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MARKETS
FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS:
Re appreciation boosts FII returns
Sensex $ returns at 21% in Dec. If the year-end rally has made the domestic equity investors cheerful, foreign institutional investors (FII) have a greater reason to ...
RECOMMENDATION:
3i Infotech: Buy
Investors with a two-year horizon can buy the shares of 3i Infotech, considering its strong business prospects and very attractive valuation. At Rs 40, the share trades at just three times its likely 2008-09 ...
RECOMMENDATION:
PVR: Buy
Investors with a two-year horizon can consider buying the shares of PVR, a player in the multiplex movie exhibition space, considering its good business prospects and relatively better positioning ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Gateway Distriparks: Sell
The slowdown in domestic freight movement and the clearly visible signs of a prolonged slump in export and import activity are likely to take a toll on the domestic logistics players, who may now have to grapple with a considerable fall ...
RECOMMENDATION:
UltraTech Cement: Hold
Shareholders of Ultra Tech Cement can continue to hold the stock, as the current valuations have already factored in the prospect of a slowdown in earnings. The quarters beginning March 2009 are likely to reflect cost savings by the company ...
INSIGHT:
You’re stuck with what you endow
It is a facet of human psychology that charlatans of the stock market have exploited to the hilt. Economists have studied it and labelled it the ‘endowment effect’, no doubt with a disapproving shake of their heads. Now ...
STOCKS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
Can you please let me know the prospects of Sasken Communication Technologies and Karnataka Bank for the next three ...
INSIGHT:
More exchange-traded funds please
Several asset management firms have filed draft offer documents with SEBI since this November to launch plain-vanilla open-end and closed-end funds in the fixed-income and equity space. It is intriguing that the list of proposed funds does ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Debt Funds: Risk-reward equation
Last week, this column discussed one of the key risks witnessed by debt funds — interest rate risk — and the tool (portfolio maturity) commonly used by fund managers to deal with such ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Fidelity India Special Situations: Invest
Investors with a high-risk appetite can consider buying in to units of Fidelity India Special Situations Fund. Our recommendation is underpinned by the fund’s adhered focus on investing in undervalued companies, with the key theme ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Birla Sun Life Income Plus: Invest
A steady stream of lower-than-expected inflation numbers and falling commodity prices suggest that interest rates are likely to continue their descent from current levels. With the economy in slowdown mode, interest rate cuts may also be used ...
INSIGHT:
Set a long straddle this week
Traders looking to play the volatility in the markets can consider using a long straddle on Nifty 3050 December ...
OUTLOOK:
Nifty future may see some correction
It was yet another winning stretch for Nifty futures, which gained over 5.5 per cent to end the week at 3082.4 ...
INSIGHT:
Markets revel on stimulus hopes
The hopes of a better tomorrow, guised as Government’s proposition of a second pack of fiscal sops, hauled up the indices last week. Sensex breached the psychological 10k-mark and hit a high of 10188 to close the week at 10099, higher ...
Columnists:
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Harish Bijoor
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Ramanujam Sridhar
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S Ramesh Kumar
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Radhika Chada
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