The Market is not headed down but has lost the will to go up              

In our last issue, we had said that the market was headed for more gains. This did not happen. Forecasts can work only when there are no freak, unexpected events -- like a third-world country conducting a nuclear test. One such event over the past two weeks was the parabolic rise in the price of crude oil. Just when it...

More gains may be coming                                                                           Amid tonnes of irrelevant information hurled at us by newspapers, magazines and business TV channels, I noticed a major piece of news the other day which corroborates the bullish line we have been advocating. Apparently, domestic insurance companies will pump in more money into the market in...

The past few weeks have highlighted the difference between being right and making money

In the 28th March-10th April issue of MoneyLIFE, this column, written on 21st March, had suggested that “from the depths of despair rises hope. There are several indicators now to suggest that we may be witnessing a short-term bottom here.” The Sensex was 14,995 at that time. This view was reiterated in...