If frontliners falls below bedrock values, then investors will have to give up bedrocking also....

Uday Kotak said that FII holding has eroded to $ 90 only from $ 260 in Dec 07. They have withdrawn $ 10 Bn only.

More the Nifty falls more will be erosion.

So guys even FIIs have lost 2/3rd of their portfolio and will loose more.

Foreign Direct Inflow is very impressive despite market slump, as NRIs & investors abroad have realised that Indian story is in tact and Indian banks are safest heaven on earth.
Again there is a strong chance that RBI will lower the interest rate to shore up business confidence. SEBI may ban short sales. Feb budget may have sops for capital market. Inflation would come down in sigle digit.IIP no would improve due to festival effect.

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The general talk about ICICI bank is absolutely malicious and baseless. Mr. Kamath had in fact appeared in Parliament to explain the facts.
It is true that ICICI bank is only profit oriented and is very low on relationship managment. Corporates do not prefer ICICI as a main bank for operations purpose. They prefer HDFC Bank & Axis Bank more. But ICICI`s internet banking is world class and no Indian bank comes close to that. At the same time ICICIdirect. com is the worst trading plateform for investors. It is totally unreliable for swift actions.

I hope ICICI bank`s management learns from the present situation and invest more in relationship. It should give up copying investment banking model of USA. While PSU banks have held fort, ICICI stock has plummeted by more than 70% from top. There are so may transfers of personnel within ICICI, that no employee looks after borrower`s interest. Borrowers do not know whom to approach for getting the job done. In my opinion Mr. Kamath`s days are numbered. His tenure will not be extended. ...

One must diligently keep aside 20% of his profit in Bank FD every year. This is applicable to all persons above 40....

Lets see how southeast markets open tomorrow....

Market has reached capitulation stage. It may remain in coma for few months. Budget 09 and Q-4 results in April 09 would be the key events. Market may go up prior to budget but budget would prove to be a damp squib. Midcaps will take a year to reach levels of 30% from todays level, as further fall is expected on Monday onwards....

Chambal`s precipitous fall is agonising and totally unnerving. One has to accept a fcat that it is no more a momentum stock. In fact there will not be any momentum stocks for about 6 months. If there is any bounce back its a selling opportunity. If one wants to invest or trade then it has to be in frontliners only, that too not now but after markets stabilising. Most of the retail investors in my opinion have lost 80% of their portfolio, so further investment needs more caution....

As you predicted we are aproching to 9800 as you anticipated unlike that but as per ur desire we aproching this very fast.What next please throw some light....

Why lament ABAN alone when almost all the intersectoral blue chip siblings have suffered an essentially similar fate ? Fall from 52-week PEAK : UNITECH = 85.34 % ABAN = 83.89 % DLF = 77.22% TATASTEEL = 73.28 % RCOM = 72.86 % LARSEN = 63.75 % SBIN = 62.50% BHARTIARTL = 60.40% RELIANCE = 55.21 % INFOSYSTCH = 49.16%...

hembhat-The entire nation, it seems, is in the grip of what psychologists call "the disposition effect," or an inability to confront financial losses. The natural way to palliate the pain of losing money is by refusing to recognize exactly how badly your portfolio has been damaged. A few weeks ago, investors were gasping; now, en masse, they seem to have gone numb". ...

Sure enough ... anyone can burn his/her fingers ! Haven`t thounsands of long-term investors already burnt their `whole hands` ... it is an entirely different matter if they keep comforting themselves thinking that their losses are merely `notional`. But what is the NAV of their portfolios today ??? It depends upon your acumen as a trader, you can burn your fingers, or play havoc with the mortgage your house if you don`t know how to play ... or you can MAKE UP all your losses, and laugh all the way to the bank ... times of acute volatility are THE times for a trader well-honed in his craft. Rest assured Sir, these ARE the times for SIP mode of investment for long-term investors and sensible and judicious executions by `traders of conviction`. My views for sure, and I appreciate perceptions fo differ. Regards, DU....

Yes, you are absolutely right, most of the retail investors hv lost heavily. In this market, as rightly said by you, momentum stocks would not work because for a stock to become momentum, it needs better sentiments and then only a share can gain momentum. When the sentiments are so poor, we can not expect momentum share to perform. So Chambal, as said by me in my msg, still looks weak. If and when sentiments improve then only it will make a move up, it being a very high beta stock but until then, it will languish. We could wait for fresh investment until the market stabilises. Thanks....

Dear Boarders It is a lesson to learn in one`s life. It is not fair to blame anybody for market downfall. In my opinion, we must listen to all comments and recommendations. The decision made must be depends on one`s own risk. In a bear market like this we can not follow anybodys recommendation. These days one could make enough research about market using different datas available in various sites. Hope all boarders will use this scenario as learning. The market is not going to go away in any direction very fast.We have enough time to plan all strategies. Wish all boarders a good time. Stock market is a platform to learn different philosophies. Let us take this opportunities to improve ourself. Continue to participate in the market using ones own wisdom Good luck Melathethil ...

Earlier also it had happened with some scrips. Now again this time we will see such cases in some scrips. This is called Stock Market....