The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 03, 2005

Takeovers fail to sizzle, unlike rest of the market
According to SEBI statistics, the value of `open offers' made under the takeover regulations dropped by over 50 per cent to Rs 1,200 crore in the calendar year 2004 from Rs 2,600 crore in the previous year. More

INVESTMENTS

Raising returns through overlay strategies
EVALUATING the performance of balanced funds is not easy. It is unfair on portfolio managers to compare such funds with diversified equity funds or an equity benchmark, both of which are fully invested in stocks. It is ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Time for dos & don'ts
THIS is January and time to draft a set of New Year resolutions. Like everybody else, mutual fund enthusiasts too must write down their own dos and don'ts and focus on them for the rest of the year. Here is a list of resolutions, written in ... More

STOCK MARKETS

This year, investors want equity in insurance
INSURANCE companies are likely to be the new year shots for emerging sectors' play in Indian equities. Several large investors see insurers emerging as one of the top value creators in Indian equities in 2005, which appear ready for more, even ... More

At peak levels, from here to where?
The technical analysis, at this juncture, does not throw up much clue to the market movement in the immediate term. More

`Don't despair, not even that you don't despair'
Still dazed by too much partying to celebrate the arrival of 2005, Jogin manages to crawl to his laptop for the weekly market chat with Khan, Sridevi and Dakshinamoorthy. Stand by! Jog: Naya Saal Mubarak, everybody! ... More

HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank hit 52-week high
IT was a lacklustre trading session for the US markets during the last week of 2004; a flurry of profit-bookings in index heavyweights checked the market movement. The last week of the year was pretty flat for stocks; nonetheless the year overall ... More

INTERVIEW

`Investment bankers will have a lot of work to do this year'
The character of Indian money is changing," claims Mr Uday S. Kotak, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank. He also says to Business Line some of his other views. Excerpts How will the New Year pan out ... More

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