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Economic Rsearchers have been able to establish definite co-relation between Congress Government’s flawed Policy and the Labour Market and thus its impact on the Inflation. Rural wages have been growing by 17% on average since FY07 and have outstripped urban wages. A number of government programs have supported this, including the NREGA (A Massive Scam as Shown on Satyamev Jayate) which provides 100 days of employment to a member of each rural family.

Economic Researchers have found evidence to support the hypothesis that inflation has been higher in states where NREGA has been implemented to a greater degree. Not only are (more…)

As we get closer to elections, political parties are stitching together alliances to help their electoral prospects. The BJP seems to be ahead in the race reinforcing their image of being the frontrunner in the polls. It has also belied some apprehensions that Narendra Modi being at the helm would prevent allies from joining the party. Key alliances formed by the BJP include (a) Bihar (LJP, RLSP), (b) Tamil Nadu (5 Parties), and (c) Haryana (HJC). It is also likely to announce an alliance in Andhra Pradesh with TDP, as per media reports.

Why Tamilnadu Alliance is Shot in the Arm of BJP ?
BJP announced a major alliance in the (more…)

Claris Lifesciences has announced an offer for buyback of 9.25 million shares (representing 14.49% of equity share capital) at a price of Rs250 per share on a proportionate basis through the tender offer process. The stock is currently trading at Rs189.

The objective of the Buy Back is to return surplus cash to the Equity Shareholders of the Company. In accordance with Regulation 6 of the Buy (more…)

Kotak Wealth Management has advised all its High Networth Individual [HNIs] Clients to stay fully Invested in Equities as chances of upside Risk are Higher (dependent on the outcome of Lok Sabha Polls where Corporates are Openly Backing BJP led Narendra Modi for country’s premier post, inline with our expectations).

They say that the formation of Progressive BJP led NDA Government is very High. If the election mandate is in BJP’s favor then we (more…)

HDFC Bank is India’s Global private sector bank. We have been BUYERS of the Bank at all levels over the past 12 months. We’d like to justify the top 10 reasons on why HDFC Bank must Trade at a High P/E of 20+ like consumer stock [even though ITC and HUL trade at much higher P/E of 30].

1. The first factor in Equity Analysis which we look at is the Quality of Management. HDFC Banks gets a full 10/10 as it has the best professional management which leads to innovative products being offered.
2. Second Lowest Non Performing Assets in the Indian Banking Industry [due to high quality processes in place] with enviable (more…)