Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, August 03, 2008
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, August 03, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio |
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COLUMNS YOUNG INVESTOR: Margin trading — not for the novice The toughest of times for any stock market investor is when the markets see a free fall and you get a call from your broker to put up additional “margin.” ... TAX TALK: Tax liability on ESOP I am a bank employee and I was allotted shares under ESOP, which I accepted after paying the grant price. I gifted the same to my wife two months later. ... SIMPLE ECONOMICS: Why your boss is overpaid My friend was due for a promotion at his workplace. His boss, however, had different ideas. So, my friend got just a 5 per cent salary hike. My friend feels cheated. He believes his boss is overpaid. He is not the only one who thinks that way. ... BOOK VALUE: History, a poor guide to future returns It is normal to expect an investment that performed well in the past to similarly be a winner in the future. Alas, history is an extremely poor guide to future expected returns for financial assets, observes Christopher L. Jones in ‘ YOUNG INVESTOR: Pick the right sector After assessing that an economy is worth investing in, one needs to decide the industry where one can park one’s money. For, while the economy may be doing outstandingly well, not every industry in the economy would be a good bargain ... MICROMOTIVES: Active funds: Closet-indexers or alpha generators? Mutual fund selection is difficult. Most fund-houses offer three to four equity funds that are prima facie no different from each other. The confused investor typically buys equal units in all these funds. Such a strategy is not optimal, a ... F & O OUTLOOK: Nifty may be stuck in a range Despite some anxious moments, the bull momentum continued on Dalal Street last week. The Nifty August future closed at 4432.85, gaining 2.4 per cent over the previous week’s close of 4329.65. The Nifty August future saw a rollover of 65 ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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