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Prime Focus: Buy
With a strong presence in the niche area of post-production services for films, a unique cross-border business model and a good pipeline of film projects, Prime Focus is a preferred pick within the media sector. A substantial correction in ...
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TCS: Buy
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Marico Industries: Buy
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Crompton Greaves: Buy
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Dishman Pharma: Buy
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Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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INSIGHT
What’s melting the market...
...and the factors that could turn the tide
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Should you cash out or hold on?
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INVESTMENTS
FIRST LESSONS
Risks to look out for
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Target-date Funds: Protecting your pre-retirement lifestyle?
The sharp decline in asset prices since January 2008 has badly affected one class of investors — the retirees. Those who did not plan their retirement portfolio well may live to regret it; for the asset price decline could affect ...
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NEW FUND OFFER
Fund Update
Bharti AXA Investment Managers has launched a ‘Liquid’ Fund. The minimum investment is Rs 5,000 for the retail plan and Rs 1 crore for the institution plan. The NFO closes on July 14.Bharti AXA ...
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ECONOMY
Macroeconomic scene laced with challenges
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TOP OF THE MIND
The whys of market fall
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MUTUAL FUNDS
IDFC Imperial Equity: Hold
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ICICI Pru Dynamic: Invest
Investments can be considered in ICICI Pru Dynamic Fund given the fund’s performance over the three and five-year period. Over the same time-frame, the fund has generated an annualised return of 29 per cent and 37 per cent, ...
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Containing downside
Lessons from market correction
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Query Corner
I hold shares of Reliance Capital. Please let me know the future prospects of this stock. Himanshu ShahReliance Capital (Rs 993): In our previous review of Reliance Capital in March, ...
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Sensex long-term outlook review
We had expected the four-year long bull-phase to terminate in the first quarter of 2008 in our long-term outlook at the beginning of this year. Our outermost target for the Sensex for 2008 was at 13700. Now that this level has been ...
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Index Outlook
It was week of high drama on the Indian bourses. The markets initially appeared to be plunging in to a bottomless pit. But the 700-points recovery on Wednesday brought the spring back to the step of the drooping bulls only to see their hopes ...
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Reliance
RIL failed to move past Rs 2,250 last week and declined to an intra-week low at Rs 1,991 instead. This stock has completed a five-wave move from the Rs 2,706 peak. We consider the current sideways move between Rs 2,000 and Rs 2,250 as a ...
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SBI
This stock recorded a trough at Rs 1,007 on Tuesday and a short-term up trend is currently under way. As explained earlier, the Rs 1000-level is a key long-term support and the stock could attempt to stabilise around this level. If this level ...
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Tata Steel
Tata Steel reversed from an intra-week peak at Rs 750 and declined to Rs 626 by Friday. Since the long-term trend-line is positioned at Rs 600 and the 38.2 per cent retracement of the bull phase from 2001 also occurs here, this is a key ...
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Infosys
This stock continued to be an out-performer and moved in a narrow range in a week when most other stocks were slipping and sliding. We stay with the view that the medium-term view for the stock stays positive as long as the Rs ...
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Unitech
Unitech underwent an extremely volatile trading week as both the bulls and the bears fought for supremacy around the key support band between Rs 150 and Rs 160. A long-term trough is possible at this juncture. However, it would be best ...
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Reliance Infra
Reliance Infrastructure recorded a 13 per cent decline last week and achieved our medium-term target at Rs 660. The stock has been attempting to stabilise itself around this support over the last three trading sessions. However, a firm ...
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Tech School
Reversal patterns are invaluable in identifying an imminent trend reversal in the charts. Here are a few common introductory points for all reversal patterns:First, for any reversal to take place there should be a prior trend. For head and ...
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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Building on the bustle
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GROUND REALITIES
Solar water heaters, still lukewarm
With the increasing emphasis on using renewable energy to conserve natural resources and tackle power shortage, the real-estate sector is seen as one important market.In buildings, renewable energy use boils down to ...
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More potential in affordable housing
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TNHB stepping in to fill the gap
The Tamil Nadu Housing Board, the public sector agency, is active in housing and commercial projects after nearly a decade of dormancy.It is planning affordable urban housing for the middle- and low-income group. After going it ...
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HOUSING FINANCE
Home loan rates
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CONSUMER FINANCE
Personal loan — do your homework first
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LIFE INSURANCE
Combining gainfully
SIP + Insurance products
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