The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, April 06, 2008

SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Do you splurge when you are sad?
Some time back, when I was reviewing the payments I made during 2007-08, I found a rather large amount that I had spent on books. I was feeling low last October and had decided to splurge then. As I reviewed the transaction, I realised that I ... More

TAX TALK
Gratitude is exempt from tax
I gave a loan of Rs 2 lakh to one of my relatives about 20 years ago. Now he is settled abroad and is planning to return Rs 4 lakh to me, as a token of gratitude. The agreement was not made in writing. What ... More

IN FOCUS
The right turn by Tata Motors?
Acquisition of JLR More

AUTO FOCUS
Charged up after the change of heart
Fiat Palio Stile MultiJet More

BOOK VALUE
Make the right call
Good leaders not only make better calls, but they are able to discern the really important ones and get a higher percentage of them right, say Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis in ‘Judgment’ ( More

PORTFOLIO MOVES
ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan — Petroleum in top slot
ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan is a diversified equity plan that follows the growth investment philosophy to invest in a portfolio of large, mid and small-cap stocks. It has the mandate to move gradually into cash, as the market gets ... More

F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty future may test Jan lows
The beginning of this fiscal year must have been dismal for the Nifty traders; Nifty April future tumbled 6.4 per cent to 4652.7 as against the previous week’s close of 4647.The week also saw April future give away most of its ... More

YOUNG INVESTOR
HOW TO GUIDE
How to select your stockbroker
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Planning an actor’s finances
Ms Neetu, 21, an upcoming film actor, has worked in the field as a child artiste, though she has earned fame only in the last two years. She has been able to earn substantially from her career in modelling, acting and as brand ambassador ... More

MONEY TALK
‘Be an investor, not a trader’
When you are an investor, there is nothing that happens around the world that will not interest you, says Mr Raja Pannir Selvam, an advocate practising IP law in Chennai. “You need to keep your ears and eyes wide open. Any news across ... More

Investment Nuggets
Known as the “dean of small-cap investing”, Ralph Wanger was the President of the Chicago-based Acorn fund. It was one of the top funds of the age, which returned 17.2 per cent annually between 1970 and 1998 ... More

MICROMOTIVES
Diversification or Di-worse-ification?
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