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INVESTMENT WORLD
INSIGHT:
Sales pick up, but margins slide
With the close of the earnings season for the December 2009 quarter, it's interesting to take stock of how India Inc has performed. Well, net profits grew an impressive 53 per cent for the over 2,400 listed companies. Two in every 10 ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook: Bears on the prowl
Indian investors had to trudge on a treacherous path last week. Just when it seemed to be smoothening and market participants began to breathe easy, a chasm suddenly opened up on Thursday, making the Sensex plunge over 700 points in just ...
STOCKS:
Power Finance Corporation: Buy
Fresh investments can be considered in the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) stock that appears a good defensive bet within the ...
STOCKS:
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Book Profits
Shareholders can consider booking profits on their holdings in Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL). The stock has since our last ‘buy' recommendation gained over 60 per cent. While a strong set of numbers in the just-ended December ...
STOCKS:
Grindwell Norton: Buy
Investors with moderate risk and return expectations can consider taking exposure in the abrasive and industrial ceramics manufacturer, Grindwell Norton. Pick-up in capex spending by user industries, ability to retain significant market share ...
IPOS:
Hathway Cable & Datacom — IPO: Avoid
Investors can avoid the initial public offering of Hathway Cable & Datacom, a cable distribution and broadband services provider, given the inherent challenges in driving realisations in both the segments that it operates in and the ...
IPOS:
ARSS Infrastructure — IPO: Invest
A relatively low asking price and a focus on government projects make the offer from ARSS Infrastructure Projects a reasonable bet, but only for investors with a ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Birla Sun Life Front Line Equity Fund: Invest
A long-term track record of good performance, proven ability to ride out corrections better than most peer funds and benchmark, and a focussed exposure to blue-chip equities makes Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund an apt investment ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Pivotals: Reliance Industries (Rs 993.7)
Reliance Industries could not move above Rs 1,056 in the early part of last week and crumpled to the low of Rs 975 by Friday. The stock faces strong resistance atRs 1,030 where the 200-day moving average is positioned. Fresh shorts can ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Strategy: Long strangle on Nifty
Despite the recent uptrend seen in the special trading session on Saturday and the US market's weak rebound on Friday, bears may continue to wield a higher influence on the markets next week. While it is difficult to say at this point ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Stock Strategy: Narrow range seen for IFCI
IFCI (Rs 51.2): The stock has been moving in a narrow range of Rs 46-54 for quite some. The stock finds its major resistance at Rs 59 and support at ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Medium-term correction in Tech Mahindra
I would like advice on MIC Electronics which I am holding at an average of Rs 70 per share. Can I continue holding it for another 6 months? I also need guidance on the future of Tech Mahindra purchased at Rs 1,300. Sarita Varma, ...
INSIGHT:
Consumer segments score, core sectors languish
After a year of incentives doled out by the government and the central bank, have the industries responded to the ‘stimuli' with a good set of financial numbers? Numbers for the latest December quarter do suggest so. Thirty of the 35 ...
INVESTMENTS:
Planning retirement in forties
I am Gulshan, aged 42. My wife, aged 39, is a home-maker. We have two children, aged 12 and seven. I worked abroad for some years and am now settled in India. I decided not to take up employment but lead a retired life with ...
INSURANCE:
Honesty is the best policy
The familiar disclaimer that accompanies every advertisement for insurance, ‘Insurance is the subject matter of solicitation', underscores the vital role that information plays in the insurance ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Mixed show amid recovery
It was a quarter of mixed tidings for the real-estate sector with large players such as DLF, Unitech, HDIL, Sobha Developers and Parsvnath demonstrating a strong year-on-year topline growth, although net profit in certain cases continued to ...
BOOKS:
Contrarian — and winning
Good ideas repeated often enough can begin to sound like cliches. Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips' book, Investing the Templeton Way, has some nice ideas. Problem is they have been said quite a few ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Vasanta Bhavan opens boutique hotel
The promoters of ‘Namma Veedu' Vasanta Bhavan, a Chennai-based hotel chain, have launched a 50-room boutique hotel that marries, according to its promoters, two of Chennai's favourite pastime — movies and ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
A new hum at Hinjewadi
In a Pune suburb, this IT hub is witnessing hectic construction activity.. The IT hub of Hinjewadi on the north western outskirts of Pune is home to prominent industry leaders such as TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant and KPIT Cummins and a ...
INVESTMENTS:
Making the ‘right' choice
Why do companies come out with rights issues? Why are they priced below market price? What happens to valuations? Can the rights be sold to others? If these questions crop up in one's mind, here's demystifying what a rights issue is all about ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Commercial rentals recovering
The latest RICS Indian Commercial Property Survey suggests that rental activity in India has picked up in the fourth quarter with the tenant demand happening across office, industrial and retail spaces. But the increase in supply of ...
INCOME TAX:
Rebate on loan EMI tied to share in house
Recently I read in The Hindu that both husband and wife can claim income-tax benefits in respect of interest payment and principal repayment on a housing loan. We have taken a housing loan with me as the applicant and my husband as ...
INTERVIEW:
‘We would look for businesses which are more India focussed'
Mr Krishna Sanghavi, Head of Equity, Kotak AMC shares his views on the outlook for the markets and sectors to ...
STOCK MARKETS:
How to actually construct a diversified portfolio
Investors typically (over) diversify across assets to reduce the downside risk in the stock market. Those who take the mutual fund route simply buy diversified funds. Others who construct self-directed portfolios, however, face a problem; ...
ECONOMICS:
Why we eat unhealthy food
Recently, I was at the airport, waiting for a flight that was long delayed. As most others do, I headed for the snack bar, determined to have some healthy food. I ended up ordering the least healthy food and a strong dose of caffeine. ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Equity Funds — Ones that missed the bus
A large number of equity funds have failed to match the market indices in the stock market rally of the past year. A compilation of returns shows that 119 of the 256 open-end equity funds in operation (including theme funds) missed the bus ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Kotak Lifestyle: Switch
A compounded annualised return of less than 3per cent since inception in March 2006 does not augur well for investors holding Kotak Lifestyle Fund in their portfolio. The fund's unimpressive performance compared with its benchmark, CNX 500, ...
BOOKS:
Big dreams in small places
One of the villages in Kalahandi district of Orissa is Rupra Road. “The village is bustling and cosmopolitan, judging by the four different styles and weaves of women's saris on display at the market: Adivasi, Dalit, Marwari, and ...
EVENTS:
Check It Out
HDFC Bank has introduced a monthly deposit scheme named HDFC Systematic Savings Plan that will offer its customers a variable rate of interest. Under the scheme, customers can deposit a fixed instalment, with a minimum amount of Rs 2,000 and ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
I am a teacher by profession and newly married. My husband is an engineer. Please take a look at our existing portfolio and suggest improvements. We don't see any reason to withdraw money from mutual funds in the near future. About 45 per cent ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual Fund has declared dividend under its scheme- Sundaram BNP Paribas India Leadership Fund. The quantum of dividend decided for distribution is 20 per cent (Rs 2 per unit). The record date is ...
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