The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, June 22, 2008

SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Are you a crowd performer?
A corporate trainer I met recently shared a not-so-surprising experience. He said he was comfortable training clients he did not know than he was training people who were his friends. This effect is contrary to the home-crowd advantage that ... More

TAX TALK
Is Singapore income taxable in India?
I am presently working in Singapore. I have been in Singapore from May 1, 2008 and will continue to stay there until December 27, 2008. Under such circumstances, will the income earned by me in Singapore be ... More

KNOW YOUR LAWS
‘Writing or executing a Will is optional’
“Where there is Will there is a way,” so goes the adage. Lawyers, jocularly used to say, “Where there is Will there is litigation”. Ill drafted Wills entail in litigation. Recent changes in the Hindu Succession Act ... More

BOOK VALUE
Four financial skill sets
Financial intelligence boils down to four distinct skill sets, say Karen Berman and Joe Knight in ‘Financial Intelligence for IT Professionals’ (www.tatamcgrawhill.com). The ... More

PORTFOLIO MOVES
Birla Midcap: Defensive cover
Midcap stocks have demonstrated their volatile characteristics over the past six months. Year to date, this category as a whole lost substantially. Several schemes have seen their NAVs touch 52-week lows. Here’s a look how Birla Midcap ... More

F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty future heading for 4250
After beginning on a promising note, the Nifty future succumbed under pressure from the bears and closed a good 3.3 per cent lower than its previous week’s close. It ended the week at 4335.3 points against the previous week’s ... More

YOUNG INVESTOR
Three lessons in computing returns
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MICROMOTIVES
Fixed maturity plans: Minimising equity risk at the horizon
Asset management firms’ offer fixed maturity plans within the fixed income space. One of the participants in a workshop that we conducted recently raised an interesting question: Why not have such plans in the equity space as well? ... More

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