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Updated:12/11/2008 | 11:04 AM IST

Columns

Foreign institutional investors have pulled $13 billion out of India during 2008. And, now, terrorists have added another dimension to cost of doing business in India.

Anatomy of a bear market

Hardik Jain

Sell or hold?

One cannot term the recent rally as the end of bear phase. Unless Nifty crosses 3650, the markets would continue to be in bear trend and investors should use any rise to sell.

Mandar Jamsandekar

Samvat 2065 – The year of pink slips?

Samvat 2065 is going to be a year of pink slips. People are likely to lose jobs. The crisis which India is going to face in 2009 would be horrible and cannot be compared with any other recession in any part of the world in history.

Right time to enter markets?

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Global Crisis

GM to slash up to 31,500 jobs in US

General Motors told lawmakers that it plans to cut up to 31,500 more jobs in the United States, as it confronts a severe slump that has it begging Congress for a $18-billion bailout.

More : Omaxe fires 70 employees, trims salary | US automakers ask for $34 bn aid | China currency issue heating up on eve of US talks | Mumbai siege raises concerns at US hotels

Interviews

It’s a mega clearance sale!

Some of the blue chip stocks have become too cheap vis-à-vis their historical values. You don’t see assets so irresistible in the market for a long period of time.

Betting on companies with higher capital efficiency

We are buying stocks of companies with strong balance sheets and having huge free cashflow generation. Our focus is not on top line but on capital efficiency and fundamental quality of business.

US should do more to unfreeze credit

India wants the countries where the crisis has originated, the US and some countries in EU, must do all that is necessary to reverse the impact of the crisis on the global economy.

Markets to settle down in three months

After the panic subsides in the market in the next few months, money will start flowing into the Indian markets. Investors will then start allocating funds and the next cycle will start again.

Crisis worst since Great Depression

Jamie Dimon has been hailed the superhero of this global crisis. He has ensured that J P Morgan is not only one of the biggest bank in America but is also one of the safest banks today.