The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 17, 2003

Learn to sell
My simple mantra for investing is that you do not need a reason to sell. You sell because your target is reached or your stop loss is triggered. You sell because you believe something else is looking better. You sell because the markets are looking overheated or simply because you have made enough. More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Mismatch still obvious among fund houses
THE asset management industry in India was liberalised in the early 1990s and the first private-sector fund house was flagged off in 1993. The industry has come a long way since then, with the private sector accounting for a very big chunk of the ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Market cap surges past boom period high
EVEN though the value of the major stock indices of BSE is much lower than the peak levels touched in February 2000, the market capitalisation of the Indian stock market today is higher than seen during the earlier boom period. The total market ... More

Dalal Street at crossroads
Will then the Sensex remain below 5000 mark this week? The most likely scenario is that the key index may hover around 5000 points. More

`Ad hoc margins, a routine step to check risks'
THE National Stock Exchange has clarified that the ad hoc margins, which were clamped on select brokers last Thursday by the NSE Clearing Corporation, was a routine risk containment step. It is estimated that around 50 brokers, who had built up ... More

INTERVIEW

`Kotak MF's approach has not changed after Credit Policy'
PROVIDENT funds, superannuation funds and gratuity funds are now free to invest up to 70 per cent of their annual accretions in mutual funds dedicated to government securities. Loosely put, the latter would have to be securities defined under ... More

COMMENTARY

VSNL sizzles
AMID profit taking in the technology sector, the US stocks fell for the first time in three weeks after Wal-Mart Stores Inc said that the company's profits may not match its earlier forecast (casting doubt over consumer spending). As a result, ... More

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