Thursday, February 28, 2013

Indian Budget 2013: Highlights


Budget 2013: Highlights

Fiscal deficit:

> Fiscal deficit seen at 5.2 pct of GDP in 2012/13.

> Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8 pct of GDP in 2013/14.

> Faced with huge fiscal deficit, India had no choice but to rationalise expenditure.

Growth:

> Indian economy faces challenge of getting back to its potential growth rate of 8%. India must unhesitatingly embrace growth as highest goal.

Spending:

Total budget expenditure seen at 16.65 trillion rupees in 2013/14.

India's 2013/14 plan expenditure seen at 5.55 trillion rupees.

Non-plan expenditure estimated at about 12 trillion rupees in 2013/14.

Revised estimate for total expenditure is 14.3 trillion rupees in 2012/13, which is 96 pct of budget estimate.

Set aside 100 billion rupees towards spending on food subsidies in 2013/14.

Revenue

> Expect 133 billion rupees through direct tax proposals in 2013/14.

> Expect 47 billion rupees through indirect tax proposals in 2013/14.

Current account deficit

> India's greater worry is the current account deficit - will need more than $75 billion this year and next year to fund deficit.

Inflation

> Food inflation is worrying, will take all steps to augment supply side.

Tax

> Proposes surcharge of 10 pct on rich taxpayers with annual income of more than 10 million rupees a year.

> To increase surcharge to 10 pct on domestic companies with annual income of more than 100 million rupees.

> To continue 15 pct tax concession on dividend received by India companies from foreign units for one more year.

> Propose to impose withholding tax of 20 pct on profit distribution to shareholders.

> Amnesty on service tax non-compliance from 2007 * 10 bln rupees for first installment of balance of GST (Goods and Services Tax) payment.

> Propose to reduce securities transaction tax on equity futures to 0.01 pct from 0.017 pct.

> Time to introduce commodities transaction tax (CTT) * CTT on non-agriculture futures contracts at 0.01 pct.

Corporate sector and markets

> Plans to issue inflation-indexed bonds.

> Proposes capital allowance of 15 pct to companies on investments of more than 1 billion rupees.

> Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) can use investments in corporate, government bonds as collateral to meet margin requirements.

> Insurance, provident funds can trade directly in debt segments of stock exchanges.

> FIIs can hedge forex exposure through exchange-traded derivatives



Monday, February 18, 2013

Top 10 Expensive Stocks in the World




Enjoy the rush of investing in stocks and following the ups and downs of markets? Well, here are some sought-after stocks that would add to the thrill. There's just one catch: These are extremely expensive stocks.
Let's take a look at some of the most expensive stocks in the world.


Berkshire Hathaway
Industry: Conglomerate
Stock price: $145,505 per share
Global rank: 1
Seaboard Corporation
Industry: Agriculture and ocean transport business
Stock price: $2,639.72 per share
Global rank: 2

NVR Incorporated
Industry: Real estate
Stock price: $1,040.86 per share
Global rank: 3
Google, Incorporated
Industry: Internet
Stock price: $753.83 per share
Global rank: 4
Priceline.com Incorporated
Industry: Travel
Stock price: $695.09 per share
Global rank: 5


Intuitive Surgical Incorporated
Industry: Robotic surgical systems
Stock price: $573.00 per share
Global rank: 6
MasterCard Incorporated
Industry: Banking
Stock price: $516.00 per share
Global rank: 7
Markel Corporation
Industry: Insurance
Stock price: $470.46 per share
Global rank: 8
Apple, Incorporated
Industry: Technology
Stock price: $456.83 per share
Global rank: 9
Biglari Holdings, Incorporated
Industry: Restaurants
Stock price: $369.42 per share
Global rank: 10










Friday, February 15, 2013

Benefits of Currency Derivative Trading


BENEFITS
  • Low Commissions – Brokerage fees are very low as the market is highly competitive.
  • No Middlemen – Standardized lot size – Futures/Options currency trading does away with the middlemen and allows clients to interact directly on the exchange platform.
  • Standardized Lot Size – Low transaction cost – In the futures markets, lot or contract sizes are determined by the exchanges which are fixed in nature. This allows traders to trade multiple lots.
  • Low Transaction Cost – The retail transaction cost (the bid/ask spread) is typically less than 0.1 percent under normal market conditions. In large deals, the spread could be as low as 0.07 percent.
  • High Liquidity – With an average trading volume of over $4 trillion per day, FOREX is the most liquid market in the world. It means that a trader can enter or exit the market at will in almost any market condition.
  • Almost Instantaneous Transactions – This is a very advantageous by–product of high liquidity.
  • Low Margin (3 – 5 percent), High Leverage – These factors increase the potential for higher profits (and losses).
  • Online Access – The big boom in FOREX came with the advent of online (Internet) trading platforms.
  • Interbank Market – The backbone of the FOREX market consists of a global network of dealers. They are mainly major commercial banks that communicate and trade with one another and with their clients through electronic networks and by telephone. There are no organized exchanges to serve as a central location to facilitate transactions the way the New York Stock Exchange serves the equity markets. The FOREX market operates in a manner similar to that of the NASDAQ market in the United States; thus it is also referred to as an over-the counter (OTC) market.
  • No one can corner the market – The FOREX market is so vast and has so many participants that no single entity, not even a central bank, can control the market price for an extended period of time. Even interventions by mighty central banks are becoming increasingly ineffectual and short-lived. Thus central banks are becoming less and less inclined to intervene to manipulate market prices.
  • No Insider Trading – Because of the FOREX market's size and non-centralized nature, there is virtually no chance for ill effects caused by insider trading. Fraud possibilities, at least against the system as a whole, are significantly less than in any other financial instruments.
  • Limited Regulation – There is but limited governmental influence via regulation in the FOREX markets, primarily because there is no centralized location or exchange. Nevertheless, most countries do have some regulatory say and more seems on the way. Regardless, fraud is always fraud wherever it is found and subject to criminal penalties in all countries.

major Fundamental factors that affect currency movements


  • Trade Balance – This refers to imports and exports, and is probably the most important determinant of a currency's value. When imports are greater than exports, you have a trade deficit. When exports are greater than imports, you have a surplus. A shift in the trade balance between two countries tends to weaken the currency of the country with greater deficit
  • Wealth – Wealth is a country's reserves, in the form of gold, cash, natural resources, and so on. Basically any factor that affects a country's ability to repay loans, finance imports, and affect investments impacts the market's perception of its currency and the currency's value.
  • Internal budget deficit or surplus – A country running a current account deficit has, on balance, a weaker currency than one that runs a budget surplus. This is tricky, however, in that the direction of the surplus or deficit affects perceptions and currency valuations too.
  • Interest Rates – Funds move around the world electronically in response to changes in short-term interest rates. If three-month interest rates in Germany are running 1% less than three-month rates in the United States, then all other things being equal, "hot money" flows out of Euro into the Dollar.
  • Inflation – Inflation in each country, and inflationary expectations, affect currency values. What good is a 10% short-term return in some country if inflation is running 15%?
  • Political factors – Taxes, stability, whatever affects the international trade of a country, or the perception of "soundness" of the currency affect its valuation.

How to Multiply Your Money with Nifty Options Trading Strategy

Nifty options buying has limited risk but unlimited profit potential, I am going to teach you a trading strategy that can easily multiply your trading capital (money). Before starting with this strategy you need to keep at least Rs. 1,00,000 in your trading account, so that you don’t have to risk much of your trading capital. Now here first thing to do is start looking at Nifty futures chart i.e. daily chart, in that chart just see in which direction the market is moving (up or down), If market is trading sideways then there is no trade. Let us see when market is up (forming higher tops and higher bottoms), We will wait for a decent pullback of about 50 to 80 point to participate in that up move. Whenever that pullback happens, you will need to buy Nifty Call Option, now I am tell how to choose correct strike price for nifty options, just look at this example: If nifty spot is 5400 then buy nifty 5500call options i.e. out of money options. Set target as double of your buy price, stop loss half of your buy price. This was all about buying, now let’s see how much quantities to buy; you will use 40% of your trading capital for buying this nifty option. So if you have Rs.1,00,000 in your trading account then you will buy nifty options worth Rs.40,000/- Before trading with options remember trading options always involves high degree of risk, moreover it’s your hard earned money invest it wisely.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

How selling out of the money Call / Put will make you rich by few years? How it is 1000 times better than Gambling by buying Lottery Tickets?


Trading often appeals to impulsive people, to gamblers, and to those who feel that the world owes them a living. If you trade for excitement, you are liable to take trades with bad odds and accept unnecessary risks. The markets are unforgiving, and emotional trading always results in losses -Alexander Elder in Trading for living.
This above quote of Alexander Elder represents typical retail options trader. Most retail option traders are attracted by the huge volatility in options and buy cheap calls/put with hope of getting rich overnight. The most common strategy that retail option traders prefer is buying out-of-the-money straight calls and puts.
Out-of-the-money straight calls and puts are sold at very cheap rate. These calls and puts require huge move by stock/index to get profit. This is equivalent of buying a lottery ticket.
The distinct between lottery and calls/put is that in former case seller of the ticket pays only a small portion of the overall proceeds in the form of winnings, options are a zero-sum game in the truest sense of the description – winner’s profits are loser’s losses. And the majority of loser’s losses typically come in the form of speculative out-of-the-money plays.
The winners know how to bias the results. Moreover, they know the risk-reward and the probability of success before each trade. In the options world the gambler is defined by a trader who buys a call or put with a low delta. (Keep in mind, delta is the probability that an option will expire in the money.)
Like lottery tickets sold in streets, options with deltas this low have a low probability of success. But because of their low-priced sale and high-profit potential, they attract in retail options traders.
For this reason, I prefer to take the other side in this zero-sum game. I do so by basically taking the other side of the trade – by selling options to the speculative crowd. I prefer to sell options with low delta. The probability of making profit is above 80% and it moves further higher as I sell further out-of-the-money options. The lower delta higher is the probability of success in the trade.
Delta is the first “Greek” that most traders learn about when they get started with options. Most people learn that delta tells us how much the price of an option will change if the underlying stock or ETF changes in rupees
For example, if you own a call option with a delta of 0.50, every 1 rupee increase in the stock or ETF equates to a 50 paise increase in the price of the option. Remember, we make money with a credit spread when the options contracts expire worthless.
Next important consideration is position sizing. Using delta to calculate your probability of success will help you make intelligent choices about your position sizes.
Keeping position sizing in mind along with the probability of success will keep you in the game for the long haul. And that’s the only way you’re going to have sustainable success as an options trader.

Lot Size of Stock Futures in MCX -SX


Following is the list of stocks that will be available for trading in F&O segment:

UnderlyingSymbolLot Size
ADITYA BIRLA NUVO LIMITED           ABIRLANUVO250
ACC LIMITED                         ACC       250
ADANI ENTERPRISES LIMITED           ADANIENT  2000
ADANI PORT & SEZ LTD                ADANIPORTS2000
ADANI POWER LTD                     ADANIPOWER8000
ALLAHABAD BANK                      ALBK      2000
AMBUJA CEMENTS LTD                  AMBUJACEM 2000
ANDHRA BANK                         ANDHRABANK4000
APOLLO TYRES LTD                    APOLLOTYRE4000
ARVIND LIMITED                      ARVIND    4000
ASHOK LEYLAND LTD                   ASHOKLEY  9000
ASIAN PAINTS LIMITED                ASIANPAINT125
AUROBINDO PHARMA LTD                AUROPHARMA2000
AXIS BANK LIMITED                   AXISBANK  250
BAJAJ AUTO LIMITED                  BAJAJ-AUTO125
BANK OF BARODA                      BANKBARODA500
BANK OF INDIA                       BANKINDIA 1000
BATA INDIA LTD                      BATAINDIA 250
BHARAT FORGE LTD                    BHARATFORG1000
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED               BHARTIARTL1000
BHEL                                BHEL      1000
BIOCON LIMITED.                     BIOCON    1000
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORP LT           BPCL      1000
CAIRN INDIA LIMITED                 CAIRN     1000
CANARA BANK                         CANBK     1000
CENTURY TEXTILES LTD                CENTURYTEX1000
CESC LTD                            CESC      1000
CHAMBAL FERTILIZERS LTD             CHAMBLFERT4000
CIPLA LTD                           CIPLA     1000
COAL INDIA LTD                      COALINDIA 1000
COLGATE PALMOLIVE LTD.              COLPAL    250
CROMPTON GREAVES LTD                CROMPGREAV2000
DABUR INDIA LTD                     DABUR     2000
DENA BANK                           DENABANK  4000
DISH TV INDIA LTD.                  DISHTV    4000
DIVI'S LABORATORIES LTD             DIVISLAB  250
DLF LIMITED                         DLF       1000
DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES            DRREDDY   125
EXIDE INDUSTRIES LTD                EXIDEIND  2000
FEDERAL BANK LTD                    FEDERALBNK500
GAIL (INDIA) LTD                    GAIL      1000
GMR INFRASTRUCTURE LTD.             GMRINFRA  10000
GODREJ INDUSTRIES LTD               GODREJIND 1000
GRASIM INDUSTRIES LTD               GRASIM    125
GUJARAT STATE PETRO LTD             GSPL      4000
HAVELLS INDIA LIMITED               HAVELLS   500
HCL TECHNOLOGIES LTD                HCLTECH   500
HDFC LTD                            HDFC      500
HDFC BANK LTD                       HDFCBANK  500
HOUSING DEV & INFRA LTD             HDIL      4000
HERO MOTOCORP LIMITED               HEROMOTOCO125
HEXAWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD           HEXAWARE  2000
HINDALCO  INDUSTRIES  LTD           HINDALCO  2000
HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORP            HINDPETRO 1000
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD.             HINDUNILVR500
HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED              HINDZINC  2000
INDIABULLS REAL EST. LTD            IBREALEST 4000
ICICI BANK LTD.                     ICICIBANK 250
IDBI BANK LIMITED                   IDBI      4000
IDEA CELLULAR LIMITED               IDEA      4000
IDFC LIMITED                        IDFC      2000
IFCI LTD                            IFCI      8000
INDRAPRASTHA GAS LTD                IGL       1000
THE INDIAN HOTELS CO. LTD           INDHOTEL  4000
THE INDIA CEMENTS LIMITED           INDIACEM  4000
INDUSIND BANK LIMITED               INDUSINDBK1000
INFOSYS LIMITED                     INFY      125
INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK                IOB       4000
INDIAN OIL CORP LTD                 IOC       1000
IRB INFRA DEV LTD.                  IRB       2000
ITC LTD                             ITC       1000
IVRCL LIMITED                       IVRCLINFRA8000
JINDAL STEEL & POWER LTD            JINDALSTEL1000
JAIN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS             JISLJALEQS4000
JAIPRAKASH ASSOCIATES LTD           JPASSOCIAT4000
JAIPRAKASH POWER VEN. LTD           JPPOWER   8000
JSW ENERGY LIMITED                  JSWENERGY 4000
JSW STEEL LIMITED                   JSWSTEEL  500
JUBILANT FOODWORKS LTD              JUBLFOOD  250
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD             KOTAKBANK 500
KARNATAKA BANK LIMITED              KTKBANK   4000
LIC HOUSING FINANCE LTD             LICHSGFIN 1000
LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD.                LT        250
LUPIN LIMITED                       LUPIN     500
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD             M&M       500
MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD.            MARUTI    250
UNITED SPIRITS LIMITED              MCDOWELL-N250
MCLEOD RUSSEL INDIA LTD.            MCLEODRUSS1000
MRF LTD                             MRF       125
NHPC LTD                            NHPC      12000
NMDC LTD.                           NMDC      2000
NTPC LTD                            NTPC      2000
ORACLE FIN SERV SOFT LTD.           OFSS      125
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORP.           ONGC      1000
OPTO CIRCUITS (I) LTD.              OPTOCIRCUI2000
ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE           ORIENTBANK1000
PANTALOON RETAIL (I) LTD            PANTALOONR2000
PETRONET LNG LIMITED                PETRONET  2000
POWER FIN CORP LTD.                 PFC       2000
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK                PNB       500
POWER GRID CORP. LTD.               POWERGRID 2000
PTC INDIA LIMITED                   PTC       4000
PUNJ LLOYD LIMITED                  PUNJLLOYD 8000
RANBAXY LABS LTD                    RANBAXY   500
RAYMOND LTD                         RAYMOND   1000
RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS L           RCOM      4000
RURAL ELEC CORP. LTD.               RECLTD    1000
RELIANCE CAPITAL LTD                RELCAPITAL1000
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD             RELIANCE  250
RELIANCE INFRASTRUCTU LTD           RELINFRA  500
SHREE RENUKA SUGARS LTD             RENUKA    8000
RELIANCE POWER LTD.                 RPOWER    4000
STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA            SAIL      4000
STATE BANK OF INDIA                 SBIN      125
SESA GOA LTD                        SESAGOA   2000
SIEMENS LTD                         SIEMENS   500
SINTEX INDUSTRIES LTD               SINTEX    4000
SHRIRAM TRANSPORT FIN CO.           SRTRANSFIN500
STERLITE INDS (IND) LTD             STER      4000
SUN PHARMACEUTICALS IND.            SUNPHARMA 500
SUN TV NETWORK LIMITED              SUNTV     1000
SYNDICATE BANK                      SYNDIBANK 4000
TATA CHEMICALS LTD                  TATACHEM  1000
TATA COMMUNICATIONS LTD             TATACOMM  1000
TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES LTD           TATAGLOBAL2000
TATA MOTORS LIMITED                 TATAMOTORS1000
TATA MOTORS DVR 'A' ORD             TATAMTRDVR2000
TATA POWER CO LTD                   TATAPOWER 4000
TATA STEEL LIMITED                  TATASTEEL 1000
TATA CONSULTANCY SERV LT            TCS       250
TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED               TECHM     250
TITAN INDUSTRIES LTD                TITAN     1000
UCO BANK                            UCOBANK   4000
ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITED            ULTRACEMCO125
UNION BANK OF INDIA                 UNIONBANK 2000
UNITED PHOSPHORUS LIMITED           UNIPHOS   2000
UNITECH LTD                         UNITECH   10000
VIJAYA BANK                         VIJAYABANK4000
VOLTAS LTD                          VOLTAS    2000
WELSPUN CORP LIMITED                WELCORP   2000
WIPRO LTD                           WIPRO     1000
YES BANK LIMITED                    YESBANK   1000
ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENT LTD           ZEEL      2000