Yesterday we queried the financial services sector including banks, insurance companies and other financial sector components for buy and sell ideas. We did not get any long ideas because most of the sector components were still with negative Jiseki cycles and signals. Today we do the same exercise for all the Energy sector components in the […]
This issue we have explained Jiseki and it’s elements. The Jiseki indicator is based on a ranking system. The ranking is based on price performance (returns) of an asset among a group of assets for a certain holding period say quarterly, monthly, weekly etc. If an asset is a top performer among the group for a […]
Investing like Odysseus Odysseus has traditionally been viewed in the Iliad as Achilles’ antithesis. Unlike Achilles whose anger is self-destructive, Odysseus is renowned for his self-restraint and diplomatic skills. While passing through the land of sirens, known for their luring fatal songs, he orders his men to stop their ears with beeswax and ties himself to the mast […]
This What we said on 16 Oct We posted a question on the Orpheus forum. “Can Reliance save India or Nifty?”. The popular answer was ‘Yes’ it can. We put the question up for a few reasons. First, Reliance is the top weight in Nifty. Second, we live in an Oil economy. Third, a […]
What is Jiseki? Our first academic paper was published in the Journal of Economics at Kobe university in 2009. The research papers were translated in Japanese. We had to translate performance cycle in Japanese. Performance, returns, results for us were not only absolute but also relative and cyclical. And these cycles of performance could […]
Our Jiseki Time cycles are seasonal patterns of strength or weakness in assets. They are derived from percentile rankings from 1 to 100. The higher the percentile more the chance for an asset to weaken and worst the ranking, better the chance for the respective asset to outperform. 100 is top relative performance and 1 is worst performance. […]
The latest ALPHA updates sector Jiseki cycles and illustrates the return table since Jan 2009. BSEREAL and POWER were the worst performers for the period at -28% and 11% respectively. While AUTO and Consumer Durables were the best at 293% and 223% respectively. The technical picture has not changed. We still have a negative […]
Sustainable market reversal does not happen without a broad market support. To expect Nifty to reverse with underperforming sectors pulling it lower is wishful thinking. This Alpha we take the BSE500 Energy stocks that are above 70% in rankings. We compare them with our long only ideas BPCL and ONGC. What do we see? […]
This is what we wrote on 31 Dec 2008 Kitchin doubts Recession 09 – 31 DEC 2008 – INDIA – There is not one place where we have not seen a reference of a recession in 2009. CNN carried an increase in unemployment and recession report. We have many other newspapers and journals talking […]
We have filtered the BSE 500 stocks for best performing top ranked chemicals sector components. We have reviewed the respective stocks Jiseki cycles and screened ideas for new shorts. This is the third short idea screening we have done since 23 Feb. Barring ITC most of our shorts have delivered. We carry the short […]