May 2010

May 25, 2010

Greek Contagion – Euro pressured by Spanish Cajas as Asia slides due to Korean war mongering

The Greek Contagion continues to negatively affect the world markets and the Euro.Despite a short covering rally in the Euro last week,it has not managed to […]
May 25, 2010

Will China ever pass a Feed in Tariff Law for Solar Energy?

China has been rumored for a long time to mandate a law to  provide for a higher electricity rates for renewable energy production (Feed in Tariff) […]
May 25, 2010

Technology Wars – Minor players Nokia and Yahoo enter into strategic tie-up in Mobile Software

Nokia’s faulty execution in the smartphone segment has put it in  a position where I can only call it a minor player despite its leading marketshare […]
May 24, 2010

Priest cum Chairman of Spanish Bank CajaSur prays as bank gets seized

The State of  Management of some of the European banks would seem funny  if it was not such a serious matter.According to Bloomberg ,Bank CajaSur which […]
May 24, 2010

20% of All Hedge Funds went out of Business in the last Two Years

Hedge Funds are generally regarded with a lot of suspicion and frequently accused by politicians of unnecessary speculation and irresponsible behaviour.But unlike politicians of many countries […]
May 24, 2010

Technology Wars – Microsoft's Bing gains traction against Goolge in Search

Technology companies like Apple,Google and Microsoft are fighting each other on many fronts in Hardware and Software .Google has been the dominant player in the Internet […]
May 24, 2010

Even Professional Fund Managers avoid Real Estate stocks in India

Investing in Real Estate stocks is fraught with high risk because its almost impossible to value these stocks in this sector given the total lack of […]
May 24, 2010

India's Ambani led Reliance Group free to enter Power,Telecom and Financial Sectors

Indian mega industrial groups led by Ambani brothers decided to rescind their non-compete agreement which allows oil and petrochemical giant Reliance  to enter the financial,telecom and […]
May 23, 2010

Role Reversal – US Utility Duke Energy acknowledges China's Clean Technology Leadership

The US Government needs a Reality Check about who is leading the world in Clean Energy.While the US Commerce Secretary thinks that the US might lose […]
May 23, 2010

China to keep yuan stable – Chinese Commerce Minister

The sharp appreciation of the yuan against the Euro and the other currencies would make China think of depreciating the yuan against the dollar rather than […]
May 23, 2010

Chinese govt nudges India on Huawei,ZTE ban;Indian telecom operators also give support

Huawei and ZTE have been in the eye of a storm with the Indian government banning these companies from selling telecom equipment in India due to […]
May 23, 2010

Indian solar companies win a Pyrrhic Victory

Indian companies Fear Foreign Competition Indian companies raised a massive hue and cry against the Indian government’s draft to allow foreign made modules to be used […]
May 22, 2010

Pakistan goes on a Internet Witch Hunt;Bans Facebook,Twitter,Youtube and now Blackberry

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

Reality Check for US Commerce Secretary – USA is already far behind China in Clean Energy

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

Case of Sour Grapes – Jaypee Infratech attributes 10% price decline on day of listing to Bad Market Conditions

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 makes a "bullish call" for German demand in 2010 and 2011

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

Electric Vehicle producer Tesla gets $50 million plus an Auto Plant from Toyota

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 cracks down on illegal mining of rare earth minerals which are essential for Green Technology

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

Another Low Quality Indian IPO Jaypee Infratech falls 10% on Day of Listing

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

Why is Solar Thermal (CSP) Industry seeing so many Acquisitions

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

Another Green IPO in India – Electric Vehicle maker Kabirdass to raise $15 million

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 Down more than 20% since listing ; I told you so

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 as Risky assets take another Big Fall

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 leaves Nothing for IPO Investors;Tarapur Transformers falls more than 30% since IPO

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's Publicly Listed Oil Companies remain Captive to the whims of the Government

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

Solar Equipment domination by the European companies continues with litte churn in top 10 rankings

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

Another Japanese Zaibatsu NEC Plans a Major Foray in the Green Industry

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

BP Oil Spill Finally Hits American Coast;Massive Impact on Economy and Environment Expected

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 almost declares defeat in "War" with Euro Speculators after EU Bazooka Fizzles out

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

For Vodafone India's Telecom Market turns from Crowing Jewel to Crown of Thorns

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 […]