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Fund Update
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund has announced the change in the load structure in Birla Dynamic Bond Fund. The fund will charge an exit load of 2 per cent on redemptions or switch outs made within 180 days of date of ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
Market-neutral funds: Transporting alpha
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Reliance Equity Opportunities: Optimistic on info-tech
Reliance Equity Opportunities is an open-ended equity scheme with the objective of investing in stocks across sectors and market capitalisations. The fund seeks to invest in value and growth stocks, and is not aggressive in churning its ...
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FUND TALK
‘My portfolio has too many funds with low returns’
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STOCK MARKETS
Sterlite wins bid for Asarco
$2.6-b cash deal is subject to US bankruptcy court approval
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Query Corner
What is the technical view on Apollo Tyres purchased at Rs 45? K.RammohanApollo Tyres (Rs 42.1): This stock has been moving sideways in the range between Rs 20 and Rs 40 since 2004. ...
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Market may move in a narrow range
The stock markets declined further last week on the back of FIIs unwinding their positions. The Nifty future slipped by about 1.9 cent to end at 4850.1 against the previous week close of 4945.2. The rollover statistics of Nifty future also ...
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DO THE DERIVATIVES
Interpreting rollover statistics
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Tech School
Having discussed the basic properties of a moving average and the two popular kinds of moving average, simple and exponential, let us now move on to other more complex ways of calculating the moving average line. Moving average line can ...
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Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries moved in line with our expectation towards the medium-term target at Rs 2,400. The stock closed below the 200-day moving average on Friday accompanied by heavy volume. The oscillators in the daily chart are also signalling ...
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SBI
SBI crashed below the medium-term support at Rs 1,600 last week, corroborating our view that the stock has launched in to the third leg of the down-move from the January peak. The targets are as mentioned last week – Rs 1,337 and then Rs ...
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Tata Steel
Tata Steel put up a relatively resilient show last week, remaining in the sideways range between Rs 850 and Rs 920. The near-term outlook stays positive since this shallow correction can be followed by an upward break-out to the ...
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Infosys
Infosys reversed from an intra-week trough at Rs 1,792 and is once more knocking at the resistance at Rs 1,950. The stock could attempt to move to Rs 2,010 in the near-term. But short-term traders should watch out for a bout of ...
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Unitech
It was a week of capitulation for Unitech as it slid helplessly below the support at Rs 245. The immediate target for the stock is the long-term trend line positioned at Rs 224 and the key retracement support at Rs 208. These ...
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Reliance Infra
Reliance Infrastructure moved sideways with a negative bias last week. A re-test of the trough at Rs 1,100 is definitely on, in the short-term. But an upward reversal from there can result in a sideways move in the band between Rs 1,100 and Rs ...
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What’s Ahead
With results season finally entering the last lap, the markets are less likely to look for domestic triggers. Better-than-expected March quarter GDP figures but high inflation numbers neutralise the chances of a secular move as markets are ...
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FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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RECOMMENDATION
Sun Pharma: Buy
Investors with a 3-5 year perspective can buy the stock of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Sun), an integrated speciality pharmaceutical company that manufactures and markets generic medicines in India, US and several other markets. ...
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Indraprastha Gas: Buy
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Gemini Communication: Hold
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Thermax: Buy
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Fidelity Special Situations Fund: Hold
After an impressive start in 2006, the Fidelity Special Situations Fund has suffered a slippage in performance in recent times. A sharp decline in the fund’s NAV during the recent market correction has trimmed its one-year return ...
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Magnum Balanced Fund: Invest
Magnum Balanced Fund appears to be a reasonable investment option for investors who prefer a mixture of equity and debt. Its five-year track record is impressive, with returns of about 40 per cent being well ahead of the category average. The ...
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IPOS
MACRO TRACKER
Waning primary markets
Resources mobilised in the primary market grew by about 57.5 per cent in 2007-08 with companies raking in over Rs 2.08 lakh crore through local and overseas offerings. While both the domestic (IPOs, rights offers, private placements) and the ...
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OUTLOOK
Index Outlook
The month of May did live up to its reputation. It brought the Sensex’ upward march to a halt and pushed it 900 points lower. But most market participants would be relieved at escaping this lightly given the concerns on the inflation and ...
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Growth story will sustain
Even without the extraordinary circumstances of 2008 and inflation sources that are now negative for India Inc, high growth-high inflation environment inevitably leads to margin pressures. That is why reasoned voices welcomed the RBI’s ...
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INVESTOR PROTECTION
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