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Indian Economy :Unknown Facts

  
Economy, Education
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Unknown Fact

India’s long-term local currency debt is rated at Ba2 by Moody’s, two levels below the investment grade and at par with Armenia and Turkey. Indian government debt accounts for about 80 percent of GDP. Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings have a rating of BBB-, the lowest investment grade.

The government’s annual debt repayments will rise to 1.14 trillion rupees in the next fiscal year from 531 billion rupees.

The 10-year yield has risen 62 basis points in the past year, the worst performer during that period among the 10 Asian local-currency debt markets outside Japan, according to indexes compiled by HSBC Holding Plc. It fell 95 basis points in the previous 12 months.

Greek crisis clouds EU summit

  
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crisisThe fiscal emergency in Greece and the turbulence in debt markets are threatening to overshadow this week’s EU summit on business competitiveness. The problem poses a leadership test for Herman Van Rompuy, the EU’s first permanent president, who called the meeting. Greece’s debt crisis, and the risk of eurozone contagion,  are not on the summit’s official agenda, but leaders fear the impact on financial markets if the summit does not address the worst crisis to strike European monetary union since its launch in 1999.

John Paulson's 8 Secrets

  
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  1. Don’t follow the crowd.
  2. Have an exit strategy before the bubbles burst
  3. Focus on the debt markets for predicting the future.
  4. Take the time to figure out how fancy new investment products like credit default swaps (CDS) work.
  5. Buy insurance. No one wanted out of the money puts on the housing market.
  6. Remember the past. Some of the big winners in the housing crash were those dismissed as out-of-touch dinosaurs.
  7. Remember that no trade lasts forever so don’t fall in love with your investment. After making his $20 billion. Paulson went long banks at the bottom. (The verdict is still out on this trade).
  8. Timing is everything and luck helps.
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