Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, August 10, 2008
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio
Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, August 10, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio |
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COLUMNS TAX TALK: Maximum deduction on fees What is the maximum sum that can be claimed as deduction under Section 80C in respect of the tuition fees paid? — ... YOUNG INVESTOR: How much cover do I need? Do you need Life Insurance? In the Financial Planning that I do for my clients, this is usually my first question. The right question that we need to ask ourselves is — Do I need to protect my family even if I am not around? The answer ... BOOK VALUE: Three essential assets of stock trading Many traders buy in a very soggy way, bemoans Alexander Elder in ‘Sell & Sell Short’ ( www.wiley.com). They do not set profit targets or think about stop-losses, ... YOUNG INVESTOR: Investment Nuggets Known for value investing, Bill Miller manages the portfolio for the Legg Mason Value Trust fund. Miller strongly believes that any stock can be a value stock if it trades at a discount to its intrinsic value. For 15 ... SIMPLE ECONOMICS: Food for thought Recently, my friend and his school mates went to an expensive restaurant during their school reunion. His experience is “food for thought” for economics buffs. ... YOUNG INVESTOR: Understanding ratio analysis A quicker way to understand a company’s performance, rather than poring over pages of accounts, notes and schedules in the annual report is through ‘ratio analysis’. Ratios can be classified into profitability ratios, ... MICROMOTIVES: Benchmarks: Do multi-style managers justify alpha fees? Last week, this column discussed about how to identify closet indexers — those that claim to be active funds but essentially hug the benchmark index. The problem with closet indexers is that they charge a high fee for beta exposure. In ... YOUNG INVESTOR: When numbers don’t meet expectations As we put the June earnings season behind us, one question that is likely to linger in investor minds is about how stock prices react to results announcements. Sometimes, a lot of hype is generated before the declaration of the results and the ... F & O OUTLOOK: Nifty may cool off after a strong opening Markets continued to scale up last week as well. The Nifty August future closed at 4547.45, marking a gain of about 2.5 per cent over the previous week’s close of ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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