The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, May 04, 2008

SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Synthetic happiness
Sometime back, I met a person who told me that he missed getting a rank in the chartered accountant exam by 2 marks. He said that he was happier now and was looking forward to doing an MBA. Was he genuinely happy despite missing a rank? ... More

TAX TALK
Can deductions be claimed from three housing loans?
I have three houses. While I took bank loans for constructing two of them, I took a loan from my employer for the third one. All three houses are at present let out. I stay in my employer’s quarters ... More

BOOK VALUE
Understanding M&A
Valuation of private companies can be difficult for a variety of reasons, writes Pitabas Mohanty in one of the chapters included in ‘Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring’ ( More

PORTFOLIO MOVES
Franklin India Flexi Cap — Strong large-cap tilt
Franklin India Flexi Cap is an open-ended diversified equity fund with a mandate to invest in stocks across market capitalisation segments. Flexicap funds have the advantage of investing in stocks of large, mid and small cap categories. ... More

F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty future may see weakness this week
As was predicted in this column in recent times, the bull party for Nifty future continued to rock throughout last week. Nifty future closed the week at 5246.5 points against last week’s close of 5125.75, putting in a neat weekly gain ... More

YOUNG INVESTOR
‘The basic valuation principles always hold’
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HOW TO GUIDE
Four steps to easy claims
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Money Talk
Mr Jitendra Tanna, Vice President - Governance and Strategy Group, BI & Corporate Function, Fujitsu Consulting India, has over 15 years of experience in the field of information technology, including six years experience ... More

Investment Nuggets
Benjamin Graham, the stock market investor and economist, was the only investing legend who ignored the subjective aspects of equity analysis. Graham was never interested in meeting managements and knowing what they were ... More

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