The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, April 20, 2008

INVESTMENTS
‘Gold has become a mainstream asset class’
AIG is the second fund house in India after DSP ML fund managers to launch a World Gold Fund, a scheme which seeks exposure to gold mining companies globally. Business Line caught up with Mr Ravi Mehrotra, Managing Director ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS
Global exposure: Enhancing returns from the emerging markets
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Magnum Global — Capital goods heavy
The first quarter of this year was not a good period for the global as well as the Indian markets. During this period, the BSE Sensex shed 22 per cent whereas the BSE Midcap Index lost close to 35 per cent. Here is a look at how Magnum Global ... More

Fund Talk
Could you advice me on the advantages of investing in Gold ETFs instead of investing in gold itself? Which are the better performing funds in this category?Partha More

Update
Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual Fund has launched Sundaram BNP Paribas Financial Services Opportunities an open-ended equity scheme. The scheme will be primarily focus on opportunities in the financial services space. The ... More

STOCKS
Query Corner
Ispat Industries climbed from around Rs 30 to Rs 75 earlier this year but is now struggling in the band between Rs 28 and Rs 31. I am holding shares purchased at Rs 72. What should I do now? Tejas ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS
Financial planning: Meeting your goals
Both Avinash, 36, and his wife Pavithra, 32, are employed in a software company and they earn a monthly salary of Rs 1,20,000 and Rs 90,000 respectively. As they don’t understand much about shares, they invest more in debt. They hold 15 ... More

STOCK MARKETS
Can a good monsoon affect your investments?
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FOLLOW THE MONEY
Oil prices may cast dark clouds on emerging markets
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‘Market valuations look reasonable after correction’
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Reliance
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SBI
This stock moved in an extremely narrow range last week, in line with our expectation. If it fails to clear the key near-term resistance is at Rs 1,720 early next week, we can expect a move downward to Rs 1,595 and below that to Rs ... More

Tata Steel
Tata Steel displayed resilience last week and moved higher on Thursday to close the week in the positive terrain. The movement over the last two weeks holds out the promise of a breakout to Rs 735 or Rs 793. But traders need to ... More

Infosys
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Unitech
Unitech is in a long-term correction since January 3. This correction has already eroded fifty per cent of the gains recorded since 2003. The stock could make a significant long-term trough at these levels. But a step lower could take Unitech ... More

Reliane Energy
The current bull phase in Reliance Energy commenced at the June 2006 trough at Rs 362. One leg of this phase has ended at Rs 2,631 on January 10. The correction from this peak has retraced 61.8 per cent of the entire move from June 2006 ... More

Tech School
In the first lesson of Tech School, we dealt with the trend and the types of trend along with illustrations. In this column, we shall look at some of the complexities associated with the trend.Technical analysis on a security can be ... More

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Dabur Pharma selling 73.27% stake to Singapore firm
Fresenius Kabi to pay Rs 76.50 a share More

Though MFs have shown phenomenal growth...
FIIs are still the kings
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Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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RECOMMENDATION
B L Kashyap & Sons: Buy
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Lupin: Buy
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Infosys Technologies: Buy
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HEG: Buy
Long-term investments can be considered in the stock of HEG, a leading manufacturer of graphite electrodes in the country. The outlook for the company is strong on account of rising demand for graphite electrodes, an essential consumable used ... More

Reliance Growth: Invest in phases
Investors with a high risk appetite can consider exposure to the Reliance Growth Fund. It tops the Indian equity fund category for performance over the last five years; during this period, it delivered an annual return of 65 per cent. A ... More

Tata Equity Opportunities Fund: Invest
Investments can be considered in Tata Equity Opportunities Fund based on its three- and five-year track record. The fund has consistently outpaced the benchmark and category average return during this time frame. The lone exception was ... More

BONUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Zero-sum game
Shareholders of Reliance Energy have approved to waive the company’s entitlement to receive bonus shares proposed by Reliance Power. It will, however, accept a gift of 2.57 per cent shares of Reliance Power from Anil ... More

OUTLOOK
Bull momentum likely to continue
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Index Outlook
Infosys expressed concerns about global IT spends in the next fiscal but their guidance was innocuous; WPI growth for the week was 7.14 per cent, at least it did not cross 7.5 per cent; Citigroup reported a steep quarterly loss and said 9000 ... More

What’s ahead?
Stock markets are expected to react to RBI’s move of hiking the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 0.50 per cent on Thursday. Volatility is also to be expected in the forthcoming week with the expiry of the April series derivatives. Reliance ... More

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