Rupee's steep fall: Are India's macro fundamentals strong enough to withstand global shocks?India's economic growth remains strong despite a weakening rupee. This decline is not supported by the country's macro fundamentals. The ar...
27 Mar, 2026, 11.18 PM IST
Arbitrageurs tap into GSec yield anomaly & how!Three 10-year sovereign papers, including the benchmark, are yielding spreads up to 49 basis points among themselves. That has created a wi...
13 Apr, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
Rational markets theory keeps running into irrational humansIn the real world, people who trade based on fundamentals don’t have infinite resources.
03 Apr, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
What has brought bonanza for rupee arbitrageursThe difference between onshore forwards and offshore non-deliverable markets is about six to 12 paise across contracts ranging from one to ...
11 Feb, 2017, 04.45 PM IST
Manic Monday: Stunned day traders try to get back in gameJobbers make profits by buying shares at lower levels and selling at small gains (on the same day). It wasn't to be on 'Manic Monday'.
26 Aug, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
Destructive calculus: How algorithms put jobbers out of jobThey made up to Rs 2-3 lakh a day during the bull run in 2007, but became almost extinct as a tribe thanks to technological advancement.
23 May, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
Unwinding of arbitrage positions made the selloff worse on Dalal StreetArbitrageurs raised cheap money overseas through bond issuances and deployed the funds to profit from arbitraging opportunities.
11 May, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
Brokers demand a mechanism to curb ‘self-trades’ on stock exchangesOften such trades are done either to manipulate price or book fictitious loss or gain to either lower tax or convert black money into white.
28 Apr, 2015, 06.38 AM IST
CIL share sale: Govt keeps precise sequence and timing of the divestment programme a secretGovernment along with capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India, devised a strategy that took short-sellers and punte...
02 Feb, 2015, 04.04 AM IST
Arbitrageurs building positions in natural gas counter on MCXnatural gas counter on MCX has been abuzz with activity because persons called arbitrageurs are building positions in the counter, along wi...
17 Feb, 2014, 04.24 AM IST
How to use arbitrage opportunities in commoditiesArbitrage is an opportunity which can help an investor benefit from difference in prices of an asset on various platforms & will help reduc...
20 Jan, 2014, 08.45 AM IST
- Asset prices overheat
The most consistent trait is overconfidence, which leads investors to think they know more about a stock’s value than they actually do.
08 Apr, 2013, 02.29 PM IST
- Traders borrow NTPC in big numbers for OFS arbitrage gain
The market constituents borrowed 15.5 lakh shares over Tuesday and Wednesday, way above historically borrowed levels on the counter.
07 Feb, 2013, 08.31 AM IST
- Mutual funds can help you take arbitrage route
These schemes aim to make risk-free profits, by capturing the price differentials across markets arising out of the inefficiencies of the m...
13 Jan, 2011, 05.51 AM IST
- New slabs may push up trading costs on MCX
Jobbers and arbitrageurs, who churn out large volumes are likely to be impacted and exposed to greater risk with India’s leading commodity ...
21 Nov, 2008, 12.44 AM IST
- Slump-hit arbitrageurs out of job
In what may be the first signs of capital market intermediaries being forced out of business, many arbitrageurs and jobbers have either shu...
09 Oct, 2008, 12.37 AM IST
- Market was all ready for Ranbaxy-Daiichi deal
Ranbaxy shares closed flat on Wednesday amid heavy trading volumes. On the BSE, the stock surged to a fresh 52-week high of Rs 592.70 intra...
12 Jun, 2008, 01.57 AM IST