Alex Gabriel Simon
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Alex Gabriel Simon
@Alex_G_Simon
Business Journalist @business | Views are my own Tips: [email protected]


Bloomberg Reports INDIA’S STOCK MARKET HAS BECOME ONE OF THE CALMEST IN THE WORLD — SO CALM THAT IT IS FORCING TRADERS AND DERIVATIVES PLAYERS TO RETHINK STRATEGIES. MARKETS SHOW UNUSUALLY LOW VOLATILITY — The fear gauge (VIX) recently hit a new lifetime low, indicating subdued price swings and directionless trading. • DERIVATIVES ACTIVITY HAS THINNED OUT, leaving options and futures traders cautious and prompting strategic re-evaluation. • CALMNESS IS DRAWING ATTENTION GLOBALLY — Because markets typically have periodic swings that fuel options and derivatives trading, this prolonged quiet is technically unusual and affecting liquidity and hedging behavior


Sell-side analysts appear to have emerged as a more valuable resource for investors in India than in any other major market. To some observers, structural idiosyncrasies in the nation’s $5.4 trillion stock market are giving skilled stock-pickers an edge bloomberg.com/news/articles/…






Here is a free-to-read link. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… Going out on a limb here (I know), but the question is: How much can you trust, for one day, channels you won’t trust at at all for 4 years and 364 days of an election cycle? bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…




A former trader gained 780% by reselling his ticket for the world’s hottest cricket match: the World Cup game between India and Pakistan trib.al/nM9kr9z