The Pluggd.in Forum [Knowledgebase + Community]

Aakash Tablet Sold out, UbiSlate Scheduled for January Launch

Frrole Creates a Social Newspaper out of Twitter Noise

WestBridge launches India “evergreen” fund

5 Indian Startups selected for the 3rd Cycle of Startup Chile

Ten Indians in Forbes '30 under 30' list

The 30 highest paid CEOs in the US

Top 5 touch-and-type phones under Rs 10,000

src: rediff, staruplogic.com, pluggd.in

Top 10 Indian businesswomen of 2011

2011-12-21T16:39:00.002+05:30

Top 10 Indian businesswomen of 2011!

Src:Trak.in

Top 12 Mobile Handset manufacturers of the world. Micromax enters

2011-09-28T22:10:00.000+05:30

Top 12 Mobile Handset manufacturers of the world. Micromax enters

Global mobile phone shipments for the second quarter of 2011 have reached 361 million, of which 110 million are smartphones. While the feature phone is slowly becoming a dying breed, it is what is keeping Nokia on top of the heap. Nokia has shipped 88.5 million phones in Q2 2011 followed by Samsung’s 74 M phones. The gap between Nokia and Samsung is narrowing done. However the gap between Samsung and LG is very wide. LG has shipped 24.8 million phones. Apple which sells just smartphones (iPhones) has occupied the fourth position with 20.3 million phones.

Apple rules the smartphones

Apple is now the top smartphone vendor followed by Samsung and Nokia. The top 10 positions are occupied by the usual suspects with few manufacturers swapping places. The action or rather upsets are happening outside the top 10 positions. These are the manufacturers which the analytic firms called microvendors. Now these microvendors are threatening the handset makers in the top 10 positions.

Top top global mobile handset manufacturers in Q2 2011 :

Nokia (88.5 M)
Samsung (74M)
LG (24.8)
Apple (20.3M)
ZTE ( 18 M)
RIM
HTC (12.1M)
Motorola (11 M)
Huawei (9 M) :
Sony Ericsson (8 M)
Alacatel
Micromax (4 M)

Micromax enters the big league

Micromax, which is considered as a microvendor, has shipped 4M phones in Q2 2011 and has occupied 12th position. Micromax has surpassed Lenovo (2.8M), Sharp and NEC in the mobile handset shipments. Micromax’s nearest competitor is Sony Ericsson which shipped 8M phones.

Micromax entering the big league and eyeing a spot in the top 10 is a remarkable achievement. Micromax is a India based company which started its operations by selling mobile phones in India. Micromax has entered a very crowded market segment and offered variations in its product category by carefully studying the market. The limelight which Micromax now enjoys can be attributed to innovative products, dual SIM phones, and attractive advertising campaigns

Micromax isn’t content with local play. It is continuing to expand across the world and is following the Think global, act local strategy. For example, given the large coastline of Sri Lanka, Micromax has exclusively targeted fishermen in the island nation and came up with a water proof phone. I’m sure Micromax will have similar strategies in Brazil, Africa and the Middle East.

Micromax which predominantly sells feature phones is making slow progression to smartphones. It has launched 3 Android phones which now make up 15% of Micromax’s sales. Last week, there was a leak about a possible high-end Android phone from Micromax. Though it is a re-branded phone, Micromax A85 comes with a dual-core nVIDIA processor and competes with the likes of Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Sensation.

Like I have argued here, Micromax still has to battle with the perception of it being perceived as a value-for-money phone maker. It has to start at sometime. Micromax felt the time is now and why not.

How long before Micromax actually enters the top 10 list?

Note : Alcatel is speculated to be in position 11. The number of phones shipped by Alcatel in Q2 2011 isn’t readily available. The post will be updated with RIM and Alcatel numbers. The data is originated from Strategy Analytics, but it is not in a one single list. The data is gathered through various press releases across the web

Micromax A85 Android phone : First look

Src: A 2 week old article from Gadgetfan.

Real DOWJONES and COMEX futures

2011-08-23T22:47:00.000+05:30

http://www.sgxniftydowfutureslive.com/index_files/DOWFUTURES.htm

USE this LINK to View DOWJONES, CRUDE, GOLD, SILVER, SGX Nifty etc etc.

Name Origin of 50 famous companies

2011-08-15T10:27:00.000+05:30

Name Origin of 50 famous companies

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IMAGES: The 10 most searched NEW cars in India

2011-08-15T10:17:00.000+05:30

IMAGES: The 10 most searched NEW cars in India

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BS Reporter in New Delhi

1. Maruti Suzuki Alto K10
Car companies ready to splurge on digital media are reaping rich dividends.
That could be why the second most Google-searched car model among new entrants is Ford Figo, far ahead of Volkswagen Polo, Nissan Micra, Toyota Etios, Maruti SX4 and Hyundai i10-Next Gen to name a few.
Internet search giant Google tabulated the searches by consumers in India from January 2010 to May 2011.
The number one slot went to Maruti's Alto K10.

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2. Ford Figo
The second most searched car company is Honda Siel Cars, though it sells much fewer cars than Hyundai, Tata Motors and even General Motors.
The number one slot predictably goes to the country's largest car company, Maruti Suzuki. In this pecking order, Ford India stands at number seven.
There were around 100 million active internet users in the country in 2010.
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3. Hyundai i10 Next Gen
Ford India's executive director, marketing sales, and service, Nigel Wark says: "When we launched Figo, we allocated seven per cent of our total advertising budget on digital marketing.
This is two to three times what our competitors were spending.
That is paying dividends. So, now we have launched the Global Fiesta only on the digital platform."
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Image: Hyundai i10 Next Gen.

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4. Maruti Suzuki Kizashi
Honda also says tapping the digital media is the key to selling.
"Our brand surveys have shown us Honda cars are the most aspirational in their respective segments.
The brand recall is high. Our customers are all internet-savvy and research online before making purchase decisions.
Even in our own communications, digital marketing forms an integral part. We are allocating an increasing proportion of our ad spends on online media to reach out to our target clientele," says vice-president (marketing & sales) Jnaneswar Sen.

More @ IMAGES: The 10 most searched NEW cars in India

Src: Rediff

2011-08-15T10:11:00.000+05:30

Gaurav Jain, Tech2Date.com

With more Android phones hitting the market, choosing the right one is becoming a challenge. Fear not, help is here!

Across the world, Android smartphones have challenged Symbian powered smartphones in last one year.

Symbian was earlier undisputed leader in the global mobile market in high-end smartphones.

Now there are vast range of Android phones available in the market and more devices are yet to hit the market.

Choosing the best Android phone is becoming tough gradually. Well, no need to worry. Here we have compiled a list of Ten best Android phones.

Courtesy: Tech2date.com

FEW OF THEM

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It is a Taiwan made smartphone boasting exquisite features. It is also one of the most potent phones on Android. HTC EVO 4G is the first device that supports 4G connectivity. 4G connectivity is still to hit in many countries, but the handset is doing well as a whole in terms of sales.

HTC EVO 4G has 4.3 inches TFT display screen and is equipped with 8 MP of camera to give it a significant edge if compared to other Android phones of same range. It was the top Android phone in 2010.

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The success story of Android market got a boost with the launch of Samsung I9000 Galaxy S. Mounted with 4 inches super AMOLED screen, the phone offers best readability in sunlight.

Super AMOLED screen has worked as the main USP of the device and it matches to iPhone4′s Retina display quality. The phone has 1GHz RAM Cortex A8 1GHz processor that speeds the phone's operations. As of now, Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is one of the best proven Android phones in the market so far.

Image: Samsung I9000 Galaxy S

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Very recently Micromax has rolled out high-end handsets. MicroMax Andro A60 is its first Android phone and also it is the cheapest of all the Android phones in the market.

Image: MicroMax Andro A60

More @ 10 Best Android phones ever!

19 must-have Android smartphone apps

Src : REDIFF

$ 100/Oz Silver Is Now A Conservative Target – Luke Burgess

2011-07-21T12:30:00.000+05:30

$ 100/Oz Silver Is Now A Conservative Target – Luke Burgess

Most investors assume that because silver is almost 50 times cheaper than gold, it’s more abundant. They’re wrong.

The amount of available silver is far rarer than the amount of available gold.

This fact is often overlooked by even the most seasoned silver investors. And it’s this lack of silver stockpiles that has become one of the most critical factors in what could jolt prices, lifting silver into an entirely different asset class all together.

So forget $100 silver — $100 is now considered a timid prediction. Some experts are now calling for silver prices to be on par with gold!

Let me quickly explain how we got here. Global silver mining has increased significantly over the past two decades.

Silver output has more than doubled since the early 1990s in places like Mexico, Australia, and Peru. Other countries have seen even more dramatic production spikes. In China, a relatively new major supplier of the metal, silver mining has scaled up from less than 10 million ounces in 1991 to more than 100 million ounces today.

Overall, the world’s total silver mining production has increased from 400 million ounces in the early 1990s to about 700 million ounces today.But despite a sharp increase to supplies, the global demand for silver is far outpacing global production.

In fact global silver production has be unable to meet global demand for more than fifteen years. The world’s silver mines are simply not producing enough silver to meet demand.

In 2010, global silver demand exceed 1.05 billion ounces; but as you saw in the chart above, global mining has only provided about 700 million ounces.

So how has the market been filling this deficit?

Over the last two generations, major government stockpiles of silver have been sold off to supply the industry. The United States government alone has dumped nearly 5 billion ounces of silver into the market since WWII.

Of course, any government’s well of silver reserves are finite. And over the past few years, government supplies of silver have been drying up. Data from the Silver Institute shows net government sales of silver falling drastically in the past decade.

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Net Government Sales (million ounces)	63.0	59.2	88.7	61.9	65.9	78.5	42.5	28.9	15.5	44.8

This is one of the major reasons it is critical to act now.

Without government stockpiles to feed it, the market only has few other places to buy its silver. Scrap metal is one option for the market, and will continue to help supply rising demand in the near term. But this well will also quickly run dry — and that will create a real problem for consumers who need silver…

Silver is Actually Rarer than Gold

Silver is 17.5 times more abundant in the Earth’s crust than gold. But the amount of above-ground gold far exceeds the amount of silver.

In 1950, there were 10 billion ounces of available silver above ground. By 1980, that number shrank to 3.5 billion. And today, no significant government stockpiles of silver exist anywhere in the world. The USGS actually lists the U.S. government’s current stockpile of silver simply as: “None.”

The exact opposite is true of gold. In 1950, there were an estimated 1 billion ounces of above-ground gold. Today, there are nearly 5.8 billion ounces across the globe.

The world currently produces about 700 million ounces of silver per year.

So where does it all go?

Believe it or not, most of it winds up as garbage. We literally throw billions of dollars’ worth of silver in trash bins every year.

Silver is required in the production of products like CDs, cell phone batteries, calculators, printed circuit boards, hearing aids, electronic switches, TV screens, catalytic converters, inks, computer monitors, RFID chips, and thousands more. Once any of these items have served their purpose, they generally get tossed. And it’s simply more expensive to recycle the silver from these products than it is to dig more out of the ground.

Tiny bits of silver in electronics are thrown away every day.

I expect that the world’s trash dumps will be a precious source of resources like silver in the future.

You see, gold is produced, but it’s not consumed. Even though gold is a highly desired item, it’s not an industrial commodity.

In other words, gold is desired, but silver is needed.

All of the gold that has ever been mined is basically still around. Studies suggest that 98% of all gold mined throughout history is still available in either coins, bars, artifacts, and jewelry. But silver is different.

From 1990 to 2000 alone, over two billion ounces of silver disappeared from the market to consumption.

Despite the lack of global stockpiles, new technology will continue to discover more industrial applications for silver, putting a further strain on world supplies. Consider the new photovoltaic industry as an example…

In China, the production of photovoltaic solar panel has doubled every single year since 2003. The demand for silver from the global photovoltaic industry has soared in the past few years, and global demand is expected to reach 150 million ounces per year by 2015 — just to satisfy the photovoltaic industry.

But to widen the supply deficit even more, the Silver Institute forecasts industrial uses of silver will rise sharply over the next five years. The organization estimates that by 2015, the demand for silver from industry will increase 36%.

Meanwhile, the demand for silver for jewelry and investment is reaching record levels. A survey of 340 retail jewelers representing ~4,000 individual stores recently showed silver jewelry sales hitting record highs.

The survey found:

87% of jewelry retailers said their silver jewelry sales increased in 2010
52% said their silver jewelry sales increased between 11% and 25%; 28% saw an increase over 25%
Retailers rated the following categories as giving them the “best” maintained margin:
- Silver jewelry 57%
- Diamond jewelry 20%
- Bridal jewelry 15%
- Gold jewelry 4%
- Platinum jewelry 4%

The UK’s Royal Mint, which makes the Britannia silver bullion coins and other collector silver coins, reported silver coin production in the first half of the current year has doubled.

In the meantime, American Eagle Silver bullion coins continue to move at a record-setting sales pace. The latest sales figures indicate the U.S. Mint sold over total of 3.4 million Silver Eagles in June. This figure earned the title as the “Best Ever June,” and ranked seventh place in all-time monthly sales.

This is all very much in line with reports from other mints around the world, which have also seen a huge surge in silver coin sales over the period.

There’s no doubt the silver market will have to face a serious deficit. And in order to balance the deficit, silver will have to come from somewhere…

I believe the majority of this silver will come from investors. And for investors to sell, we’ll need to see higher prices.

The world has been drawing down its above-ground supply of silver for decades, diminishing the only source of what is available for investment. And only now have we begun to collectively recognize silver as a solid investment.

This is the perfect market for silver prices to appreciate. Global supply deficits continue to be ignored year after year by investors. This is slowly changing, but owning silver has not gone mainstream yet…

Even as premiums rise and available retail supply dwindles, there is still time. The opportunity in silver is huge.

Src: Stockmarkets.in

http://stocksmarket.in/commodities-bullion/2011/07/20/100oz-silver-is-now-a-conservative-target-luke-burgess/

15 HOTTEST Indian start-ups

2011-07-18T22:52:00.000+05:30

15 HOTTEST Indian start-ups

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A glimpse into 15 most promising start-ups from India selected by Proto.in in association with Sequoia Capital and BSE Small and Medium Enterprises Exchange. These start-ups were selected on the basis of the people behind them, the impact of their products in solving real world problems, the future potential of the product in terms of market size, the scalability of the start-up, business model, execution and wow factor.

Proto.in is a support platform for the Indian start-up community and these start-ups have been picked up after sifting through 101 entries. Here are the hottest 15...

Company Name: Business Intelligenze

Product Name: Jumbo Analyze

Founder: Rahul Sethi

Location: Delhi

Incorporation Year: 2010
Stage of Funding: Pre-funding
Revenue Situation: Prototype

Product Summary: Jumbo Analyse is the proven technique for achieving a significant business impact in BPO -- from enhancing the top line to discovering new ways to reduce bottom line; from trend analysis to customer retention: from revenues to expenses: from analytics on.

Market Need: The BPO industry is an extremely unstructured one with a large number of data points. Jumbo Analayze seeks to use these data- points and save costs and times for BPO's.

Target Market: BPO Sector

We are at Proto.in for: Funding, products validation.

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Company Name: Membrane Filters

Product Name: Purioin FnP

Founders: Subhash Devi, Arif Fulari, Bhushan Acharya

Location: Pune

Incorporation Year: 2010

Stage of Funding: Pre Funding

Revenue Situation: Making revenues.

Product Summary: Product specifications

UF Membrane based five stage water filtration system UF Membrane 5* 2 and interconnected with CPVC food grade tubing 20>1 micro multipurpose pre filter in big Blue Housing Silver impregnated post carbon in 10" Housing, all in pre coated GI sheet lockable box mounted on anti vibrating mounting Filtration capacity 1500 LPH.
Pressure filter for removal of large particulate with three way special valve having arrangements for rinsing, drain, through flow.
Water softer for removing temporary hardness with three way special valve arrangements.
AISI 304, Stainless steel storage tank storage capacity 500 liters with sanitary finish outlet valve 25mm ball valve tank mounted on steel frame and anti vibrating mounting.
Centrifugal Pump 1"*1", 1 HP directly coupled to PTO shaft drive of the three wheeler auto with chain drive and runs when vehicle with PTO shaft drive for running the pump.

Market need: Jaldoot can be used in remote area, waters scarcity areas, it can deliver 100% virus problem both a lack of electricity and lack of mobility in rural India.

Target Market: India's Agriculture Sector

We are at Proto.in for: Funding.

More @ http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-career-are-these-the-hottest-15-indian-startups/20110713.htm

Micromax A70 Android phone prices revealed

2011-07-18T22:46:00.000+05:30

Micromax A70 Android phone prices revealed

The Android army from Indian companies is getting bigger and bigger. And as expected the entry level phones are the ones that are storming the market. Micromax’s much awaited successor to the A60 is here and the prices have finally been revealed. Here’s a look at the specifications and features that make this phone a cool buy if you are looking for a low price Android phone.

3.2 inch TFT capacitive touch screen
600MHz processor
WiFi b/g, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1
Accelerometer, GPS
5MP rear facing camera 0.3MP front facing camera
Ships with Android 2.2 Froyo ( no word on future update)
1450mAH battery with upto 4hrs talktime and 7 days standby time.
Price approx 8k

Looking at the specs one can say that the specifications are pretty decent for the price that the phone is being offered. The biggest selling point of this phone is that it is one of the first smartphones to have a price tag below 10k and offering a front facing camera.

This phone will be competing with the likes of Samsung Galaxy Pop, Dell XCD35, LG Optimus One, HTC Wildfire, Sony’s Xperia X10, Xperia Mini, the recently launched Spice MI-310 and many more offerings in the same price range.

So now that the price wars have really begun the only question that remains is whether you are ready to look away from international brands and consider a smartphone manufactured by an Indian company.

Src: Plugged.in

30 mega projects: China's pride, world's envy!

2011-07-06T21:32:00.000+05:30

30 mega projects: China's pride, world's envy!

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The United States no longer lords over the world's most prestigious infrastructure projects.

Some of the world's biggest and most expensive infrastructure projects are in China.

China, Brazil, the Middle East and other parts of the developing world, account for nearly half of the most expensive projects in the world.

Businessinsider says some of these mega projects in China are 'reshaping the world'. Here's a look at some of the biggest and expensive projects in China...

Shanghai World Financial Centre

The world's second-tallest building resembles a bottle opener.

Built at a cost of $1.1 billion, this Shanghai tower was designed by architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox Associates. It houses offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt has 174 rooms and suites in this tower.

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Image: Shanghai World Financial Centre.

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Hangzhou Bay Bridge The world's longest trans-oceanic bridge extends across the Hangzhou Bay to over 35.673 kilometres (22 miles).
It has six expressway lanes in two directions. Inaugurated in May 2008, this modern wonder is an S-shaped stayed-cable bridge with six lanes in both directions.
It brings down the distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 km. This architectural wonder cost $1.70 billion. Click NEXT to read on

Image: Hangzhou Bay Bridge.

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http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-mega-projects-chinas-pride/20110704.htm

Top Indian Brands – Amul retains crown!

2011-07-05T20:48:00.000+05:30

Top Indian Brands – Amul retains crown!

Its amazing how Amul keeps retaining the crown of being the top Indian brand even though they spend probably fraction of money on advertising & branding as compared to other Indian brands.

Campaign Magazine which releases Asia’s top 1000 brand list every year has ranked Sony as the number 1 brand in Asia. Amul is the only Indian brand which has ranked in Top 100 Asian brands at number 89. It has slipped 16 places from the previous year’s rank of 73.

Kingfisher is 2nd Indian Brand to appear on the list and is placed 116th in Asia. Big Bazaar is 3rd with Asian Rank of 184. Please note that Campaign Magazine rankings are for Asian Brands only. So, there are no Google’s, Microsoft’s & Facebook’s of world in the rankings!

These rankings were arrived based on 2 main questions asked to 3,322 respondents in 16 Asian- Pacific region.

When you think of the following (product or service) category, which is the best brand that comes to your mind? By best, we mean the one that you trust the most or the one that has the best reputation in the (product or service) category.
Apart from the best brand you entered, which brand do you consider to be the second best brand in the (product or service) category?

Top Indian Brands

India Rank (2011)	Asia Rank (2011)	Brand Name	Category	2010 RANK
1	89	Amul	Milk powder/Milk/Ice-cream	73
2	116	Kingfisher	Beer/Full-service Airlines	140
3	184	Big Bazaar		248
4	215	ICICI Bank	Bank	182
5	216	State Bank of India (SBI)	Bank	226
6	221	Airtel	Mobile Service Provider	301
7	252	LIC	Insurance	290
8	264	Cafe Coffee Day	Coffee	396
9	270	Titan	Watch	292
10	288	Lakme	Cosmetics	289
11	290	HDFC Bank	Bank	341
12	304	Apollo	Pharmacy/Drugstore	342
13	336	Taj	Hotel	304
14	358	Kissan	Sauce/Condiment	482
15	360	Kelvinator	White Goods	317
16	372	Barista Lavazza (India)	Coffee Shop	534
17	394	Kwality	Ice-cream	496
18	396	Mother Dairy	Milk	273
19	411	Bajaj	Motorcycle	563
20	428	Maruti	Car/Automobile	413
21	435	Indian Oil Corporation	Petrol/Gas Station	642
22	448	Tata	Automobile	256
23	474	Clinic	Shampoo	802
24	477	Air India	Full-service Airlines	580
25	487	Godrej	Consumer Electronics	389
26	490	Hero Honda	Motorcycle	365
27	491	Myojo	Instant Noodles	589
28	524	Videocon	Consumer Electronics	386
29	551	Blue Dart	Courier Company	670
30	553	Drypers	Diaper	683
31	563	ICICI Prudential	Insurance	New entry
32	571	Spencer	Convenience Store/Supermarket	748
33	594	Ceat	Tyre	874
34	595	Tanishq	Jewellery	700
35	617	BPCL	Petrol/Gas Station	704
36	626	Haldiram	Savoury Snack Food	722
37	642	Woodland	Men’s Shoes	525
38	678	Onida	Consumer Electronics	829
39	696	Axis Bank	Bank	New entry
40	700	Metro	Supermarket	697
41	710	Boomer	Chewing/Bubble Gum	627
42	724	DTDC	Courier Company	734
43	747	Kinley	Mineral Water	649
44	756	Parle	Sweets and Candy	979
45	769	TVS	Motorcycle	New entry
46	785	Rin	Detergent	848
47	799	ITC	Hotel	New entry
48	821	IFB	Home & Kitchen Appliances	New entry
49	832	Taj Mahal (Tea)	Tea	780
50	834	Gold Flake	Cigarette	823
51	844	Aavin	Milk	969
52	851	Haywards	Beer	999
53	864	Allianz	Insurance Provider	New entry
54	869	Raymonds	Men’s Fashion Retailer	976
55	914	Himalaya	Mineral Water	New entry
56	936	Center Fresh	Chewing/Bubble Gum	647
57	938	Dabur	Toothpaste	New entry
58	950	Frooti	Fruit Juice	New entry
59	953	Fair And Handsome	Male Skincare Product	961
60	969	Thums Up	Carbonated Soft Drink	792
61	983	The Professional Couriers	Courier Company	New entry
62	986	Park Avenue	Personal Care/Men’s Shoes	New entry
63	991	Arun	Ice-cream	New entry
64	997	More	Supermarket	New entry

There are 2 Indian brands which I don’t recognise or haven’t heard of them earlier and they are – Myojo brand of Instant Noodles which is ranked at 27th and Arun brand of Ice – Cream which is ranked at 64!

Have you heard them earlier ?

Check the list of Top 1000 Asian Brands here !

Src:Trak.in

From an engineering student to a CEO

2011-07-02T12:00:00.000+05:30

From an engineering student to a CEO

Merril Diniz

Two years ago, a piece of information posted on a website helped engineering student Ankur Kumar win an essay competition. Gratified by the win, he joined them as a content manager to help other students with similar information. Today, the final year student is already the CEO of the portal. Here's his story

In 2009, engineering student Ankur Kumar took part in a national level essay writing competition by the National Council of Rural Institutes. To his delight, his essay on The Dissemination of Rural Technologies won him second place, and he was awarded a certificate of merit and cash prize of Rs 7,000.

Ankur stumbled upon the competition through Letmeknow.in, a portal that features a gamut of student opportunities from internships, competitions and conferences to workshops, scholarships and jobs, spanning five domains technology, business, mathematics and sciences, arts and design and social sciences.

Inspired by his accomplishment, Ankur wanted to give back to the site that alerted him of the competition. He joined Letmeknow as a content manager while simultaneously pursuing a dual degree in BE Computer Science and Master's in Economics at BITS, Goa. "I wanted to help other students learn of such opportunities," he shares.

Now a final year student, he donned the mantle of CEO of Letmeknow in 2011.

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It all began in 2007 when Nitin Rao, a BTech student at NIT, Suratkal, first blogged (www.letmeknow.wordpress.com) about Tie-ISB's Connect forum.

Armed with more than 425 posts, 268,000+ hits and a nine-member all-student team, the blog migrated to a full-fledged website in December 2008 with a little design and tech help from Grayscale, a design studio floated by four engineering students from BITS Goa.

Now, an advisor to the core team, Nitin went on to pursue his MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management.

The opportunities posted on Letmeknow are diverse -- from the Harvard Project for Asia and International Relations and IIT Delhi's entrepreneurship initiative -- the Small Industries Management Program (SIMAP) to the Young Economist of the Year essay writing competition and interning as an Android developer. And the alerts help!

Ritesh Kumar from IIIT Bangalore stumbled upon IBM's Research lab summer internship, applied and got through.

Saket Jain from SRM University, Chennai, got a heads-up on three national and one international conferences.

This gave him enough time to prepare and present his papers. "These papers finally helped me get admitted to a US university (Western Michigan) to pursue MS in Computer Science," he shares.

What's interesting is that most of Ankur's colleagues are students who do not operate out of one city. While Ankur is currently based in Goa, CTO Karthik (middle column, second photo) is a third-year student at MIT, Manipal.

Content manager Nikita is studying computer science student at St Xavier's, Kolkata. Social media manager Shriya is from Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur and sales and marketing manager Mani is at the Institute of Technology, BHU.

Image: Ankur Kumar

Rest @ http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-achievers-from-an-engineering-student-to-a-CEO/20110627.htm

Career Guidance

2011-07-02T11:52:00.000+05:30

Courses one can do after graduating in Commerce (B.Com)

Top 5 hot careers of 2011-12 !

2011-06-25T16:01:00.000+05:30

India has 153000 millionaires! 12th in World..

The emerging Indian Economy has taken the Indian entrepreneurs one step ahead making them more richer!

Previously we have seen many people doubling their wealth due to abnormal returns given by the Indian stock markets. [Richest Indians]

The number of dollar-millionaires in India surged to a record high of 1.53 lakh (153,000) in 2010, making the country’s high net worth individual (HNI) population 12th largest across the globe.

At the same time, Indian millionaires also showed growing interest in investments like luxury collectibles (luxury cars, boats and jets), as also in sports, the annual survey found.

At the end of 2010, India’s HNI population stood at 153,000, up more than 20 per cent from 126,700 in 2009, when India was ranked 14th.

The worldwide population of HNIs rose by 8.3 per cent to 10.9 million, while their financial wealth grew by 9.7 per cent to $42.7 trillion.

The US is still home to the single-largest HNI segment in the world, with its 3.1 million HNIs accounting for 28.6 per cent of the global HNI population. [Source]

The main reason that has lead to the growth of the millionaires in India is the booming Indian Economy with the support of Global Economy.

According to (Report) annual World Wealth Report of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Capgemini.