Debt Note: Why Quality Matters
Investment Strategy: As we move into a rising interest rate scenario, the focus shifts to high-quality low-volatility investments. Our strategy has been […]
Debt Note: A New Stance
Investment Strategy: The RBI’s stance of calibrated tightening indicates that rate hikes are possible but not mandatory. As investors, it is important […]
Time To Be Proactive
A relatively insignificant event triggered a massive scare in Indian financials on Friday. But, the story does not lie there. It lies […]
Oil, The Dollar and The Rupee
Rising oil and dollar mean only one thing for the Indian economy – trouble in the near-term. Business fortunes and purchasing power […]
A Weak Rupee Requires A Strong Response
The rupee now stands at 72 against the US Dollar. This is an unprecedented low. So far, neither the RBI […]
Debt Markets Work In Cycles Too
In good years, defensive investors have to be content with the KNOWLEDGE that their gains, although perhaps less than maximal, were achieved […]
Lock into Debt
The purpose of monetary policy is to manage inflation, facilitate growth, and regulate credit in the economy. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee […]
RBI Monetary Policy, June 2018
Monetary Policy: As the macroeconomic outlook becomes less transparent the monetary policy committee has only become more steadfast in its neutral stance. […]
Monetary Policy Highlights: February 2018
Investment Strategy With higher uncertainty in debt and equity markets, this would be the time to review asset allocation and manage […]
Recapitalization of Public Sector Banks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1537770373319{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] The Premise The Indian Banking system has been trying to resolve its crisis of bad loans. In particular, […]
RBI Monetary Policy – December 2017
StanceThe RBI’s stance on monetary policy is crystal clear. In the last year, the challenges have been to manage excess liquidity, anaemic growth, low inflation, and the NPA crisis. The RBI acknowledges that any outcome is possible from this point and therefore chooses to maintain its neutral stance. Effectively, monetary policy decisions will be data-driven. Keeping this in mind, the reserve bank has left key rates unchanged.