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Thursday, 28 January 2016

HDFC: Need To Sustain Over 1200 For 1250-1275 In The Near Term

  Sustain below 1144, expect 1090-1055 in the days ahead

Q3FY16  result is below street estimates with higher provisions for bad loans

But less pressure from RBI on NPA disclosure issue 
may provide some support to HDFC 


CMP: 1170

Sell on rise around: 1180-1200

TGT1: 1144*-1120-1090*-1055 (1-3M)

TGT2: 1025-1000-965-945*-915-880 (6-12M)

TSL>1220

Note: Consecutive closing above 1220 for any reason, HDFC may rally up to 1250-1275 & 1300-1350-1400 in the mid to long term

Analytical Charts:









 




China-A-50: Near Term Bottom May Be 8500-8250 Zone

 Consecutive closing below 8250 zone, more panic may come 
And CA-50 can fall up to 8030 & 6450-6250 in the near term 
(i.e. up to 25% from the present level) 

For any stability, CA-50 need to sustain at least above 8750-9060 zone

Dovish Fed may bring USD lower and help China to stabilize 
its currency in the near future,
But in the long term, structural reform is required 
for the real economy in both EM & DM


CMP: 8655

Buy:8500-8400

TGT: 8750*-8900-9060*-9220-9350-9585-9865 (1-3M)

TSL<8330/8250*


Note: Sustain below 8500, CA-50 can fall to 8415-8330-8250 zone, which is again a strong technical support area. 


Only consecutive closing below 8250 zone, more panic may come and in that scenario, it can fall up to 8150-8030* and 7570-6800-6450 to 6250 zone in the foreseeable future (i.e. up to nearly 25% from the present level).


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Wednesday, 27 January 2016

HDFC Bank: Need To Sustain Over 1070-1080 Zone For Further Rally

Although Q3FY16 result is inline with street estimates, 
But, NPA remains a concern and RBI's pressure to come clean 
And tepid NIM & other fee income  may drag the stock

CMP: 1041

Sell either below 1035 or on rise around: 1060-1070

TGT: 1005*-976-955 (1-3M)

TSL>1085

Note: Consecutive closing above 1085 for any reason, HDFC Bk may further rally up to 1128*-1180 & 1205-1250 in the mid to long term.


Analytical Charts:







 





Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Bank Nifty Fut (Jan) : 15800-850 Zone May Be A Big Hurdle In The Days Ahead---

BNF need to sustain above 15800 for further rally towards 16300-16800;
Otherwise 15300-14600 may be on the card again

Oil & China may be the biggest headwinds in 2016 
For global as well as Indian markets; But Fed/ECB/BOJ/PBOC may help


Trading Levels: BNF (Jan)

LTP: 15513


SL=+/-  25 POINTS FROM  SLR


















For Intraday Swing  Trader





T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 SLR
Strong > 15840 15945-995 16100-160 16235-310* 16410-570 16700-760 <15790
Weak < 15790 15653-590 15500-425 15365-300* 15260-160 14965-730 >15840
FOR  Conservative Positional Trader
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 SLR
Strong > 15840 15995 16160 16310* 16570 16760-880 <15790
Weak < 15790 15590 15425 15300* 15160 14730-625 >15840


After 2-3 days of dead cat bounce, global market again retreated today morning, but recovered after the Asian session, thanks to some bounce back in Oil. after some OPEC (Iraq & Kuwait) jawboning about Oil price & production cut.

China is down by over 6% in the morning following  slump in Oil triggered by intensifying global supply glut, unwillingness on the part of Saudi Arab to cut production in the near future and a slowing global demand. 

There were also some report about China may impose fuel consumption tax and a WSJ article, highlighting continued stress on China and further CNY devaluation. 

It seems that, the sharp drop in oil prices, which are down by nearly 75% from its 2011 high (around $115) has fulled mounting risk aversion around the globe since this year and causing global equity markets to a "dooms day" like scenario.

China is acting like a catalyst amid this global "gloom & doom" scenario and although China/PBOC is trying its best and has vast "ammunition in its arsenal", it may take more time to stabilize in its effort to transform itself from an export and manufacturing oriented economy to a consumption & service economy as its involved huge structural adjustments, which may not be possible by short term  magic of  accomodative monetary policy (QQE). 

Also it may not be possible to stabilize Oil around $50-60 with QQE as there are also fundamental and Geo-Political issues involved there. Moreover, its the easy money (QQE), which may be largely responsible for the present state of over production/capacity in commodity space and with China, the global power house slowing down along with tepid real economy recovery in US/EU, adequate demand is not there (i.e. lack of adequate demand despite years of QQE, which is causing the present state of huge demand supply mismatch).

As par reports, average cost of production of Oil may be between $10-20 for Saudi Arab, Iran, Iraq and Kuwait. Oil at $30 may still be above break-even for them, although other oil producing countries are in deep trouble at this rate. 

Oil today recovered from low today after Asian Session as Iran & Kuwait oil ministers jawboned. Finally, some OPEC members are showing some real concerns about the huge crash in Oil and clearly they want Oil to be stabilize around $30. They also believe that Saudi Arab may also be agreed for a production cut as Oil below $30-25 is also not good for the Saudis as they are already facing huge revenue deficit in their budget.

In reality, Oil may see huge short covering, if Saudis come forward with some sort of production cut agreements with Non-OPEC countries along with OPEC. It also seems that Oil producers are definitely hedging their physical stock piles by shorting Oil futures in the market (available up to four years), but that also has some limitation.

If Oil fall below $25 and stays there for some months, it may be a far more serious problem for the global market in the days ahead. 

For India, although, the huge fall in Oil prices is theoretically good for CAD management as a net importer of Oil, but at the same time, Oil export is also down significantly. But, consistent lower Oil prices may also cause significant fund withdrawal from SWF of Oil rich countries, which is more negative for the Equity market than the macro benefit.

Moreover, massive fall of over 60% in Oil in the last few years was not passed on to the end consumers for the infra funding issue. Govt is keeping it virtually at the same level by increasing ED on it repeatedly. 

Be it infra funding, social welfare or revenue deficit management by the Govt, at least 50% benefit should have been passed on to the end consumers. In that case, over the years , we may see some real structural improvement in inflation management, which in turn could pave the way for RBI to become less hawkish. 

RBI may be behind/opposite end of the curve today as all the DM(S) are trying to stimulate their economy/inflation by QQE with virtually Zero rate interest policy (ZRIP) and RBI is now trying to manage the opposite by not getting inflation out of control again.

Clearly, cost of bank funds in India are still at significantly higher rate compared to other DM/G-20 or even some EM(s) and that's a huge difference in this age of globalization. This legacy of high borrowing costs may also partly responsible for the present state of highly leveraged corporate balance sheets and consequent huge stressed assets in the Indian Banking system.

Also, if  benefit of lower Oil prices could be transmitted to the end consumers by even 50%, then it might result in cheaper goods (lower inflation) for the broader economy and significant increase in broad based consumer demands, which is apparently absent today as the much expected overall economic recovery is not happening in the last two years.     

As India is not decoupled with the global economy, our market is now simply concentrating on global news flow with both negative sentiment and fund flows (FPIS), irrespective of  domestic events/Q3 results.

Both PSBS & some Private sector banks are under severe pressure from RBI to clean their books by FY-17 to show real amount of stressed assets and make adequate provisions in the books. Presently, there are various ways that Indian Banks can hide their stressed assets in the reported numbers (such as 5:25 scheme, CDR, SDR, NPL sales etc).

This NPA issue along with slow loan growth is double whammy for Banks and their NIM are also in pressure for transmission of previous RBI rate cuts and change in base rate methodology.

Although Govt may allocate around Rs.10 thousand cr in the forthcoming budget for recapitalization of PSBS, its may be too little & too late. As par various reports, there are around Rs.5 lac cr stressed assets in our banking system and minimum 50% of that amount is required as of now to revitalize the PSBS.

So, 2016 -17 may be a tough year for our banks and overall markets, if we do not see any significant structural improvement in our economy and its effect on the real earnings in the corporate numbers.

In that scenario, Nifty 8000/7500-7000/6300 and Bank Nifty 18000/15800-14600/13300 may be the new normal range in the near term.

Looking ahead, only deleveraging may not work for some of  the highly indebted corporate India.

Technically, BNF may be in the 1-st Wave of new EW cycle in daily chart after completion of the previous EW (1-5 & A-B-C). The normal target of this 1-st Wave may be around 15655, which is already achieved. In that scenario, the corrective 2-nd Wave (if sustained below 15800) may again take the BNF towards 15300-15075-14730 zone. In the alternative scenario, this extended 1-st Wave may further rally towards 15950-16300-16800 area in the near term (if sustained over the 15800 zone).
 
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Monday, 25 January 2016

Nifty Fut(Jan): Has To Sustain Abv 7510-7560 for Further Rally----

For NF, only sustaining above 7510-7560, expect 7685-7750;
Otherwise 7190-7100 zone may be on the card again

All eyes will be on the BOJ/Fed later this week 
After ECB hints more QQE at March; 
But below $34-33, Oil (WTI) may continues to be a big laggards


SGX NF: 7454 (CMP)

NSE-NF: 7436 (LTP)

Trading Levels: NSE-NF (Jan)

 
  SL (+/-) 10 POINTS FROM SLR          
               
For Intraday Swing  Trader          
      T1 T2 T3 T5 SLR
Strong > 7480   7510-560* 7591-620 7644-685* 7710-750 <7460
               
Weak < 7460   7430-385* 7350-325 7300-240 7215-190 >7460








FOR  Conservative Positional Trader











      T1 T2 T3 T5 SLR
Strong > 7480   7560* 7620 7685* 7750-880 <7460
               
Weak < 7460   7385* 7325 7240* 7190-100 >7480
               

After hitting 7200 zone last week, NF found some support and rallied quite smartly for around 250 points along with supportive global market, after ECB & BOJ hinted about more QQE to support the real economy (financial market).

Looking ahead, all eyes will be BOJ & Fed meetings later this week (27-29-th Jan) to see how the major central bankers will react after global market meltdown since the beginning of the Year-2016. 

Market is expecting for the BOJ to roll out more QQE this time, after tepid inflation & wage growth outlook in Japan. Also recent strength of the JPY may be a matter of concern for BOJ as they want the USDJPY range between 120-125 in the foreseeable future. 

On the other hand, some analysts are also expecting the BOJ to be hold this week, keeping a close eye on FX markets & developments in China with a possible hint of further easing in March-April'16.

In that scenario, we may see some knee-jerk reaction for the "risk trade".

Fed is also expected to be on the dovish side later this week and may hint that possibility of March hike is virtually nil. Though as par Fed dot-plots, there may be four hikes in 2016, but given the epic meltdown of global financial market & specially Oil, in practical sense, there may be only four hikes in the next four years !!

Thus basically, ECB & BOJ may continue to wait till March'16 to see the real Fed action and if Fed are in dovish side with hold, they may choose to come forward with their "bazookas" instead of "water pistols" in order to keep the present divergence of monetary policy intact. 

Having said that, the biggest concern for the market may be Oil now and China is acting just as a catalyst. Epic fall in Oil prices is causing various SWF (for Oil rich countries) to withdraw funds from global equity & bond markets to finance budget of their economies and this may be the primary reason for present market turmoil, apart from China Yuan devaluation & slowdown.

Oil has some fundamental reasons for this epic fall and unless & until it will be structurally corrected, it may be very tough to fight this Oil debacle by monetary policy alone as significant amount of investments and oil related junk bonds are involved here.

India, as a financial market is also not insulated from this global turmoil and even some good Q3 results & budget/GST hopes may not change the present "gloom & doom" sentiment of the market in a significant way.

Technically, NF may be in the 1-st Wave of daily EW cycle after finding the bottom around targeted 7205 level in the last leg of C-Wave. The target of this 1-st Wave in new EW cycle may be around 7410 (already achieved) and 7520-7610 zone. Thus failure to sustain above the 7510-7560 zone, NF may drift again towards 7325-7200 zone in the next corrective 2-nd Wave.

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