Kamala Aithal

Firstly, wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful year ahead! May this year be filled with opportunities, success and celebrations! now to business then. Early last year we played a prediction game on this space. It's the time of the year to do reality check.

Following table is a quick comparison of prices of select financial assets at the start and end of 2012:

 Currency

28 Dec 2012

28 Dec 2011

USD/INR

54.80

53.05

EUR/USD

1.3230

1.3070

GBP/USD

1.6227

1.5670

USD/JPY

86.72

77.78

DXY (Dollar index)

79.70

79.80

Sensex

19594

15730

Dow

13104

12291

Nikkei

10395

8423

NY Gold

1675

1592

10Y USD T

1.71

2.00

10 Y IND T

8.04

8.50

Call

8.2

9.00

1 yr OIS (In)

7.60

7.75

5 yr OIS (In)

7.12

7.00

Kamala Aithal is the founder of a consulting firm that assists corporates develop Risk Management Framework and a regular contributor to Wisonomics column. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and does not reflect the views or position of IndiaNewsBulletin.com.