MARKETS
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
‘US key to emerging market recovery”
Risky assets will outperform, the US markets may be the first to recover and investors will rebalance in favour of stocks. Those are the key forecasts that Mr Bob ...
OUTLOOK:
Index Outlook
Holiday cheer spilled over in to equity markets in the first two trading days of 2009. Stocks across the globe soared higher giving a very cheerful welcome to the New Year. The largesse doled out by the monetary and fiscal stimulus ...
RECOMMENDATION:
IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects: Buy
IVRCL’s sustained growth in order book, strong financial performance despite some pressure from higher cost of borrowings and leadership in the irrigation space shore up its growth prospects. Investors can consider accumulating the stock ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Punjab National Bank: Buy
Investors can consider fresh investments in the stock of Punjab National Bank ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Everest Kanto Cylinders: Buy
Investments with a two-three-year perspective can be considered in the stock of Everest Kanto Cylinders, a leading manufacturer of high-pressure CNG (compressed natural gas) and industrial cylinders. Our optimism stems from the relatively ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Rolta India: Buy
Investors with a two-year horizon can buy the shares of Rolta India, a niche software provider offering geo-spatial information and engineering design ...
STOCKS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
Please let me know the short, medium and long-term prospects of ...
FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS:
Satyam promoters’ stake falls below Aberdeen Group
Hyderabad, Jan. 3 SRSR Holdings, representing the promoters of Satyam Computer Services with a declared stake of 5.13 per cent on Friday, finds itself lower than the Canada-based Aberdeen Group’s total stake of 5.2 per cent ...
OUTLOOK:
Sectors to back in the year ahead
We believe PSUs, infrastructure, power, pharma, banks, FMCG, auto, and telecom would find favour among investors in 2009. Investors could resort to PSU companies for safety ignoring their weakness on parameters such as ...
INVESTMENTS:
Equities will outperform debt in the medium term
Is the recent streak of good returns on long term debt funds likely to be sustained? Should investors look to stocks even as the domestic economy slips into moderate growth? Mr Prashant Sharma, Head-Investments at Max New York Life, takes a ...
COMMENTARY:
Sensex charges ahead on stimulus hopes
New Year and hopes of a new booster package drove the stock markets this week. Optimists sailed through waves of uncertainty and made gains. The possibility of funding support to infrastructure and auto companies supported by a cut in ...
STOCKS:
Tata Steel
Tata Steel recorded a small rally last week to end with an 8 per cent weekly gain. The stock is consolidating sideways between Rs 200 and Rs 240 since the first week of December. Since this move comes after a sharp rally from the Rs 146 ...
STOCKS:
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries moved sideways in a narrow range around the long-term averages in the first four sessions before breaking higher on Friday. The stock will face resistance from Rs 1,325 and Rs 1,408 in the short-term. Reversal below the ...
STOCKS:
Infosys
Infosys recovered from our first target at Rs 1,065 recorded last Monday. The short-term trend in the stock is sideways and it can move within the range between Rs 1,100 and Rs 1,200 for a few more trading ...
STOCKS:
Maruti Suzuki
MUL too recovered from the trough recorded last Monday to end the week with 6 per cent ...
STOCKS:
SBI
SBI reversed higher from the intra-week low at Rs 1,207 formed last Monday and moved steadily ...
STOCKS:
ONGC
ONGC recorded a feeble rally last week and is currently pausing just below its 50-day moving average. A descending triangle formation is apparent in the daily chart that is a bearish ...
INVESTOR PROTECTION:
SEBI asks Sardar Sarovar to explain redemption price of bonds
Mumbai, Jan. 3 The Securities and Exchange Board of India has directed Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), the nodal agency implementing the Sardar Sarovar project, to provide the approach and justification for arriving at the price of ...
RECOMMENDATION:
FT India Life Stage Funds – 20s Plan — Promise of potential
Looking for a lower-risk alternative to a pure equity fund? The 20s plan of Franklin Templeton’s Life Stage Fund of Funds may fit the bill. The FT Life Stage 20s Plan is among the better performing equity oriented funds of 2008 — ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
“Fiscal stimulus may not fully offset headwinds from credit crunch”
Macro-indicators, more than ever before, now hold the key to how your investments will perform. In an interview with Business Line, Ms Sonal Varma, India Economist, Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities, offers her outlook ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Nifty futures may trade sideways
Investors could not have asked for a better start of the New Year. Nifty futures soared by over 6.5 per cent to end the week at above the 3K-mark at 3053.6. However, its premium over the spot narrowed down to just about seven points. The ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Drawdown minimising strategy
Many investors have suffered about a 50 per cent drawdown in their portfolio value since the market crashed last January. Our interaction with clients and other market participants have shown that the investors who have suffered the least are ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Tech School: Point and Figure
One of the merits of Point and Figure (P&F) chart is its straightforwardness in recognizing trend signals and great precision. These charts are designed to demonstrate the underlying demand and supply of a security. While ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
Lotus India Mutual Fund has notified changes in the load structure for the following schemes Lotus India Contra, Lotus India Agile, Lotus India Equity, Lotus India Growth and Lotus India Banking with effect from January 2. ...
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Ramanujam Sridhar
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S Ramesh Kumar
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Radhika Chada
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