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MARKETS
STOCK MARKETS:
FIIs turn off Indian stocks to havens closer home
Emerging markets may have already run their course. Chennai, June 27 Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have turned net sellers in Indian stocks after being consistent buyers over the past couple of months. The recent selling appears to be ...
FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS:
Have FIIs hit ‘pause’?
Cheap valuations and a strong shot of liquidity both had a hand in the Sensex staging a breathtaking 81 per cent rally since March. Of the two, the role played by the gush of liquidity cannot be overemphasised as foreign institutional ...
OUTLOOK:
Faint cracks in uptrend
US President, Barack Obama, and the World Bank played the miscreant over last fortnight, deflating equity markets with their grim statements about a prolonged recession. The whimsical monsoons were Indian equities’ bête noire that ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Pratibha Industries: Buy
Construction and infrastructure development company Pratibha Industries, is likely to emerge as one of the key beneficiaries of the Budget spending on urban ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Siemens: Book Profits
Siemens India may have taken the stock market by surprise, with revenues back on the growth track and profit margins showing a visible improvement for the quarter ended March 2009 (the company’s second quarter) compared to a year ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Sintex Industries: Buy
The stock of Sintex Industries offers a good investment option for investors with a two-three year horizon. From being a plastic storage tank manufacturer, Sintex has become a diversified producer of plastic products that cater to a range ...
RECOMMENDATION:
UCO Bank: Book Profits
Investors targeting higher returns can consider exiting the UCO Bank stock after its 81 per cent gain from its March ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Strides Arcolab (Rs 147.3): Buy
Investors with medium-term perspective can consider buying Strides Arcolab ...
RECOMMENDATION:
Magnum Equity: Hold
Investors can retain their holdings in Magnum Equity Fund. The fund’s performance over a five-year period is not heartening; however it has managed to return above the category-average and benchmark over a three- and ...
FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Get the best of remittances
With private players and banks offering remittance services, the options today are many for sending money from overseas to India. But before zeroing in on an option, work out what is crucial for you – time or money. The answer to that ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Why higher equity allocation is optimal for long-term investors?
Many investors have carried their exposure to stocks through 2008 in the hope that these stocks would generate positive returns if they hold on ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
Please give me long-term advice on Areva T&D and Bharti Airtel purchased at Rs 320 and Rs 950 respectively. ...
REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS:
US financial reforms: Reining in risk
The overhaul of the US financial system is aimed at better equipping regulators to deal with a crisis. The Obama administration has announced sweeping changes in financial regulation for the US economy in an effort to avert a crisis similar to ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Entry load: Unwarranted misgivings
Distributors of mutual fund products have been up in arms against the SEBI decision to do away with entry loads on mutual funds, with some of them even threatening to altogether boycott the funds. SEBI’s move will ...
STOCKS:
Reliance (Rs 2,028.6)
RIL failed to rally above the resistance at Rs 2,384 indicated in our edition dated June 14, 2009, and the third wave of the down-move from Rs 2,490 dragged the stock to our medium-term target of Rs 1,935. It is important to note that RIL ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
I read with interest your column on entry loads last week. I recently started making most of my mutual fund transactions online(through the fund’s portal) and most of my transactions are now treated as ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Nifty future may try to head higher
Thanks to Friday’s strong recovery, the Nifty future managed to end the week on a positive note. The Nifty July future closed 4384, a gain of 1.3 per cent over the previous week’s close of 4326. It also ended with a premium of ...
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT:
Update
SAHARA MUTUAL FUND has launched Sahara Super 20 Fund, an open ended growth scheme. This new fund offer, which opened on June 25, will remain open till July 23. The investment objective of the scheme would be to provide long ...
INVESTMENTS:
Money Talk
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STOCK EXCHANGES:
MCX SX applies for SEBI nod to launch interest rate futures
Mumbai, June 27 MCX Stock Exchange (MCX SX), promoted by Financial Technologies, has approached the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for approval to launch trading in interest rate futures. Currently,, the exchange, which provides ...
IPOS:
RINL ready to go public
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) is awaiting the Centre’s disinvestment policy before launching its IPO, according to its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr P.K. ...
STOCKS:
LIC sells Novartis equity
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STOCKS:
B.K. Birla group to raise stake in cos thru market
Kolkata, June 27The promoter holdings in the B.K. Birla group companies are going to be increased through the creeping acquisition ...
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Harish Bijoor
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Ramanujam Sridhar
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S Ramesh Kumar
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Radhika Chada
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