Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Tumbling Global Markets- A Temporary Recession for India

There are sign of recession globally since last few days, because they believe USA won't be able to get over it and therefore all the associated economies will be effected.

This problem has been there since 'Subprime' episode and now it has resurfaced globally, taking global economies one after the other.

Well, what is the actual fact and truth behind all this economy can be a matter of debate. Whether this problem is a real problem or artificial but it has been able to create a difficult time for those who are in no way connected with it.

Today Indian Markets tumbled to a new low. BSE SENSEX dropped by approx. 876 points (5%) to close at 16730 and NSE by approx. 310 points (6%) and closed at 4900. This was all due to a sudden panic wave which has been effective since yesterday. Today trading was stopped in both NSE and BSE because of circuit break.

This is a temporary phenomenon and markets will start improving from tomorrow as here in India there is no recession or not all the Indian industries are directly associated with USA. Although there have been voices on rights of retail investors and Governments obligations to save them.

Well as we all know stock market isn't a bank or agriculture where your investment take time to mature. Government has already made necessary arrangements like educating investors, providing clear instructions when they open a trading or DP account on associated risks.


People try to blame for there losses in anguish. The losses for which they are responsible, they had accepted all the terms and condition which were provided to them legally by broker. Now, there greed to make more and more have resulted in there losses. They have never thanked Government for the profits they've made in all these months. They could have handed a part of it for social welfare, but then it was there earning, a money they've made from there intelligence.


Even in todays scenario long term investors aren't effected, only those investors who trade with margin money and were waiting for SENSEX to cross 25000. Now, they feel Government should have curbed there greed. Today when you cannot even force your child to do right thing how is it possible for the Government to take such a stand for the society.

Now,
Indian Prime Minister had to give a statement on Stock Market Crash and strong fundamentals of India. There are some parties who want resignation of Finance Minister on this matter. A funny side of politics.

In any circumstance this recession in
Indian Stock Market isn't going to stay for long. Markets will jump back, of course there are some stocks which boomed on hype and such stocks may not be able to bounce back to that position now. Even if Markets become rosy again from tomorrow or day after tomorrow, one should keep his greed in control at least in the name of there culture/tradition.

Don't let such forces of fear and greed work to such an extent in India a country which has always been over and above such feelings. Even a well known trading theory 'Fibonacci' is based on Indian Mathematics which today generation hardly known.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Nano : New Car for People from Tata Motors India

UNVEILING OF TATA MOTORS PEOPLE'S CAR : NANO
Tata Group Chief Ratan Tata unveiled people's car Nano in New Delhi on Thursday, 10 January 2008 at 9th Auto Expo. This was a dream project of Ratan Tata. This car is smaller than Maruti 800 but more spacious. The dealer price of this car is Rs 1,00,000/- ($2,500) making it worlds cheapest car today.

This is a good news for all Indians, there were a number of obstacles in this project right from the start. First people thought that it wasn't feasible, then they thought that even if such a car was possible it will be a result of compromises.

Now, all these presumptions have proved wrong, worlds cheapest car has been finally unveiled with features and technology that are contemporary and second to none. Automobile industry in India and the world had been watching all these developments like a cricket match. They were looking at the final outcome of such an innovative and ambitious project.

Features of Tata Nano People's Car:
  • Stylish & Comfortable :
    Can easily accommodate four persons. length 3.1 metres, width of 1.5 metres and height of 1.6 metres. It will be launched in both standard and luxury versions with a number of colours to choose from. Luxury version of people's car will cost more. Easily driven.

  • Fuel-efficient engine :
    Nano has a two cylinder, 623cc, 33 horse power, multi point fuel injection engine. Its performance is managed by an electronic system to give best performance.

  • Meets all safety requirements :
    People's car performs well on todays safety requirement regulations. The People's Car's safety performance exceeds current regulatory requirements. It has seat belts, intrusion resistant doors. It has undergone full frontal crash test. So, low price doesn't mean compromise on safety.

  • Environment-friendly :
    The People's Car's tailpipe emission performance exceeds regulatory requirements. In terms of overall pollutants, it has a lower pollution level than two-wheelers being manufactured in India today. Meets Bharat Stage III emission norms and also Euro 4 emission norms.

  • Cheap & Best : The cost of the car on road will include cost of transportation, accessories and taxes. Even then it is going to be the cheapest car. Today even a two wheeler costs approximately around 40,000 and its a new car. Tata small car is also going to have the cheapest insurance cover at around Rs 2000. So, it will no more remain a dream car but people's car in reality.
During the unveiling at Auto Expo in New Delhi there were also some people demonstrating which wasn't noticed by and large or was simply ignored. These were from environmentalist and farmers from Singur, Kolkata. Trinamool Congress has also threatened to stall its manufacture at Singur.

This is the other side of coin, a mentality with a political motive. Tata has already told that people's car nano is a green car, still green peace activists say "CUT CO2 emissions" only for this car.

References:
1. http://www.tata.com/tata_motors/releases/20080110.htm
2. http://www.tatamotors.com/our_world/press_releases.php
3. http://www.tatapeoplescar.com
4. http://www.ndtvprofit.com/homepage/storybusinessnew.asp
5. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/peterfoster/jan08/tata_nano.htm
6. http://www.aol.in/news/story/2008011006289019000001/index.html