MARKETS
STOCK MARKETS:
Private equity firms tap exit opportunities
Global pressures, portfolio rejig prompt selling. BL Research Bureau Not just company insiders, even private equity players known for their investment acumen have been selling in the current ...
OUTLOOK:
‘Markets can fall by 10-20% from peak’
Usually a diehard optimist, Mr Sandip Sabharwal, CEO - PMS, Prabhudas Lilladher Markets, sounds a note of caution about the stock markets after their breathless rally over the past three months. Markets have not been so overbought technically ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Union Bank of India: Buy
Investors with a one year-plus horizon can consider buying the stock of Union Bank of ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Ambuja Cements: Hold
Trading at just 10 times its trailing earnings, the stock of Ambuja Cements, at Rs 91, promises upside backed by savings on coal cost, clinker capacity expansion and ramp-up in power generation. The company is enhancing its clinker capacity ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Sadbhav Engineering: Buy
Small and mid-sized infrastructure companies could benefit from higher spending on roads and possible changes in norms that gives more room for smaller players to ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts — IPO: Invest
Investors with a long-term perspective can subscribe to the initial public offer of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts. The company’s position as the dominant player in the business of vacation ownership, its early-mover advantage in ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Satyam Computer — Open Offer: Reject
Investors who hold shares of Satyam Computer Services can reject the open offer made by Tech Mahindra. The offer price appears unattractive in the light of Satyam’s future prospects, with the recent financial disclosures showing ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Orbit Corporation (Rs 165.5): Sell
Investors with a medium-term perspective can consider selling the stock of Orbit Corporation. The stock’s steady intermediate-term uptrend that commenced from its March low (Rs 40), got accelerated in May. However, the stock ...
RECOMMENDATION:
HDFC Top 200 Fund: Invest
Investments with a long-term perspective can be considered in HDFC Top 200 Fund. With the broad market showing signs of volatility, the fund’s track record of delivering consistent performance and ability to generate impressive ...
RECOMMENDATION:
DSPBR India T.I.G.E.R: Hold
Investors can hold on to their units in DSPBR India T.I.G.E.R (The Infrastructure Growth and Economic Reforms) Fund considering its track record since inception. The fund has comfortably outpaced its benchmark and the category average over ...
STOCKS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
In your last review of GMR Infra on March 22, 2009 you had discussed about the target of Rs 135 for the stock. Kindly explain your updated technical view on the stock. Amit ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
It’s all in the timing
New Fund Offers. Subscribing to new fund offers of mutual funds is not a bad idea. If the launch of scheme is timed close to a market bottom, there is every possibility of the individual making decent returns. But do investors usually make money ...
STOCKS:
PIVOTALS
RIL started the week on a negative note, tumbling 7 per cent on June 15. The counter plunged 13 per cent over the week, conclusively breaking through a key medium-term support level at Rs 2,100. We believe that the stock has reversed lower. ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Nifty future at a crucial juncture
The markets took a breather of sorts last week. The Nifty future closed at 4326, registering a fall of 5.6 per cent over the previous week’s close of 4584.35 ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
A load off investors
Investments in mutual funds may not suffer deduction of ‘entry load’ for too long. In a move that will empower investors to determine the price they will pay for service received from a distributor, thereby reducing their cost ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund managers set store by Chinese growth
Thiruvananthapuram, June 20 Investors are basing their strategy around optimism over Chinese growth and emerging markets performance, according to the Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for ...
FINANCIAL SERVICES:
1,665 pending cases against brokers for fees default
Mumbai, June 20 More than 1,600 cases against brokers for default of fees payable to SEBI were pending as on May 31 2009, a SEBI status note put on its Web ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Performance evaluation: Why style benchmarks are important
Most investors simply compare the returns on their fund with that of the S&P CNX Nifty or the BSE Sensex to validate if the fund has fared well. Is such ...
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT:
Update
IDBI Gilts has informed that Mr G.A. Tadas has taken over charge as Managing Director and CEO. Mr Tadas has served in the departments of- Corporate Strategy and Planning, Project Appraisal, Organisational Development, ...
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