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| Jamal Mecklai: Welcome to Vegas |
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| November 13, 2009, 00:16 IST |
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Recession or no recession, beautiful women were flying into Vegas from all over the US to celebrate, party, gamble and even get married again
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Rabbit in the headlights - again
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| | October 16, 2009, 00:14 IST |
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The extraordinary rally in the rupee — it gained nearly 5 per cent in 10 days till October 8 — has once again shown up most people as rabbits frozen in the headlights of the future.
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The calm after the storm
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| | October 02, 2009, 00:29 IST |
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After a long, long time, we seem to be back to a real market.
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Sufferin' art
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| | September 18, 2009, 00:41 IST |
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Over the past couple of years, the volatility of prices of contemporary Indian art made even the most exotic commodities look tame.
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Unconventional wisdom
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| | September 04, 2009, 00:05 IST |
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As regards the rupee, the next five years will look more like the very recent past — high volatility and a wide range (say, 40 to 55 against the dollar).
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A gift for the chairman's wife
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| | August 20, 2009, 00:56 IST |
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Financial risk is structurally different from other risks that companies are exposed to, since, unlike any business risk, it is not a risk that the company has chosen to carry.
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Surf's up!
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| | August 07, 2009, 00:42 IST |
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In an earlier article (“Bali Hai”, May 12, 2009), I thought I saw Dr Subbarao, the current RBI Governor, looking very debonair in what-looked-like Rip Curl surfer shorts and shades, about to take to the surf in Bali.
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Coming of age
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| | July 24, 2009, 00:34 IST |
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The recently concluded G-8 meeting in Italy was significant because it was the first time that India and China were seated at the high table of global politics and finance, and there were many observers who believed that these two emerging heroes were the stars of the show.
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Guinness is good for you
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| | July 10, 2009, 00:08 IST |
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I spent a few days in Ireland last month, and I am here to report that Guinness is Guinness only in Ireland.
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Will it rain the day after tomorrow?
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| | June 12, 2009, 00:07 IST |
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Look out the window.
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Cleaning the Augean stables
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| | May 29, 2009, 00:54 IST |
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The singular Congress victory in the Lok Sabha election has thrown up a wonderful opportunity to create a turning point in world history (to quote Uday Kotak).
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Bali Hai
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| | May 15, 2009, 00:21 IST |
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I just returned from a magical week in Bali.
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Another exotic bet
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| | May 01, 2009, 01:08 IST |
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A month ago in my column, I had recommended an exotic bet — “go long nickel volatility and short copper volatility — the long-term average of the spread is plus 13 per cent, whereas today’s value is minus 7 per cent.
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Mumbai chi Meera
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| | April 17, 2009, 00:41 IST |
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It is a tribute to the hunger for change in India that in the space of three weeks (four, by the time this is published), Meera Sanyal has gone from being a low-profile, well-considered senior banker to something of a rock star, judging from the way she is mobbed everywhere she goes.
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Turning around cautiously
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| | April 03, 2009, 00:35 IST |
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It is extremely gratifying to see equity markets behaving as I had instructed them to do a few weeks ago.
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The curious role of the forex committee
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| | March 20, 2009, 00:21 IST |
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With forex losses piling up at virtually every company, I am — more than ever — amazed at how few companies are able to run a truly disciplined hedging programme.
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