On 24th February, the price of Brent Crude surged as high as $105/bbl before it closed the day below the $100/bbl mark. However, the price of crude once again rallied past the $100/bbl mark on 25th Feb, before settling lower. For now, the level of $1

The RBI announces the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee exactly 14 days after the announcement of the monetary policy. The minutes of the MPC meet held on 10-Feb were announced on 24-February. Broadly, the MPC expects inflation to peak in Q4 o

India’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Hero Motocorp, and BPCL have entered into a futuristic tie-up to leverage the emerging energy order in the transport industry. Both the companies will join hands to set up charging infrastructure for 2-whee

If there is one sector that has been the focus of the government in the last few years, it is the textiles sector. Textiles is not only labour intensive and job creating, but it also has huge MSME implications in terms of business and export spread.

It is said that any crisis is a boon for gold as the precious metal is normally valued the most when there is a crisis. Gold is known to hold value through some of the worse crises in history and that gives it a tremendous safe haven value. Oil is a

On Tuesday, the US and most of the developed West called out Russia for launching an attack on Ukraine. Russia has been trying to protect Ukraine from NATO influence while the US wants to put NATO as close to Russia as possible. Having taken Crimea i

Expiry Day Strategy for 24.02.2022 Uncertainty over the global developments on Russia-Ukraine geopolitical tensions have led to higher volatility in the indices in this week. However, if we look at the recent price movement, then it is seen that t

One of the major demands of airline companies in the last few months has been the persistent demand to bring aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Currently, petrol, diesel, natural gas and ATF are among the pro

When the post-COVID recovery in the markets started around March 2020, the 2 sets of stocks to show the maximum traction were the pharmaceutical stocks and the stocks in the diagnostic and laboratory testing segment. However, with the intensity of CO

In the last few weeks, the worsening geopolitical situation on the Ukraine border has been creating tensions around the world. Russia has already sent troops to the border of Ukraine and the US and Western Europe have been trying their best to

One of the big challenges that the Indian government is facing is that there are no willing buyers for its bonds at the yields that it is willing to offer. Obviously, the yields that the government is offering on its bonds is way below the existing y

Like most insurance companies, LIC has been constantly thinking up new distribution models and novel sales engines. Just a couple of weeks back, LIC had signed up with Policybazaar to use their agnostic insurance selling platform to provide advice dr