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Weekly Recap: Passion is an affliction

NIFTY.2013-07-19.2013-07-26

The Nifty ended -2.37% for the week, largely fueled by RBI’s move to tighten liquidity to save the Rupee from “evil speculators.” IT was the best performing sector, benefiting, ironically, from the Rupee’s slide.

Index Performance

Index performance

Top winners and losers (CNX 100)

HEROMOTOCO +5.22%
TECHM +7.55%
IDEA +9.40%
JPASSOCIAT -15.93%
CANBK -15.43%
UBL -15.00%
In spite of Abhishek Bachchan’s endorsement, IDEA was the best idea…

ETFs

GOLDBEES +2.04%
NIFTYBEES -2.48%
JUNIORBEES -3.27%
PSUBNKBEES -3.44%
BANKBEES -3.52%
INFRABEES -3.77%
Banks continued to under perform and Gold was the only place to hide this week.

Advancers and Decliners

Market breadth was largely negative…

advancers decliners

Yield Curve

Short term rates continued to rise, putting a squeeze on rate sensitives…
yield curve

Sector Performance

Rate sensitives and cyclicles got trounced
sector performance

Thought for the weekend

I’ve had it with optimism. Optimism, at least US style, got us into this mess. It gave us 30+ years of indulgent parenting in which self-esteem was considered to be more important than skill acquisition, self-discipline, cooperation, and learning to cope with adversity.

Source: NakedCapitalism

Weekly Recap: Nobody Really Understands Gold

NIFTY.2013-07-12.2013-07-19

The Nifty clocked in a modest +0.34% rise this week, largely driven by FMCG.

Index Performance

indexperf.2013-07-12.2013-07-19

 

Top Winners and Losers (CNX 100)

 

GODREJCP +11.88%
GSKCONS +13.49%
HINDUNILVR +14.05%
ASHOKLEY -14.61%
YESBANK -13.43%
INDUSINDBK -11.50%
FMCG stole the show while Ashok Leyland stock holders lost their shirts…

ETFs

GOLDBEES +0.65%
NIFTYBEES +0.50%
JUNIORBEES +0.22%
INFRABEES -1.00%
PSUBNKBEES -5.14%
BANKBEES -5.42%
Banks got hammered thanks to RBI’s liquidity draining actions to support the rupee…

Advancers Decliners

The A/D line continued on its downward trajectory…
adline2.2013-07-12.2013-07-19

Yield Curve

The yield curve inverted…
yieldCurve.2013-07-12.2013-07-19

Sector Performance

And the market went all defense…

sectorperf.2013-07-12.2013-07-19

Thought for the weekend

Mr. Bernanke, Fed Chairman: Nobody really understands gold prices and I don’t pretend to understand them either.

Weekly Recap: You Are Not an Artisan

nifty 50

 

The Nifty surged 2.40% this week, driven largely by Infosys and the IT sector in general.

Index Performance

Index performance

 

Top Winners and Losers (CNX 100)

 

MPHASIS +11.53%
RPOWER +13.36%
INFY +14.17%
GSKCONS -16.54%
MARUTI -6.86%
M&M -6.63%
Weakness in the auto sector dragged Maruti and M&M down. INFY was the belle of the ball this week.

ETFs

NIFTYBEES +2.33%
BANKBEES +2.03%
JUNIORBEES +1.70%
GOLDBEES +1.32%
INFRABEES -0.34%
PSUBNKBEES -0.85%
Banks perked up a bit and so did gold. It will be interesting to see if gold continues its uptick in the days to come.

Advancers Decliners (CNX 100)

AD Line

Yield Curve

Did short-term rates actually go up?

yield curve

Sector Performance

IT up, Autos down.

sectorperf.2013-07-05.2013-07-12

Thought for the weekend

If there is schlepping involved, it is more likely to be real work. If there are sexy elements involved, it is more likely to be conspicuous production pretending to be work. Sexy work is easy to enjoy, learn, value and integrate into your identity, primarily because it is downhill psychological work: it is the cognitive equivalent of muscular atrophy. Schlep work is harder to enjoy, learn, value and integrate into your identity, primarily because it is uphill psychological work for a social species.

Source: You Are Not an Artisan

Weekly Recap

NIFTY.2013-06-21.2013-06-28

The NIFTY ended up 3.08% for the week, bouncing back up from the ~2.5% loss last week. The energy index was up more than 6% on the back of gas price hike.

Index Performance

indexperf.2013-06-21.2013-06-28

Top Winners and Losers (CNX 100)

RELIANCE +8.80%
ADANIENT +12.72%
UBL +14.33%
RANBAXY -11.50%
MCDOWELL-N -10.05%
INDHOTEL -7.07%
The biggest winner was Reliance Industries, the gas-price hike is a big profit booster to upstream energy companies. Ranbaxy couldn’t get a break regulators…

ETFs

GOLDBEES -6.01%
JUNIORBEES -0.67%
BANKBEES +0.13%
INFRABEES +0.59%
PSUBNKBEES +0.76%
NIFTYBEES +3.26%
Gold continued to tumble with prices reaching production costs for most manufacturers. Credit for the purchase of gold has been regulated away by the RBI.

Advancers Decliners (CNX 100)

adline2.2013-06-21.2013-06-28

Yield Curve

yieldCurve.2013-06-21.2013-06-28

Sector Performance

Gold retailers and miners got creamed.

sectorperf.2013-06-21.2013-06-28

Thought for the weekend

I take it for granted, that those eat now who never ate before; And those who always ate, now eat the more. – Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Weekly Recap: Retrospectoscope

NIFTY

 

Markets threw a taper tantrum that saw the NIFTY go down 2.42% last week. Banks were the hardest hit of the lot.

Index Performance

Index performance

Top Winners and Losers (CNX 100)

 

ZEEL +6.68%
INDHOTEL +8.05%
RCOM +11.83%
JINDALSTEL -15.92%
BANKINDIA -14.05%
GSKCONS -13.60%
RCOM continued its dream run. The stock’s one year return: +90.52%

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES -4.75%
BANKBEES -3.33%
GOLDBEES -2.73%
NIFTYBEES -2.26%
JUNIORBEES -0.25%
INFRABEES +0.02%
Banks got hammered and gold tanked.

Advancers-Decliners (CNX 100)

AD line

There really isn’t much for bulls to get excited about here.

Yield Curve

Bond yields continue to rise.

yield curve

Sector Performance

Here’s a more nuanced break out of what happened over the week across different sectors.

sector performance

Thought for the weekend

Risks are a bad thing, so focusing on the the risks does not sell your product whereas risk management is a good thing so focusing on that might help you sell. You can’t actually do good risk management unless you focus on risks – but the angst that gives a good fund manager need not be seen by clients. A good salesman will hide that angst because – well – what sells is the illusion of certainty.

Source: The conflict between managing funds and selling funds