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Any event that takes place in the economy has an impact on the stock
are as follows :-
and services in an economy over a period of time . When the general price
level rises , each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services .
money – a loss of real value in the internal medium of exchange and unit
decrease in the real value of money and other monetary items over time ,
uncertainty over future inflation may discourage investment and savings , and
effects include ensuring central banks can adjust nominal interest rates
What causes it ?
An economy which grows over a period of time tends to slow down the
expands for 6 – 10 years and tends to go into a recession for about six
months to 2 years .
This leads to a decreased demand for goods and services , which in turn
unemployment .
Investors spend less as they fear stocks values will fall and thus stock
The economy and the stock market are closely related . The stock markets
lot . The Indian stock markets also crashed due to a slowdown in the US
economy . The Sensex crashed by nearly 13 percent in just two trading
sessions in January . The markets bounced back after the US Federation cut
interest rates . However , stock prices are now at a low in India with
Oil is one of the most precious commodities on earth and is available only
in limited amounts . Crude oil is the basic form of oil which is used
to extract other useful form of oils like petroleum , diesel , jet – fuel after
companies ( front – end ) . In India , ONGC and Oil India are the leading
front - end players while IOC , HPCL , BPCL and Reliance are major back –
end players .
money in terms of dollar for their oil , their profits decreases as dollar
• The prices of crude oil are determined by the demand and supply
gaps .
US and Iran ) .
Rising oil prices can affect the world economy significantly . Points
mentioned below highlight the relationship between oil prices and economy :
consumers .
items ) . Tax revenues fall and budget deficit increases due to rigidity in
• Higher oil prices mean oil importing countries will have to spend
more money on oil . They have less money to spend in their own
has less money to spend because of oil price rise . So , government will
borrow money from capital market there by reducing the amount of free
money in the market and hence increasing the interest rates . Higher
interest rates rise , money start flowing from stock markets to bond
markets such as fixed deposits as they provide higher and safe returns .
which is creating more demand for oil in the first place . Because of this
signal ) . But if oil prices keep on increasing and sustain at higher values
economy . Eventually markets realize this impact and corrects . Higher the
oil price increase and longer the higher prices are sustained , the bigger
FIIs are companies registered outside India . In the past four years there has
been more than $ 41 trillion worth of FII funds invested in India . This has
been one of the major reasons on the bull market witnessing unprecedented
growth with the BSE Sensex rising 221% in absolute terms in this span .
The present downfall of the market too is influenced as these FIIs are
taking out some of their invested money . Though there is a lot of value in
this market and fundamentally there is a lot of upside in it . For long - term
value investors , there is little worry but short term traders are
adversely getting affected by the role of FIIs that are playing at the present.
Investors should not be panic and should remain invested in sectors where
It is always good to keep an eye on what the big movers are doing and
selling , but there are three predominant factors that are cited as being
largely responsible .
1. The swings in the market forced several FIIs to withdraw from India and
invest their dollars in other emerging markets . Some of the other markets
include Uruguay , Russia , the Ukraine , and several other former Soviet
countries . Though there have been swing’s in the past too but FII response
this time was different because of margin pressures back home as even they
2. The Indian markets are not seen as a good short – term bet any more .
India is seen as a good investment for the medium to long term . FIIs seem
stocks . Recent action taken by the market regulator indicates that the Indian
government would like to moderate the inflow of FII money .
Though valuations are very attractive on a selective basis , but stock picking
issue and problems in the credit markets have raised concerns about
have been lower than in other Asian economics . FIIs do get affected by it .
and one should not be perturbed by FII flows in either direction . One need
temporary factors but the Indian story is still strong . Markets cannot go in
one direction all the times ( upwards ) which it was going . Volatility is too
good for the market as it helps in keeping the economy cycle moving and
it will again help the values of the stocks at a fair price for investments to
Ramalinga Raju resigned after announcing during trading hours that the
accounting fraud , estimated at about Rs 7000 crore , sent the BSE 30- share
follow good corporate governance practices . The BSE Realty index tanked
risk insurance on credit default swaps between these countries and other
Concern about rising government deficits and debt levels across the globe
alarm in financial markets . In 2010 the debt crisis was mostly centered on
events in Greece , where there was concern about the rising cost of
the International Monetary Fund agreed to a €110 billion loan for Greece ,
Fiscal deficit gives the signal to the government about the total borrowing
The primary component of fiscal deficit includes revenue deficit and capital
expenditure .
operational activities .
Reserve Bank of India , called deficit financing . The fiscal deficit is also
financed by obtaining funds from the money market ( primarily from banks).
engineered the rise in the BSE stock exchange in the year 1992 . Exploiting
siphoned off funds from inter - bank transactions and bought shares heavily
the scheme was exposed , the banks started demanding the money back ,
causing the collapse . He was later charged with 72 criminal offenses and
more than 600 civil action suits were filed against him . He died in 2002
details out the growth of various sectors in an economy . E.g. Indian IIP
Also base year needs to be decided on the basis of which all the index
figures would be arrived at . In case of India the base year has been fixed
at 1993 - 94 hence the same would be equivalent to 100 points but now it
necessary to revise the base year of the IIP periodically to capture the
1937 , the successive revised base years were 1946 , 1951 , 1956 , 1960 ,
The scope of the index was restricted to mining and manufacturing sectors
consisting of 20 industries with 35 items , when the base year was shifted
the revised index with 1951 as the base year covering 88 items , broadly
categorized as mining and quarrying ( 2 ) , manufacturing ( 17 ) and
I = ∑ ( Wi Ri ) / ∑ Wi .
Where I is the index , Ri is the production relative of the ith item for the
the last few years’ corporate governance has become an important issue
throughout the world . A market that has sound corporate governance proves
valuation does not only depend on the profitability or the growth prospects
mechanisms , which ensure that investors’ funds are not wasted in value