MARKETS
NEW FUND OFFER
Update
Canbank Mutual Fund has come out with a close-ended equity fund - CanMulticap. The new fund offer closes on January 4, 2007. Though it plans to keep the equity allocation to 90 per cent, the fund will have a minimum allocation of 75 ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
Fund Talk
Some funds under-perform their benchmarks and yet deliver good returns. Take for instance, Sundaram Capex Opportunities Fund. A person who purchased units of this fund during NFO has reaped returns of above 75 per cent since then and yet I'm ...
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Birla Sunlife Basic Industries Fund Petro, construction favoured
Birla Sunlife Basic Industries Fund uses a blend of the value and growth styles to focus on companies that are sensitive to economic cycles and commodity pricing cycles. We take a look at the changes to the portfolio during the quarter-ended ...
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UTI MF associate sponsor of KBC
UTI Mutual Fund is joining KBC (Kaun Banega Crorepati) bandwagon as associate sponsor. The fund house, the largest in India with about Rs 38,000 croreunder management, plans to leverage reach and popularity of KBC, which has ...
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STOCKS
Bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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SEBI shifts some scrips to rolling segment
Market regulator SEBI has shifted 10 scrips from Trade For Trade Segment (TFTS) to Rolling Segment. The 10 companies are Jeet Machine Tools Ltd, Greycells Entertainment Ltd, JOCIL Ltd, Marathon Nextgen Realty & Textiles Ltd, ..
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STOCK EXCHANGES
Infosys joins Nasdaq Top 100 index
Likely to have a rank of around 80
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STOCK MARKETS
Escaping the clutches of valuation myths
Valuation is a tricky subject, and successful investors escape the associated myths to generate immense wealth for themselves and the community at large.
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Cast your Net wide for information
Authentic sources to sift pure speculation from actual fact
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Query Corner
I have 100 shares of Hinduja TMT bought at Rs 530. Kindly give your opinion regarding its technicals. Dr Srinivas Hinduja TMT (Rs 606.6): Hinduja TMT has made a strong comeback from the low of Rs 355 hit on June 14. The ...
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Investment Nuggets
George Soros is considered the greatest hedge-fund investor in modern times and a philosophical speculator, whose expertise mainly lies in currency speculation. He is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" after he bet against ...
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Trader's Corner
All of us are aware of the cardinal truth that trading is no path of roses. We all have to flounder, make every single mistake there is to be made until we are well hardened and cynical enough to face the ups and downs in the market. Of ...
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Tech Tools
I am interested in learning the Elliott Wave and Neo Wave analyses. I am confused about the chronological order in which to study these. Should I start with R.N. Elliott's Wave theory first and then switch over to Glenn Neely's research? ...
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ACC
ACC hit a high of Rs 1,192 on Monday before reversing to end the week with a loss of 2 per cent. A short-term correction is currently underway in this stock. Traders need to tread with caution now as a five-wave move has been completed from ...
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Infosys
Infosys reversed from a weekly high of Rs 2,280, failing to overcome the peak at Rs 2,300. The short-term trend in this stock has turned sideways. The price can continue to fluctuate in the band between Rs 2,300 and Rs 2,130. Sell signals in the ...
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Tata Steel
The price hit an intra-week high of Rs 501.9 before reversing and taking a sharp tumble. Though the price moved up from the support at Rs 468, it could not go past the Rs 490 resistance convincingly. The short-term outlook for this stock stays ...
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Weak signals in SBI
The first signs of weakness were evident in the chart of SBI since the exhilarating rally started from the low of Rs 1,127 on November 15. The momentum oscillators in the daily charts are signalling a sell though the weekly oscillators are not ...
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Reliance
RIL tried to recover in the first half of last week, but the bearish candle seen on Friday accentuates the lack of strength in this stock. This stock can spend some more time in the range between Rs 1,230 and Rs 1,320. This shallow movement ...
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ONGC
The struggle to rally past Rs 880 continued last week too, the stock finally succumbed to selling pressure on Friday. The oscillators in the daily and weekly chart are signalling a sell. The 10-day ROC has slipped in to the negative zone. ...
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Chart Focus
Bharat Forge lost 54 per cent in the fall that ensued from the peak of Rs 485 made in March. The recovery since June has halted at exactly 61.8 per cent of this fall, making us assume that this rally was the second leg of a deeper correction. The ...
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RECOMMENDATION
Bharat Electronics: Buy
Investments in Bharat Electronics can be considered with a two-three year perspective. Healthy order book, robust cash flows and moves to reduce dependence on revenues from defence sector augur well for the earnings growth of Bharat Electronics ...
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Cairn India: Invest at cut-off
Oil exploration and production is a risky business and more so in this project where a couple of critical aspects are yet to be finalised.
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Reliance Regular Savings Equity: Hold
The fund contained declines better than a number of its peers and its benchmark in the market correction in May.
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SBI Magnum Contra: Invest
Investment can be considered in SBI Magnum Contra. The fund's track record over three- and five-year periods has been impressive. With its contrarian approach, the fund seeks to invest in stocks or sectors that hold potential for appreciation but ...
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Everest Kanto Cylinders: Hold
Robust demand from user industries, supportive government policies and favourable cost economics spell good times for this seamless steel gas cylinder manufacturer.
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Tanla Solutions: Invest at cut-off
The company is seeking to ride on the growth potential of the non-voice mobile market. Its broad-based portfolio in the messaging market lends confidence, though scale-up risks remain.
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Tata Coffee: Invest
The Eight O 'Clock Coffee acquisition and the company's instant coffee expansions have transformed Tata Coffee into an integrated player.
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Pyramid Saimira Theatre: Invest at cut-off
PSTL's model focuses on gaining critical mass in territories so that it will be too large for distributors to ignore. This could help it secure strong content.
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IPOS
Cairns IPO: On a sticky field
The biggest risk an investor will be assuming is that Cairn is unable to produce the peak quantum of oil projected from the Rajasthan field due to technical reasons. Oil reserve estimation and projection is a specialised activity and the ...
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OUTLOOK
Market View
The current rally in the equity market is supported by a significant increase in capital investments by Indian companies. Apart from capacity expansion and creation domestically, Indian businesses are also on the overseas ...
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Index Outlook
The rather bored response to Sensex hitting the 14,000 level last week, brings to mind the year 1999 when 5,000 balloons were released from the top of Jeejeebhoy Towers to commemorate the occasion of the Sensex hitting 5,000. Three months later, ...
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