MARKETS
PENSION PLANS
ICICI Pru Life Stage pension Plan
It is critical that individuals have a long-term vision, while they plan for the retirement plan and asset allocation plays a very important role in creating a retirement kitty. Any investor’s portfolio should consist of a proper mix of ...
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INVESTMENTS
Tax-saving funds for your portfolio
If you have not completed your investments for tax-benefit purposes already, you might want to consider adding one or two equity tax saving funds to your portfolio and qualify for deductions under Sec 80 C. A shorter lock-in (three ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
HSBC Equity: Building on construction
HSBC Equity Fund, which seeks to invest predominantly in large caps, has completed five years since inception and has consistently outperformed its benchmark — the BSE 200 — over one, three and five-year periods. Like many ...
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Fund Update
AIG Mutual Fund has launched an open-ended equity scheme AIG Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund. The investment objective of the scheme is to generate long-term capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio. ...
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Fund Talk
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STOCKS
Query Corner
Please let me know the future prospects of City Union Bank and Savita Chemicals. Kalyan Banerjee, Paresh MaruCity Union Bank (Rs 476.70): The stock has been spurting upward ...
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Hits and misses of 2007
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STOCK MARKETS
Reliance Industries
RIL perked up in the second half of the week after a lethargic start. The stock brushed the Rs 3,000 mark on Friday though it has closed just below. The near-term prospects for the stock are positive and we expect Reliance Industries to move ...
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SBI
State Bank of India moved in an extremely narrow band last week and closed almost unchanged from the previous week’s close. The volumes continued to be low and our view for both short and medium-term remains unchanged. The ...
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Tata Steel
Tata Steel too scarcely moved last week; remaining confined within the narrow band between Rs 915 and Rs 950. This move appears to be a pause before the next upward breakout towards the former peak at Rs 969. Once the stock ...
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Infosys
Pre-earnings jitters made the Infosys stock move down towards Rs 1,670 as indicated last week. Last week’s fall confirms the view that the upward move since November 22, 2007 was a bear market pull-back. However, the bulls can still pull ...
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Bharti Airtel
The sharp rally in the beginning of the week fizzled out completely and Bharti Airtel closed on a flat note. Momentum indicators in the weekly chart are signalling prolonged weakness. Falling volumes are also a source of concern for the stock. ...
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Trader's Corner
The first question that pops to the mind when that much-fancied stock, that was touted to treble in a month, suddenly jumps off a cliff is - where is the next support? Similarly, most of us would like to know how far the profit can run by ...
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Satyam Computers
Satyam Computers moved lower and achieved the second target indicated in this column last week. This move corroborates the view that the stock continues to be in an intermediate-term downtrend. The 10-week ROC has moved deep in to the negative ...
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DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Nifty future faces stiff resistance
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MICROMOTIVES
To hedge or not to hedge
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REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
Long-dated stock futures may hit markets soon
Chennai, Jan. 5 Indian stock exchanges are expected to introduce long-dated future contracts soon, the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India, Mr M. Damodaran, told journalists here on Saturday.It may be remembered that in ...
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RECOMMENDATION
Nestle India: Buy
The Nestle India stock is an attractive investment option for investors with a two-three year perspective. With a brand portfolio that straddles high-growth FMCG segments such as infant foods, dairy, beverages and processed foods, Nestle India ...
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ABN Amro Equity Fund: Hold
Investors can retain their holdings in ABN AMRO Equity Fund. The fund has set an impressive pace of performance since launch three years ago. The annualised return of 53 per cent has outpaced the benchmark Nifty by ten percentage points. ...
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Firstsource Solutions: Hold
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Read between the lines on analyst-speak
With coverage of the stock markets expanding sharply, ‘analyst’ reports and recommendations are now widely available to every lay investor. But should investors take these sound bytes at face value?Maybe not, observes Mr ...
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Wockhardt: Buy
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Gremach Infrastructure: Buy
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Subros: Buy
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OUTLOOK
Index Outlook
The New Year celebrations spilled over to the first week of 2008. The party is getting too boisterous as lesser-known and long-forgotten stocks are now beginning to crawl out of the shadows to join in the merry-making. Needless to add, that it ...
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Stock trends to look out for in 2008
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Market View
It would be impossible or at least very unreasonable to ignore the credit crisis’s impact on earnings growth, which moreover is already quite apparent. We expect this crisis to continue to weigh heavily on the profits of US and European ...
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PEOPLE
Money Talk
Mr Uday Zokarkar has had an interesting career. After a nine-year stint with the Times group, he set up a business, lifestyle and technology magazine in the US called Mantram, which was ...
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