MARKETS
NEW FUND OFFER
A cautious home-coming for real-estate MFs
Mumbai, April 26 Though they are excited about the new asset class thrown open to them by SEBI’s notification on Real Estate Mutual Funds, mutual fund houses are asking themselves whether they are adequately equipped to offer this ...
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NEW FUND ON THE BLOCK
ICICI Pru Focussed Equity Fund: Large-cap expectations
With funds such as Emerging STAR, Discovery and the Fusion series in its portfolio of products, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has had a strong tilt towards mid-cap stocks in its fund portfolios. Of the equity funds in its fold, ICICI Pru Growth ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
A new real(i)ty on the ground
Real Estate Mutual Funds
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GROUND REALITIES
Welcome REMFs
The notification of the amended guidelines for real estate mutual funds (REMFs) by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) enabling the launch of these funds presents multiple benefits, including enhancing the liquidity ...
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ABN AMRO Opportunities Fund: IT out of favour, oil in
In highly volatile markets, if a fund has the flexibility to invest across market capitalisations, it has an edge over diversified, cap-specific funds. If a fund has a mandate to take a concentrated exposure, it has an advantage in markets ...
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Fund Talk
I am a 26-year-old professional. I have been investing in mutual funds for the last three years. Unfortunately, I have accumulated more than the desirable number of funds. Kindly help me build a good portfolio for long term. I ...
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Update
SBI Mutual Fund has revised the asset allocation of SBI Magnum Midcap Fund. As per the revision, the fund house has increased the investment limit in the stocks other than the midcaps companies from the present 10 per cent to ...
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STOCKS
Query Corner
Please give your advice on Deccan Aviation bought at Rs 142 for medium and long term. Rajesh Mishra Deccan Aviation (Rs 135.8): The crash in the stock price of Deccan Aviation was as ...
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EDUCATION
Tech School
We considered a few aspects relating to the trend line in our previous class. To add value to this tool, another line is drawn parallel to the trend line that joins the peaks in the up trend and the troughs in the down trend. The result is the ...
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FINANCIAL MARKETS
HOW TO GUIDE
Choosing between insurance and investment products
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STOCK MARKETS
Some profitable strategies for options traders
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Rally likely to sustain
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Short straddles and strangles
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Reliance
The quandary in RIL remains unresolved. The stock did not move beyond the resistance at Rs 2,700 indicated last week but gently slid towards our short-term support at Rs 2,550. Traders can hold their long positions with a stop at Rs 2,540. The ...
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SBI
SBI continued to surprise with its resilience. The stock moved higher despite the extremely negative medium-term pattern. The current short-term up-move can take the stock higher to Rs 1,844 or Rs 1,880. Short-term traders can book partial ...
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Tata Steel
The stock spiked higher last week, in line with our expectation and recorded an intra week peak at Rs 805.The current up-move appears to have sufficient momentum to take the price to Rs 815 or Rs 840 in the near-term. But a sideways move ...
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Infosys
The scrip spent the week in a quiet consolidating move following the sharp spurt in the previous week. Short-term traders can hold their long positions with a stop at Rs 1,590. The next support for the week would be at Rs 1,520. ...
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Unitech
This stock recorded an intra week peak at Rs 290, in line with our expectation. The targets for the third leg of the move from Rs 245 trough are Rs 306 and then Rs 336. Since these levels coincide with the 50- and 200- day moving averages, ...
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Reliance Energy
This stock moved in an extremely narrow range between Rs 1,300 and Rs 1,400 last week. The stock appears ready to move higher to test the resistance band between Rs 1,400 and Rs 1,500, indicated last week. Short-term traders can hold the stock ...
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FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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RECOMMENDATION
Nicholas Piramal: Buy
Investors with a 12-month perspective should consider buying shares of Nicholas Piramal, a leading pharma company engaged in custom manufacturing drugs for Western companies and selling branded formulations in India. It is one of the top ...
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HCL Technologies: Buy
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Zee News: Hold
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PSL: Buy
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Birla Top 100 Fund: Hold
Investors can retain their holdings in Birla Top 100 Fund. The fund has underperformed the benchmark S&P CNX Nifty and the category average sharply over a one-year period and since its inception as well. Large cap focussed peers ...
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BONUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Record date
Reliance Power announced that the bonus shares will be issued to those shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members as at the end of the close of business hours on June ...
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OUTLOOK
Index Outlook
There is something about May. The approach of the sweltering month with soaring mercury levels appears to bring a feeling of unease among the stock market fraternity, probably incited by thoughts of the mayhem in May 2004 and 2006. The ...
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Market View
The monetary easing in the United States all of last year was benefiting emerging market stocks in particular. This was consistent with the classic late-cycle story of liquidity chasing an increasingly limited number of opportunities, thereby ...
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What’s ahead
Investors would do well to keep an eye on April 29, when the Reserve Bank of India discusses its Annual Monetary Policy. High inflation remains a concern and it would not be a surprise to see a rate hike. Stocks of ICICI Bank, Essar Oil ...
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