Guest Post: Negative Interest Rates – The Real Game
Note: This is a guest post by Devendra Nevgi who runs Delta Global Partners. Disclosure: Deven advises Learning Infinite who advertise at Capital Mind. As the world gets engulfed by the European (EU)...
View Article91-day T-Bill Yields Soften Below 11%. Expecting Easing Rates?
After crossing 12% in yield just two weeks ago, the 91 day T-Bill auction has cooled down to a 10.6% yield in the auction yesterday. T-Bills are short term borrowings of the government. Typically,...
View ArticleVideo: Liquid and Ultra Short Term funds, and Fixed Deposits
Some of you have talked about Liquid and Ultra Short Term funds, versus fixed deposits, and how to compare all of them: Here’s a video that I’d made at MarketVision a long time back which might be...
View Article14 Day Repo Auction Goes at 8.79%, Liquidity Still Tight
Today’s 14-day repo auction – for about 19,500 cr. (0.25% of NDTL) – has been auctioned at 8.79%. This is for banks to borrow money against securities, for a 14 day period. The last such repo auction...
View ArticleShould NRIs invest in FCNR Deposits?
Asks Arun ’: I am an NRI and i have been approached by a few banks about their respective products on FCNR deposits with forward cover. Some of them are RupeeMax (HDFC Bank), Rupee Advantage Plan...
View ArticleTerm Repo Goes at 8.42%, MSF No Longer the Operational Rate
The third term repo auction – this one for 14 days, and for 38,500 crore rupees – was bid at 8.42%. This is below the weighted average rate of 8.71% last time – and primarily because the MSF rate was...
View ArticleMacronomics: The Insane Fiscal Deficit and The Onslaught of Bond Issuance
This is the archive of the Capital Mind Premium newsletter sent on Jan 3, 2013. At Capital Mind Premium we take a quick look at how the fiscal situation has panned out in this financial year. Fiscal...
View ArticleRBI Pushes Banks To Trade Bond Futures?
RBI pressures banks to trade bond futures ( NDTV ). Eager for a successful launch, RBI officials are making frequent phone calls to lenders encouraging them to trade, most overtly during a meeting...
View ArticlePremium: The Dangerous FII Debt Situation and The RBI’s Fear of Speculators
This is a premium post for Capital Mind Premium subscribers , sent on Feb 17, 2014. Subscribe now! Let’s take a look at another outlier we’ve started to see: That FIIs can no longer invest easily in...
View ArticleGuest Post: Raghu Vohra on the Global Fixed Income Funds Structure Process
This is a guest post by Raghu Vohra, founder at Blackstone Valley Group and an investor in Capital Mind . Raghu works closely with the fixed income investment industry. Hello Folks, this is a follow...
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