These are Suggested Articles for 12th January 2015 please go through them and read only if you find them useful,Reading Just The Hindu will also do.
- India can lead smart growth: U.N. chief – The Hindu
- Waiting for government – The Hindu
- No room for choice – The Hindu
- Strengths of legacy media – The Hindu
- America in a tangle over aid to Pakistan – The Hindu*
- Solar panels on top of canal impress U.N. chief – The Hindu*
- Greenpeace activist stopped at airport – The Hindu*
- Investors wary of ordinance route – The Hindu*
- CJI’s remarks on PM inappropriate: Nariman – The Hindu
- Decoding the oil price fall – The Hindu
- Bankers Retreat: a good beginning – The Hindu
* you can happily skip them , in long run you wont ever remember them,but if you have time read them to increase reading speed and learn some thing.
Brent Crude is a major trading classification of sweet light crude oil that serves as a major benchmark price for purchases of oil worldwide. This grade is described as light because of its relatively low density, and sweet because of its low sulfur content.
Volatility is measured by calculating the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period of time.
Definition: It is a rate at which the price of a security increases or decreases for a given set of returns. Volatility is measured by calculating the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period of time. It shows the range to which the price of a security may increase or decrease
PLUSES & MINUSES of Brent Crude:
•Lower prices conducive for improvement in macro economic fundamentals
•Poses risk for financial markets, as there could be frequent reports of corporate and sovereign defaults which will keep markets volatile
•Several companies in the business of crude oil derivatives sitting on high-cost inventories
•Investors should keep only long-term perspective and buy selectively
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