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World No. 3 copper mine halts shipments, prices up
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Prices are going up and up in the country inspite of media highlighting the current price trend on TV. I wish to point out that prices are normally at least 25% higher in the state of Tripura. Why not TV channels are portraying the price picture of Tripura State. At the same time I like to mention here that why TV media is spoiling their precious time on highlighting the news on accidents, murders, rape, bollyhood hero love affairs, personal matters pertaining to political leaders etc when they are of no use and no relevance for general viewers. Are these news considered by you as helpful in creation of healthy environment conducive for growth of healthy culture?

TV media devote time on Ruchika and Rathore when court delivered judgment on the case. Why media were silent for 19 years? Why are they not investigating story of lacs of similar other cases pending in various courts for decades. There are thousands of Rathores in the administration, banks, government departments, armed forces and PSUs where promotions and postings are done not on the basis of merit but purely on the basis of recommendations and flattery to bosses. In a country where merit is not respected and given due recognition, there is no question of improvement in overall image of the country. It is essential to expose those executives, ministers and CEOs who have got the top post not by merit by corrupt and unethical means. Even courts are not reliable because they also act and react on the basis of underhand dealings.

Why is there so much delay in court proceedings culminating in judgment? Why don’t you expose the ugly affairs of court? It is undeniably right to say that delayed justice is the root cause of increasing crime and corrupt culture. Until there is a fear in the minds of wrong doers we cannot dream of stopping the same. Media being the fourth pillar of democracy has the capacity to induce healthy practice and feed sound inputs so that viewers are motivated in right direction.

Prices of all edible food grains are continuously rising. In past three four decades I think price never shoot up so much high and so much quickly and speedily in the past, even during Indira’s rule. Prices are increasing brakeless and unabated. It seems more ridiculous when government claims that it is watchful and monitoring properly the trend of price. It gives the message that political leaders do not mean what they say.

Reason behind current price in my opinion is undoubtedly o Neta –Traders and Neta-share broker nexus and it is be beyond the control of the government or the administration. Mr. Sharad Pawar openly says prices will go up. When Ministers issues such irresponsible statement, market overreacts and it is natural. Even opposition parties are silent, almost silent. It shows there are also black sheep in opposition camp. In parliamentary system it is only opposition which can save people of India from misrule of ruling government. If opposition parties also become silent spectator of rising prices, people are helpless.

Media makes so much hue and cries through TV and print media every now and then. But there is none in the camp of ruling or opposition camp to bother. Ruling government has got a lame excuse and they always talk of global warming or global economic slowdown or bad climate and easily they hide the mistakes of Indian system and also underlying corruption, unethical profit making through hoarding and arbitrary fixing of rates on all commodities . Opposing parties due to their internal problems have also turned deaf ear to painful price rise.

Business house are however very much clever and they keep good relation with all political parties. Obviously leaders of all parties enjoy and it is only common men who suffer the most. Leaders of UPA government blame state governments for current price rise and accuse them for spurt in prices. But they forget that prices are rising even in those states where UPA is in power. When government is not bothered, let the public suffer and revolt against price rise.

Minister of external affairs advised students not to prefer education in Australia because it is not in their control to stop violence going on in Australia against Indians unabated. Now it is also possible that Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India will advise the common men to avoid buying commodities which are not in their reach and remain content with grass and tea leaves.

Danendra Jain
Agartala
9th January 2010

A share price is the price of a single share of a company’s stock. Once the stock is purchased, the owner becomes a shareholder of the company that issued the share.

Stock typically takes the form of shares of either common stock or preferred stock. As a unit of ownership, common stock typically carries voting rights that can be exercised in corporate decisions. Preferred stock differs from common stock in that it typically does not carry voting rights but is legally entitled to receive a certain level of dividend payments before any dividends can be issued to other shareholders. Convertible preferred stock is preferred stock that includes an option for the holder to convert the preferred shares into a fixed number of common shares, usually anytime after a predetermined date. Shares of such stock are called “convertible preferred shares” (or “convertible preference shares” in the UK)

Although there is a great deal of commonality between the stocks of different companies, each new equity issue can have legal clauses attached to it that make it dynamically different from the more general cases. Some shares of common stock may be issued without the typical voting rights being included, for instance, or some shares may have special rights unique to them and issued only to certain parties. Note that not all equity shares are the same

When viewed over long periods, the share price is directly related to the earnings and dividends of the firm. Over short periods, especially for younger or smaller firms, the relationship between share price and dividends can be quite irrational.

In the US, a share must be priced at $1 or more to be covered by NASDAQ. If the share price falls below that level the stock is “delisted”, and becomes an OTC (over the counter stock). Technically, a stock must have a price of $1 or more for 10 consecutive trading days during each month, to remain listed.

Many US based companies seek to keep their share price (also called stock price) low, partly based on “round lot” trading (multiples of 100 shares). A corporation can adjust its stock price by a stock split, also called a stock dividend. Many major firms like to keep their price in the $25 to $75 price range.

In economics and financial theory, analysts use random walk techniques to model behavior of asset prices, in particular share prices on stock markets, currency exchange rates and commodity prices. This practice has its basis in the presumption that investors act rationally and without bias, and that at any moment they estimate the value of an asset based on future expectations. Under these conditions, all existing information affects the price, which changes only when new information comes out. By definition, new information appears randomly and influences the asset price randomly.

Empirical studies have demonstrated that prices do not completely follow random walks. Low serial correlations (around 0.05) exist in the short term, and slightly stronger correlations over the longer term. Their sign and the strength depend on a variety of factors.

Researchers have found that some of the biggest price deviations from random walks result from seasonal and temporal patterns. In particular, returns in January significantly exceed those in other months (January effect) and on Mondays stock prices go down more than on any other day. Observers have noted these effects in many different markets for more than half a century, but without succeeding in giving a completely satisfactory explanation for their persistence.

Technical analysis uses most of the anomalies to extract information on future price movements from historical data. But some economists, for example Eugene Fama, argue that most of these patterns occur accidentally, rather than as a result of irrational or inefficient behavior of investors: the huge amount of data available to researchers for analysis allegedly causes the fluctuations.

Another school of thought, behavioral finance, attributes non-randomness to investors’ cognitive and emotional biases. This can be contrasted with Fundamental analysis.

Stock typically takes the form of shares of either common stock or preferred stock. As a unit of ownership, common stock typically carries voting rights that can be exercised in corporate decisions. Preferred stock differs from common stock in that it typically does not carry voting rights but is legally entitled to receive a certain level of dividend payments before any dividends can be issued to other shareholders. Convertible preferred stock is preferred stock that includes an option for the holder to convert the preferred shares into a fixed number of common shares, usually anytime after a predetermined date. Shares of such stock are called “convertible preferred shares” (or “convertible preference shares” in the UK)

Although there is a great deal of commonality between the stocks of different companies, each new equity issue can have legal clauses attached to it that make it dynamically different from the more general cases. Some shares of common stock may be issued without the typical voting rights being included, for instance, or some shares may have special rights unique to them and issued only to certain parties. Note that not all equity shares are the same.

Gold Prices Flat on Investor Disinterest
Gold prices were trading sideways Monday as investors chose stocks over the precious metal.

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The fluctuating stock prices have always been indicative of the ups and downs in the trade market. Many companies have stocks preserved and sold out in the form of shares to meet the emergency financial needs. And therefore, their downfall exerts the similar effect on all the companies. Recently, owing to the recent record breaking growth of Indian stock market, BSE stock prices have also seen a rise giving investors a reason to be happy about in this recession hit period.

It is clear that the tide is changing direction and this largely shows on the latest stock quotes. In comparison to stock quotes India, other countries have seen a slow rise and are still harping on the tunes of the recession. Though recession did hit the Indian live stock quotes too and affected the Indian stock market as a result of which a number of big and small companies had to ask their employees to resign. However, it’s a proven fact that like time Sensex keeps on dwindling too as per the market scenario and stock prices do reach the zeniths in case the companies reap benefits.

And once profits show up on the cards, investors have all the reasons to smile whereas the buyers are the one who suffer. The reason is very simple; the buyers are the ones who spend their fortune on raw materials and an increase in stock prices would definitely mark a huge margin on the prices of the related commodities. As per the latest stock quotes only the direction of the tide can be judged and intelligent investors foresee which products will reap benefits for them in the nearing future. Live stock quotes indicate the prevailing market scenario too, and informs one about the losers and the biggest earners amongst the investors.

BSE stock prices are also reflective of the profits made through equity, debt and the derivative sector as it involves the participation of more than 4,700 listed companies. The fluctuating BSE stock prices decide the fate of a number of companies and also the prices of various commodities in the market.

Cement prices to remain under pressure: Grasim head
Aditya Birla group-controlled Grasim today said that cement prices will remain under pressure over the next six to eight quarters due to oversupply.

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The stock market news has always been indicative of the ups and downs in the trade market. They reflect the wavering of stock prices and share market. The condition has been such that the recent record breaking growth of Indian stock market has made it clear that the direction of the wind is changing all the way. Due to such a huge rise, it has emerged as one of the best performers in the world. Unlike the stock market of India, other countries’ stock market registered a slow rise. Among the other emerging markets in the globe, Indian stock market has been considered as performing exceptionally well. The information about stock market news helps to envisage future rise or downfall of the stock prices and the share price of various companies. Stocks are, usually, the easily available shares that can be sold in the market for meeting emergency financial needs. No matter, it’s a company of big division or small, the affect of downfall is same on everyone.
 
Sensex has always been a scale that keeps dwindling according to the market scenario. If the listed companies work towards reaping profit; then, the stock prices always gets increased. This will have an adverse effect on the buyers and good effect on the investors. It is because the people investing in the stock market would be picking up profits on their investment; whereas, the buyers will have to pay more to buy the raw materials as the increase in stock prices would mark an increase in the prices of related commodities.

Through the share market news, we get to know a lot of happenings in the businesses. There have been various top-notch companies, like Satyam, Bharti Airtel, Aviation Industry and many other are asking employees to resign without any reasons. The problem of cost cutting and recession is a result of present downfall in the Indian stock market. Such condition is not just in India, rather in US also. Apart from the downfall, you get to know about companies picking up capital from the market by lending the assets of their units. 

These days, it seems to be mandatory to keep an eye over latest developments in the Indian stock market.
No matter it is stock prices, share prices or mergers of the companies, the news will enable you to have a continuous track over the developments and plan out the further proceedings accordingly.