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RECOMMENDATION: LIC Housing Finance (Rs 227.15): Buy
We recommend a buy in LIC Housing Finance from a short-term trading perspective. It is apparent from the charts of LIC Housing Finance that after encountering significant resistance at Rs 350 in early September, it began to decline and was on ...

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: Bonds back in favour after 4 years as equities dive
2008 saw RBI mopping up money supply, later injecting liquidity. Bangalore, Dec. 30 Battered by huge capital losses in equity markets, bonds returned to become the flavour for investors, after almost four ...

STOCKS: The three who took on the bear and had a tale to tell
Hindustan Unilever, Hero Honda, GSK Pharma. BL Research Bureau In a year where the bellwether indices were unmercifully battered, were there any stocks at all that withstood the bear ...

STOCK MARKETS: IPOs in 2008: Sell on listing, to gain
Eight of 10 debutants trading below offer price. BL Research Bureau IPOs were the least preferred mode for corporate fund raising in 2008, as dwindling investor interest and battered valuations kept corporates ...

INSIGHT: Global markets: No place to hide
Switzerland tops, Ireland fares worst on MSCI. BL Research Bureau The year 2008 will go down in history as one of worst years for equities since the Great Depression. Whether you invested in developed markets, emerging markets or the hot ...

STOCKS: Fortune favours the brave
BL Research Bureau With the Sensex down by 52 per cent for the year and every sector index in the red, would anyone have made money in stocks in 2008? Yes, the fortunate few who bought stocks on two days – October 27 and November ...

INSIGHT: A third of equity funds below Rs 10
Funds with high net asset values fared better. That many stocks have plunged below their IPO prices isn’t surprising, as we take stock of markets in 2008. But did you know that mutual funds too have suffered the same fate? After the market ...

EVENTS: Interesting Times
Scams, crises and rescue packages followed in quick succession in 2008. Here's an eventful year ...

STOCK MARKETS: Snakes outnumbered ladders
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Columnists: Harish Bijoor Ramanujam Sridhar S Ramesh Kumar Radhika Chada




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Markets (Dec 30)
Nifty (at close)2979.50(+57.30)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)48.47/49
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs1,709
Gold (a gram) Rs1,253
Silver (a kg) Rs18,600

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