All stories by DEVANGSHU DATTA
Uncertain times: Should you buy gold now?
Rediff.com12 Jul 2018Not only is gold a hedge against currency depreciation, rising crude prices and uncertainty, it is up 7 per cent (in dollar terms) in the past 12 months, says Devangshu Datta.
Tuticorin shootings: What's in store for Vedanta's shareholders?
Rediff.com6 Jun 2018Vedanta Resources has huge interests in India. The promoter and majority shareholder of Vedanta Resources, Anil Agarwal, also founded Sterlite Industries.
RBI alone can't enforce a fast banking turnaround
Rediff.com4 Jun 2018While the RBI can nudge things along, ultimately bank owners must recapitalise and review internal processes to ensure that a culture of irresponsible lending doesn't continue, says Devangshu Datta.
What's the true value of Flipkart?
Rediff.com29 May 2018Walmart is rumoured to be looking to listing Flipkart in a few years. At that stage, we'll get a better sense of what's going on in retail, says Devangshu Datta.
How to beat Nifty returns
Rediff.com19 Apr 2018Investors should look at actively managed funds, says Devangshu Datta.
Facebook scandal: Machines shape your opinions
Rediff.com9 Apr 2018'Political parties can play up different ideological aspects to fit individual voters.' 'For example, a party may present itself as business-friendly to one individual while it could target another voter by harping on communal fears.'
Do we have the right to end our lives with dignity?
Rediff.com29 Mar 2018'Every adult has the right to ignore the tenets of any and every faith, so long as it does not harm somebody else,' says Devangshu Datta.
Coming soon: The Big Bear Market
Rediff.com28 Mar 2018'The Indian market has all the factors at the moment: Over-valuation, over-confidence, reliance on some source of massive fund flows and massive scams.' 'The trigger for a collapse could also have arrived.' warns Devangshu Datta.
NSE Nifty is likely to be in a bear hug for some time now
Rediff.com20 Mar 2018The rupee has lost ground since pre-Budget, against three major hard currencies (yen, dollar and euro). The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan maintained status quo in recent policy meetings
How to make more money when markets are volatile
Rediff.com19 Mar 2018Apart from SIPS and STPS, value- averaging can help investors make more money, says Devangshu Datta.
Why there won't be any winner in Donald Trump's trade war
Rediff.com14 Mar 2018India's economy could also suffer some ill-effects without necessarily triggering retaliation via higher tariff barriers against Indian goods, says Devangshu Datta.
Review: Altered Carbon is superb!
Rediff.com10 Mar 2018Devangshu Datta enjoyed the Netflix series thoroughly!
PNB scam + NPAs = Long-term bear market?
Rediff.com6 Mar 2018'Retail investors have been selling since the Budget and Foreign Portfolio Investors started selling.' 'Thus far, domestic institutions have picked up the slack, buying enough to keep the major indices from falling off a cliff.' 'However, there has been carnage in smaller stocks and the financial sector has been hit much harder than the major market indices,' points out Devangshu Datta.
PNB scam can trigger a major market crash
Rediff.com27 Feb 2018'The financial sector will be hit even harder than the overall market.' 'The banking sector will eventually be rescued.' 'But it may go into a long downwards spiral before things turn around.' 'Threat or buying opportunity?' asks Devangshu Datta.
Alpha Zero and the future of artificial intelligence
Rediff.com18 Feb 2018'One problem with machine learning is that extensive human inputs are required.' 'This is both an expense and time consuming.' 'If AIs can do this on their own, the process may become more efficient,' says Devangshu Datta.
21 million 'unwanted' girls born in India
Rediff.com15 Feb 2018'... because their parents wanted a boy.' 'But over 2 million women go every year due to sex-selective abortion, disease, neglect or inadequate nutrition,' says Devangshu Datta.
Is the Nifty heading for a crash?
Rediff.com13 Feb 2018It is too early to judge if the fall in Nifty from an all-time high of 11,170 to February 12 closing of 10,539 is a big trend reversal or merely a short-term correction, says Devangshu Datta.
Is India in an equity bubble?
Rediff.com25 Jan 2018Bubbles can inflate indefinitely and also burst, with deep corrections, warns Devangshu Datta.
Are you ready for a sudden correction?
Rediff.com22 Jan 2018Indian indices have hit all-time highs in the New Year and the sentiment remains strong. All valuations are also at extremely high levels, cautions Devangshu Datta
Who knows when Aadhaar will be fixed?
Rediff.com17 Jan 2018'Apparently the entire biometric database's demographic data is available, which means that every Aadhaar signup is wide open to identity theft.' 'The commoditisation of the method -- selling the log-in for Rs 500 -- indicates that scammers have already harvested whatever they wanted,' points out Devangshu Datta.