What could be a good Nifty Options strategy to play the Union Budget that is to be presented tomorrow? A long straddle appears to have performed quite well over the last few years. Before you read further, here are some dates to remember: 16th March 2012 (Friday) is the date of the Union Budget and 29th March 2012 (last thursday of the month) is the date of expiry of March 2012 Option contracts. Union budgets may or may not be predictable. It could turn out to be positive for the market or in some cases negative. When we can't assess a definite direction for the market post budget, it's best we take a position that is completely independent of the direction itself. In other words, we don't need to care where the market is headed after the budget is announced but it would be great if it moves significantly for this strategy to work. However, historically the Nifty benchmark index has indeed moved quite a bit from the budget date to the next expiry date in either directi
Zimbabwean dollar was the official currency of the country since 1980 prior to which the country itself was called Rhodesia and the currency was Rhodesian dollar. The economy of Zimbabwe has been in deep trouble for the last several years and the last 3 years has been terrible. The country has been in serious hyperinflation since the beginning of 2007 and in fact official inflation numbers are not even published anymore by the government. The last recorded inflation was in the order of sextillion % year on year, yes that crazy! In the meantime, the currency has been revalued 3 times and the latest one is worth 10 25 of the first Zimbabwean dollar and eventually has collapsed. In 2009, the printing of the Z$ was stopped. Subsequently, there has been no local currency in Zimbabwe whatsoever as of now but instead 7 other country currencies are in circulation, including the South African Rand, Chinese Yuan and Indian Rupee!