MARKETS
STOCKS:
Indian bank stocks dance to US tunes
High FII stakes, ADRs, overseas exposures explain rising correlation. BL Research Bureau Are Indian banks really immune to the global financial crisis due to stricter regulation? Though regulators and market players may say so, the stock markets ...
OUTLOOK:
Index Outlook
Sensex is on a roll! It has snapped 28 per cent higher from the March 6-trough and this is the fourth consecutive positive weekly close for the index. The bulls appear to be in no mood to relinquish control just yet and the speed with ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren: Buy
Investors with a high-risk appetite can consider accumulating the stock of Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren, a leading manufacturer of steel pipes. At the current market price of Rs 80, the stock trades at about five times its estimated ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Kalpataru Power Transmission: Buy
The increased order flow to the power transmission sector is another signal that select sectors of the economy may be in the revival mode. Kalpataru Power Transmission, a turnkey solutions provider in transmission lines and substation ...
RECOMMENDATION:
CMC: Buy
Investments with a two-year horizon can be considered in the shares of CMC, in the light of the stock’s reasonable valuations. The company is an integrated IT systems player and has managed a fruitful margin expansion drive through ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Bannari Amman Sugars: Buy
A steeper-than-expected downward revision in sugar output estimates has made the outlook for domestic prices quite bullish over the medium ...
RECOMMENDATION:
DSP Blackrock Equity Fund: Invest
Investors can buy the units of DSPBR Equity Fund, considering the fund’s track record in delivering strong returns and its ability to contain downsides quite well during periods of ...
STOCKS:
Tata Steel
Tata Steel too began the week on a nervous note , declining to Rs 192. But the stock rallied thereafter to move higher towards the resistance at Rs ...
STOCKS:
SBI
It was a week of wild gyration for SBI. The stock plummeted below Rs 1,000 to Rs 980 before reversing sharply to close the week with a 2 per cent gain. The bullish hammer in the weekly candlestick chart coming close on the heels of ...
STOCKS:
ONGC
It was a spectacular 8 per cent rally in ONGC last Friday that made the stock close well above the short-term resistance at Rs 820. Target of the third wave from Rs 637 trough gives us the next target at Rs 926. Fibonacci retracement of ...
STOCKS:
Reliance Industries
RIL moved past our first medium-term target to record an intra-week peak at Rs 1,679. Next medium-term target for this stock is around Rs 1,825. The medium-term up trend from the March 6 trough can end here since it occurs at 38.2 per ...
STOCKS:
Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki continued to surge ahead; moving close to our first medium-term target at Rs 850. As explained in our last column, the stock is poised just above the upper boundary of its medium-term range that is at Rs 750. The medium-term ...
STOCKS:
Infosys
Despite the wobble on Monday that made the stock decline to Rs 1,288, Infosys closed the week on a strong note with a 5 per cent weekly gain. Investors however need to tread carefully in the near-term since the stock is nearing the ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
I am a 45-year-old public sector employee. I have investments in shares and mutual funds. The process of share accrual started three years ago. . During the stock market crash in 2008, I did not completely exit from ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
UTI MUTUAL FUND has announced a dividend of 15 per cent on a face value of Rs 10 under dividend options of UTI Master Equity Plan. The record date for the same is ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Principal Large Cap: Hold
Investors can retain their units invested in Principal Large Cap Fund based on its return track record over the last few ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
‘Do your due diligence first’
Mr Raghav Modi, a Bachelor of Science from South Methodist University of Dallas, majored in economics. An entrepreneur, he is now the CEO of Pet Set Go, a branded pet care and accessories company. Mr Modi talks to ...
STOCKS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
companies, to ...
OPEN OFFERS:
Xander ups stake in Sinclairs Hotels; open offer at Rs 172.50/share
Kolkata, April 4 Xander Investment Holding X Ltd, a Mauritius-registered financial investment outfit of the private equity player Xander group, is set to convert the remaining warrants, issued to it in December 2007 by Kolkata-based ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Gilt Funds Hit by volatility
Retail investors who preferred gilt funds for their sovereign guarantee and liquidity have probably been caught unawares by the decline in NAVs of these funds over the past few months. Gilt fund returns have been no less volatile than those ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
Multi-asset class portfolio: Leaning on asset allocation for optimal returns
Wealth managers and portfolio managers always recommend investors to diversify their portfolios. Diversification did not, however, save the portfolios from the carnage that saw asset prices tank last year. Investors are understandably ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Nifty future to move in a range
After opening on a weak note last week, Nifty futures recovered sharply to end on a firm ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Three white soldiers and three black crows
In Japanese candlesticks, there are some patterns that are called secondary signals because they do not arise as frequently as the more common bearish or bullish engulfing patterns, bullish or bearish harami patter, hanging man or ...
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Harish Bijoor
Ramanujam Sridhar
S Ramesh Kumar
Radhika Chada
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