Markets turn out to be bullish with strong global cues.
China announced a stimulus package to boost growth. Metals, power and capital goods stocks were the major gainers in today’s upmove.
All the sectoral indices ended in the green. BSE Metal Index surged 11.04 per cent, BSE Power Index climbed 8.36 per cent, BSE Oil&gas Index moved 6.28 per cent higher.

Sterlite Industries, up 14.16 per cent, was the standout performer in Monday’s trade. Tata Steel (12.78%), Tata Power (11.89%), Reliance Infrastructure (11.29%), Bharti Airtel (10.85%) and Hindalco Industries (9.76%) posted significant gains.

Among frontline stocks, ITC (-1.54%) and Maruti Suzuki (-0.6%) ended with losses.

Market breadth on BSE showed 1692 advances against 856 declines.
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Led by Pepsico Chief Indra Nooyi, three Indians have made their way into the Wall Street Journal’s global list of 50 women to watch for this year.

Cisco’s Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior and INX Media’s Chief Executive Indrani Mukerjea are the other two women who made the cut.

Ranked at second spot, snacks and beverages major Pepsico Chief Nooyi is the lone Indian in the top 10. Warrior and Mukerjea are ranked at 31st and 41st positions, respectively.

At the top of the heap is Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair. Barbara Desoer, who is the President, Mortgage, Home Equity & Insurance Services, at the Bank of America, is placed at the third position.

Writing on Nooyi, the publication said that confronted this year by high commodity prices, a downturn in US beverage sales, and other consequences of the souring economy, the Pepsico Chief did not shy from some bold steps.

“She has been pushing the Purchase, NY, company in new directions since arriving 14 years ago as head of corporate strategy.

“Her drive to get Pepsi to buy Tropicana and Quaker Oats helped shift the company’s soda-and-potato-chip-dominated portfolio toward healthier drinks and snacks,” WSJ said.

Others in the top 10 are People’s Bank of China’s Deputy Governor Hu Xiaolian (4th), French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (5), Kraft Foods’ Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld (6), Temasek Holdings’ Chief Hon Ching (7), DuPont President Ellen Kullman (8), Xerox Chairman Anne Mulcahy (9) and Laura Tyson (10), who is the Professor of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Source: – ET

“Demand for commercial vehicles has fallen owing to inadequate funds for buyers and high interest costs”
India’s second largest maker of trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles by sales, Ashok Leyland Ltd has decided to halve the number of days its factories will produce vehicles to three a week, a day after its bigger rival, Tata Motors Ltd announced a three-day shutdown at its Jamshedpur unit to keep inventory levels in check.

The production cuts at the two firms follow lowered sales in the past few months. Tata Motors reported a decline of 29% in October 2008 sales to 19,154 units from 27,103 units in the year-ago month. The decline was mainly led by the medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, that shrank by nearly half.

One of the biggest myth among many people is that they think stock market investing is just like gambling.
They shy off from investing as they think it is gambling.
Many of our parents and grand parents didn’t invest as they thought investing is just like gambling otherwise all of them have been just like Warren Buffet. If not at lest multi-millionaire.

Meaning of Investing and Gambling.
Merriam-Webster’s first definition for “invest” is : “to commit (money) in order to earn a financial return.” And the second definition is “to make use of for future benefits or advantages.”

What about “gamble”? The first meaning is “to play a game for money or property” and the second is “to stake something on a contingency.”

Some say it (Investing) is very much like gambling. While some say its myth comparing stock markets with gambling.
What I feel – In true sense if you go and see investing is buying the stock buy predicting the future (fundamentally or technically)with a sole aim to earn a profit. While in gambling you cant predict any future , people blindly put money without knowing the future.

There are some important differences here, though. Investment brokers may live off salaries or commissions, but the day trader depends directly on the market for income. The gambler may have a lot of good days, but the bad week will sap the earnings from a few good days. There is no doubt that the psychology behind gambling and active trading seems alarmingly similar, while gambling is considered illegal and illicit in many parts of the world, or at least looked down upon, day trading is mysterious and high sounding.

My point is that if you study the trends of the stock market, you can always gain with minimal (if any) loss. Gambling precludes some level of loss (and hopefully gain) — even the best poker players have lost money, although they feel that their skills can outwit most casual players.

The other difference is the expectation. Gamblers don’t go to Las Vegas with $100 hoping to come back with $115. They want to double or triple their money quickly. Investing is slower. You hope to double or triple your money, but over decades, not minutes or hours.

Markets depend on trends . Gambling is to go by flow.
Study and knowledge in markets is essential. In gambling a good knowledge base is not required , it depends on luck.

PS – At the end I wont say stock market is not gambling , a bit of it is gambling i.e. Day trading. There are speculators (gamblers) in stock markets who may act as a bear or even a bull which affect the price of the stock on a high level.
Take for an instance a few week ago rumors for ICICI bank becoming bankrupt were spread by a broker in Mumbai. So he speculated the stock price.

Shying of investing in Stock is knot done. Warren Buffet became rich by investing. So can you.

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Equities surged to close sharply higher on Tuesday as aggressive buying emerged in realty, banking and power stocks in the last hour of trade.
In a meeting with the finance minister P Chidambaram, PSU bankers reached a consensus to cut interest rates on advances by 75 basis points, while on deposits by 50 bps, say reports.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 10,668.45, up 330.77 points or 3.20 per cent. The index touched a high of 10,668 and low of 10,116.22.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 3151 up 3.52 per cent. The broader index touched an intra-day high of 3152.30 and an intra-day low of 2985.

BSE Midcap Index was up 2.88 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 2.90 per cent higher.

DLF (17.13 per cent), Jaiprakash Associates (9.58 per cent), Ranbaxy Laboratories (9.27per cent), Tata Power (8.47per cent) and ITC (8.45 per cent) were the top Sensex gainers.

Satyam Computers (-7.41 per cent), TCS (-7.38 per cent), Wipro (-4.80 per cent), Infosys Technologies (-3.32 per cent) and Sterlite Industries (-2 per cent) were the losers.

Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1806 advances and 782 declines.

Source: – ET
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VIX is a measure of the implied volatility of Nifty 50 Index Option prices over the next 30 day period. It is an estimate of investor sentiment and is a helpful indicator of the amount the market is expected to “fluctuate” in the near term. Higher the implied volatility, higher the India VIX value and vice-versa.

How to interpret VIX?

The VIX is quoted in terms of percentage points and translates, roughly, to the expected movement in the Nifty 50 Index over the next 30-day period, on an annualized basis. For example, if the VIX is at 15, this represents an expected annual change of 15%; thus one can infer that the index option markets expect the Nifty 50 to move up or down over the next 30-day period. That is, if, for example, the Nifty 50 is currently at 100, then the estimated 30-day change in the Nifty 50 will be within 4.3 points up or down.

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