Page 4 - Financial Crisis

Equity seems to be losing its charm as long-term returns disappoint

Gold, fixed income do well; Nifty50 stocks do not compensate for extra risk

Statsguru: State govts' debt on a risky path amid Covid-19 crisis

Debt levels in many states are already way above the recommended 20 per cent of GDP mark

Have home loan rates reached rock bottom?

At sub-7 per cent, the rates are at their historic low. In 2003 and 2004, it was 7.25 per cent; and in 2011, as high as 11.75 per cent

Wild swings in stock markets this year match 2008 financial crisis levels

27 sessions in H1CY20 saw over 3% swing

More securitisation will help

There are only two big ideas for policy with securitisation: Originators should have skin and investors should have data

Monetary policy for exceptional times

Monetisation of deficit is unlikely to spark inflation

Multiple crises: The cost of wasted time

The link of these disparate events to climate change is incontrovertible

I've to be careful, am answerable to Parliament: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman tells Indivjal Dhasmana & Nivedita Mookerji that the government has made sure that mistakes committed during 2008-2013 are not repeated while announcing the Rs 20-trillion package.

Covid-19 crisis: Warren Buffett cuts crisis-era bet on Goldman Sachs

Berkshire Hathaway sold 84 per cent of its Goldman Sachs stock in the first quarter, marking a reversal for an investor who generally holds large stakes in the banking sector.

Coronavirus outbreak to leave a legacy of unprecedented global debt

Central banks and govts worldwide have unleashed at least $15 trillion of stimulus via bond-buying and budget spending to cushion the blow of a global recession tipped to be the worst since the 1930s.

A tale of hubris, luck and ignorance

One cannot help notice three similarities in Covid-19 and the Global Financial Crisis

Business optimism index falls to record low, worse than 2009 crisis: Report

The index has dropped 7 per cent more than it did during the 2009 financial crisis

Currency conundrum

RBI has done well to contain excess volatility

Another rout is imminent, worst is yet to come: Veteran investor Jim Rogers

Rogers is not surprised by the recent flight to quality, saying it's a 'tried and true' function of the markets in distress

Economies after Covid-19

The disruption caused by Covid-19 could potentially deglobalise the world at a faster pace than before

The Morning After

Policy interventions will have to be intelligent: Striving to create deep, but temporary, safety nets during COVID-19 without generating imbalances and distortions thereafter

The pandemic's other dangers

This crisis is not like those before: There is no obvious villain, whether jihadist terrorists or financiers; and few alive have lived through the last pandemic

How partial withdrawal from EPF, NPS during financial emergency can hurt

Stringent rules have been put to ensure that this practice is discouraged

Are we heading towards a global recession? Here's what top brokerages say

Analysts fear that the impact this time would be deeper than that of the 8-month long economic downturn in 2001 and the one in early 1990s

No time for a stimulus

Covid-19 is not like the 2008 global financial crisis. It is a crisis of a very different sort. You can't spend your way out of it