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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Cummins to invest Rs 850 cr in Maharashtra

Diesel engine manufacturer Cummins will invest Rs 850 crore to start three plants at Phaltan in Satara district for manufacturing truck and bus engines, diesel and gas gensets and diesel engines.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by Cummins India’s Chairman and Managing Director Anant Talaulicar and Maharashtra’s Industry Secretary VK Jairath. Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was present at the function.

The unit for manufacturing B series of bus and truck engines will be a joint venture between the Tatas and Cummins to be known as Tata Cummins (TCL). TCL will invest Rs 400 crore in the plant and provide direct and indirect employment to 300 persons. The first engine is expected to be rolled out by the middle of next year.

A plant for diesel and gas gensets is likely to be set up at an investment of Rs 250 crore and will offer jobs to 250 people.

Cummins’ fully owned subsidiary Cummins Turbo Technologies will start a diesel engine production unit at a cost of Rs 200 crore which will provide employment to 200 people.

Speaking to the media, Talaulicar said, “Although the company has a base in Pune, which is not far from Phaltan and where it is very easy to find skilled manpower, it will provide maximum employment to the locals and upgrade the regional ITI”.

Once the company sets up units at Phaltan, many of its vendors will shift base to the area and this will create additional job opportunities for the locals, he added.

Replying to question, he said, “Tatas will be the equity holder and major customer of TCL, while Cummins will be the managing partner”. However, he refused to provide any details about the shareholding pattern.

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Understanding Short Term Trading

Before I begin, this blog is not for intraday traders. My definition of short term implies duration of around 2 to 3 months.

Short Term stock picking is no rocket science, but rather a visual interpretation of technical charts. A basic moving average on a time frame chart will show the direction of the securities movement.

Moving averages is a mathematical results calculated by averaging a number of past data points. Moving averages (MA) in it's basic form is calculated by taking the arithmetic mean of a given set of values on a rolling window of timeframe. Once the value of MA has been calculated, they are plotted onto a chart and then connected to create a moving average line. Typical moving averages used for short term trading are 50 MA and 100 MA.

Types of Moving Averages

1) Simple Moving Average (SMA)

SMA is calculated by taking the arithmetic mean of a given set of values on a rolling window of timeframe. The usefulness of the SMA is limited because each point in the data series is weighted the same, regardless of where it occurs in the sequence. Critics argue that the most recent data is more significant than the older data and should have a greater influence on the final result.

2) Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

EMA overcomes the limits of SMA, where more weight is given to the recent prices in an attempt to make it more responsive to new information. When calculating the first point of the EMA, we may notice that there is no value available to use as the previous EMA. This small problem can be solved by starting the calculation with a simple moving average and continuing on with calculating the EMA.

The primary functions of a moving average is to identify trends and reversals, measure the strength of an asset's momentum and determine potential areas where an asset will find support or resistance. Moving averages are lagging indicator, which means they do not predict new trend, but confirm trends once they have been established.

A stock is deemed to be in an uptrend when the price is above a moving average and the average is sloping upward. Conversely, a trader will use a price below a downward sloping average to confirm a downtrend. Many traders will only consider holding a long position in an asset when the price is trading above a moving average.

In general, short-term momentum can be gauged by looking at moving averages that focus on time periods of 50 days or less. Looking at moving averages that are created with a period of 50 to 100 days is generally regarded as a good measure of medium-term momentum. Finally, any moving average that uses 100 days or more in the calculation can be used as a measure of long-term momentum.

Support, resistence and stoploss can be infered by referring the closet MA below or above the market price. The other factor that is used in short term momentum is the trading volume. The moving averages along with the trading volume can provide a better insight to short term movement.

Markets are moved by their largest participants - I believe this is the single most important principle in short-term trading. Accordingly, I track the presence of large traders by determining how much volume is in the market and how that compares to average. Because volume correlates very highly with volatility, the market's relative volume helps you determine the amount of movement likely at any given time frame--and it helps you handicap the odds of trending vs. remaining slow and range bound.