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Weekly Recap: The Answer

Equities

world equity indices 2014-04-04.2014-04-11

The Nifty ended the week +1.22% (+1.32% in USD terms.)

Major
DAX(DEU) -3.92%
CAC(FRA) -2.65%
UKX(GBR) -2.00%
NKY(JPN) -7.33%
SPX(USA) -2.90%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -0.85%
INMEX(MEX) -1.16%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +0.96%
XU030(TUR) -0.21%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +1.21%
SHCOMP(CHN) +3.48%
NIFTY(IND) +1.22%
INDEXCF(RUS) -1.45%
TOP40(ZAF) -0.97%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil +0.78%
Ethanol -1.58%
Heating Oil +1.01%
Natural Gas +4.19%
RBOB Gasoline +2.62%
WTI Crude Oil +2.23%
Metals
Copper +0.99%
Gold 100oz +1.21%
Palladium +2.21%
Platinum +0.59%
Silver 5000oz +0.50%

Currencies

USDEUR:-1.34% USDJPY:-1.60%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +0.86%
USDMXN(MEX) +0.03%
USDNGN(NGA) -1.96%
USDTRY(TUR) +0.05%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) -0.98%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.03%
USDINR(IND) +0.15%
USDRUB(RUS) +1.05%
USDZAR(ZAF) -0.34%
Agricultural
Cattle +1.26%
Cocoa +0.16%
Coffee (Arabica) +8.19%
Coffee (Robusta) +2.44%
Corn -0.85%
Cotton -2.90%
Feeder Cattle +0.98%
Lean Hogs +1.65%
Lumber -0.30%
Orange Juice +6.93%
Soybean Meal -1.05%
Soybeans -0.61%
Sugar #11 -2.66%
Wheat -1.57%
White Sugar -6.14%

Nifty Heatmap

CNX NIFTY heatmap 2014-04-04.2014-04-11

Index Returns

index performance 2014-04-04.2014-04-11

Top Winners and Losers

CROMPGREAV +11.68%
JPASSOCIAT +12.50%
ADANIENT +17.88%
JINDALSTEL -6.49%
TECHM -4.06%
HEROMOTOCO -3.41%
The recovery trade in full swing…

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES +6.99%
JUNIORBEES +3.19%
INFRABEES +2.78%
BANKBEES +2.33%
GOLDBEES +1.60%
NIFTYBEES +1.20%
PSU Banks and mid-caps rallied. Will infrastructure be next?

Investment Theme Performance

High Beta rallied. Defensives got pummeled.

Sector Performance

sector performance 2014-04-04.2014-04-11

Yield Curve

yield Curve 2014-04-04.2014-04-11

Thought for the weekend

Almost everything about superior investing is a two edged sword. You have to be able to recognize the regime shifts and deploy the right combination of models out of your toolkit accordingly. The worst mistakes often come from being too smart for your own good, especially when putting too much trust in your experience, perspective and instincts.

Source: The answer is that there is no answer

Weekly Recap: Randomness and Time

world equity markets 2014-03-28.2014-04-04

The Nifty ended the week more-or-less flat.

Major
DAX(DEU) +1.13%
CAC(FRA) +1.66%
UKX(GBR) +1.21%
NKY(JPN) +2.50%
SPX(USA) +0.53%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +1.88%
INMEX(MEX) +1.20%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +0.99%
XU030(TUR) +4.94%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +2.55%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.84%
NIFTY(IND) -0.02%
INDEXCF(RUS) +2.85%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.86%
Commodities(CME)
Gold Futures $1303.20 +0.73%
Silver Futures $19.93 +0.78%
Platinum Futures $1449.40 +3.18%
Copper Futures $3.04 -0.52%
Nymex Steel Futures $653.00 +2.19%
Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures $106.72 -1.25%
E-mini Natural Gas Futures $4.44 -1.03%

Nifty Heatmap

CNX NIFTY heatmap 2014-03-28.2014-04-04

Index Performance

index performance 2014-03-28.2014-04-04

Top winners and losers

SAIL +10.20%
UPL +10.62%
RANBAXY +26.30%
BHEL -8.30%
CONCOR -6.22%
GAIL -4.98%
Who will Bhel the cat as it Sails away?

ETFs

JUNIORBEES +3.93%
PSUBNKBEES +0.94%
NIFTYBEES +0.24%
GOLDBEES -0.82%
BANKBEES -1.01%
INFRABEES -2.59%
Midcaps rocked, infrastructure back in the red…

Investment Theme Performance

Sector Performance

sector performance 2014-03-28.2014-04-04

Yield Curve

Year-end cash crunch?

yield Curve 2014-03-28.2014-04-04

Thought for the weekend

The professional investor’s average or below-average years will dilute the benefit of his “winning” years as mean reversion knocks his lifetime track record back down to earth. Peter Lynch must have known this when he retired in 1990 at the top of his game – he left the magic intact before reality and probability could strip him of it.
 
Randomness and Time team up to take almost all of us down, one way or the other.

Source: The Best and Worst Thing About Investing

Weekly Recap: Bubbles are a Good Thing

world markets 2014-03-21.2014-03-28

The Nifty ended the week a whopping +3.12% (+4.75% in USD terms.)

Here’s how the rest of the world markets faired:

Major
DAX(DEU) +2.61%
CAC(FRA) +1.75%
UKX(GBR) +0.89%
NKY(JPN) +3.32%
SPX(USA) -0.66%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +1.45%
INMEX(MEX) +0.71%
NGSEINDX(NGA) +1.43%
XU030(TUR) +7.98%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +5.14%
SHCOMP(CHN) -0.29%
NIFTY(IND) +3.12%
INDEXCF(RUS) +2.81%
TOP40(ZAF) +3.06%
Commodities(CME)
Gold Futures $1293.80 -3.16%
Silver Futures $19.77 -2.53%
Platinum Futures $1404.70 -2.15%
Copper Futures $3.06 +2.17%
Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures $108.07 +1.08%
E-mini Natural Gas Futures $4.49 +3.99%

Nifty Heatmap

CNX NIFTY heatmap 2014-03-21.2014-03-28

Index Performance

index performance 2014-03-21.2014-03-28

Top winners and losers

IDFC +15.02%
CONCOR +16.35%
PNB +16.85%
ZEEL -5.78%
DRREDDY -5.50%
GLENMARK -3.51%
Dr Reddy and Glenmark led the drop in pharma stocks, something to do with the biotech massacre in the US?

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES +7.78%
BANKBEES +3.34%
NIFTYBEES +3.04%
JUNIORBEES +2.45%
GOLDBEES -2.77%
PSU banks rallied on the back of the RBI’s decision to delay adoption of Basel III norms.

Investment Theme Performance

High-beta stocks flew on increased risk-taking. A Modi win better workout…

Sector Performance

sector performance 2014-03-21.2014-03-28

Yield Curve

yield Curve 2014-03-21.2014-03-28

Thought for the Weekend

Robert Shiller on bubbles:

First of all, it’s a free world and people can do what they want. I’m not proposing we put the straightjacket on these things. The other thing is that human nature needs stimulation and people have to have some sense of opportunity and excitement. I think profits are an important motivator. In the long run, it’s hard to say that bubbles are really bad.

Source: Robert Shiller’s Nobel Knowledge

Weekly Recap: 10 Things for a better Life

world equity markets 2014-03-14.2014-03-21

The Nifty ended the week -0.17% (+0.60% in USD terms.)

Here’s how the rest of the world markets faired:

Major
DAX(DEU) +3.16%
CAC(FRA) +2.82%
UKX(GBR) +0.45%
NKY(JPN) -0.72%
SPX(USA) +1.14%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) -3.66%
INMEX(MEX) +6.06%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -1.00%
XU030(TUR) +2.46%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) +5.10%
SHCOMP(CHN) +2.16%
NIFTY(IND) -0.17%
INDEXCF(RUS) +5.65%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.30%

Nifty Heatmap

NIFTY heatmap 2014-03-14.2014-03-21

Index Performance

index performance 2014-03-14.2014-03-21

Top Winners and Losers

MCDOWELL-N +7.36%
MARUTI +7.48%
GODREJCP +8.73%
M&M -5.51%
GAIL -5.17%
ONGC -5.07%
Maruti staged an impressive comeback despite the ongoing debate about its corporate governance.

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES +4.08%
BANKBEES +1.88%
JUNIORBEES +1.36%
NIFTYBEES -0.10%
GOLDBEES -2.61%
Banks drove the market. Gold sank on a stronger rupee and Fed-speak.

Investment Theme Performance

IT-heavy themes continued to under-perform.

Sector Performance

sector performance 2014-03-14.2014-03-21

Yield Curve

yield Curve 2014-03-14.2014-03-21

Thought for the weekend

Kushwant Singh passed away this week. His 10 things to live a life is a stuff of legends:

  1. If you do not enjoy good health, you can never be happy.
  2. A healthy bank balance.
  3. Your own home.
  4. An understanding companion.
  5. Stop envying those who have done better than you in life.
  6. Do not allow people to descend on you for gup-shup.
  7. Cultivate a hobby or two that will fulfil you.
  8. Every morning and evening devote 15 minutes to introspection
  9. Don’t lose your temper.
  10. When the time comes to go, one should go like a man without any regret or grievance against anyone.

Source: How To Live & Die

Weekly Recap: Buying More Stuff Makes You Miserable

world equity markets 2014-03-07.2014-03-14

The Nifty ended the week -0.34% (-1.21% in USD terms.)

Major
DAX(DEU) -3.15%
CAC(FRA) -3.44%
UKX(GBR) -2.75%
NKY(JPN) -6.20%
SPX(USA) -1.84%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +4.11%
INMEX(MEX) -2.95%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -2.01%
XU030(TUR) +0.47%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -3.52%
SHCOMP(CHN) -2.60%
NIFTY(IND) -0.34%
INDEXCF(RUS) -7.61%
TOP40(ZAF) -3.35%

Nifty Heatmap

NIFTY heatmap 2014-03-07.2014-03-14

Index Performance

index performance 2014-03-07.2014-03-14

Top winners and losers

CUMMINSIND +6.26%
BPCL +6.41%
IDFC +8.66%
INFY -9.25%
SAIL -9.13%
SSLT -7.94%
Infosys got whacked on muted growth outlook and Sesa on falling commodity prices thanks to a slowing China. Cummins: a well managed cap stock with a strong balance sheet that is transitioning from a value stock to a momentum stock.

ETFs

INFRABEES +10.26%
PSUBNKBEES +2.75%
BANKBEES +0.70%
GOLDBEES +0.54%
JUNIORBEES -1.36%
NIFTYBEES -1.50%
Infrastructure, the last two weeks has seen a reversal of fortunes. Will it last?

Advancers and Decliners

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Investment Theme Performance

The tech-heavy momentum strategies under performed. Mid-tier IT stocks were the worst.

Sector Performance

sector performance 2014-03-07.2014-03-14

Yield Curve

yield Curve 2014-03-07.2014-03-14

Thought for the weekend

Instead of making us happier, getting more stuff drags us down. In a new paper published in the journal Motivation and Emotion, Knox College psychology professor Tim Kasser shows, through a series of experiments spanning from six months to 12 years, that when people become more materialistic, their emotional well-being takes a dive.

The connection between our stuff and our self-esteem is a two-way street: If we become less materialistic, our well-being will improve. If our well-being improves, we tend to be less materialistic.

Source: Here’s Proof Buying More Stuff Actually Makes You Miserable