MARKETS
INVESTMENTS:
Lower market volatility indicates investor optimism
84% of investors feel the market will rise further in Q3: Survey. The precipitous decline in stock prices after the Union Budget and the equally steep recovery may be causing concern in some quarters. But a Business Line analysis of intra-day ...
OUTLOOK:
Index Outlook — Valiant fight back by the bulls
Sensex that was staring down a crevasse towards the end of the previous week was pulled back by some brilliant rearguard action by the bulls. Statements emanating from the Government on intended disinvestment and financial sector ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Coromandel Fertilisers: Buy
Concerns about an erratic monsoon have beaten down the valuations of fertiliser stocks significantly in recent ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Unitech: Buy
‘Fortune favours the brave’ — this Latin proverb may well sum up the changing fortunes of Unitech as well as the high risk-return proposition that may be awaiting the prospective investors of ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Texmaco: Buy
Investors can consider accumulating the stock of Texmaco, a leading supplier of wagons to the Railways. Stability on the demand front with the Railways announcing an addition of 18,000 wagons, besides the heightened focus on developing ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Raj Oil Mills — IPO: Avoid
Investors can refrain from subscribing to the initial public offer from Raj Oil Mills. Strong demand prospects for edible oils, the company’s established brands in Western India and a record of good profit and revenue growth, are ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Zensar Technologies (Rs 133.6): Buy
Investor with a medium-term investing perspective can consider the stock of Zensar Technologies. After peaking at Rs 379 in June 2007, it was on a structural downtrend till the January 2009 low of Rs 64. A steady medium-term uptrend is in ...
RECOMMENDATION:
HDFC Capital Builder Fund: Invest
Investors can buy HDFC Capital Builder Fund considering its long-term track record in delivering steady returns. The fund has a fairly high exposure to mid-cap stocks (less than Rs 7,000 crore market capitalisation), which means the volatility ...
STOCKS:
Query Corner: what the charts say
I am holding Era Infrastructure at Rs 125. What is the outlook for this company? Also give your outlook on NIIT purchased at Rs ...
RECOMMENDATION:
ICICI Pru Emerging STAR: Reduce
Investors can consider reducing their exposure to ICICI Pru Emerging STAR Fund based on its uninspiring performance over a three-year period. The fund underperformed its category average over the past three- and six months and trailed ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Dynamic asset allocation policy for core-satellite framework
Readers of this column would be aware that we lean towards a core-satellite portfolio framework. We recently received a query from a reader asking us how an investor should allocate assets between core and ...
STOCKS:
Reliance (Rs 1,933.4)
RIL reversed from the low of Rs 1,718 to move to the short-term resistance at Rs 1,970 indicated last week. The stock is in a medium-term down-trend since May 19 and will face strong resistance at Rs 2,018 and Rs 2,200 in its quest to ...
IPOS:
Reliance BIG listing on cards
Mumbai, July 18 Mr Anil Ambani, Chairman of Reliance ADAG, plans to list his group’s media and entertainment arm, Reliance ...
NEW FUND OFFER:
DSP BlackRock World Energy Fund: New opportunities
DSP BlackRock World Energy Fund (DSPBR WEF) is the latest thematic fund offering on the block. This open-ended equity fund would invest in BlackRock Global Funds (BGF) — World Energy Fund (WEF) and BGF — New Energy Fund ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Nifty future may trade sideways
Thanks to positive global cues coupled with strong performance by the Indian IT and banking majors, the Nifty future witnessed a sharp ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
Cash is king
A line in the famous Beatles tune “Can’t buy me love” went like this “I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love”. Well, that isn’t true of stock investors as investors and bankers ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Momentum indicator
Moving average convergence and divergence (MACD) is a trend following (lagging) momentum indicator which is dynamic and premeditated to identify trend changes. Developed by Gerald Appel in the 1960s, MACD shows the correlation between a fast ...
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S Ramesh Kumar
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Radhika Chada
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