Why inflation is cooling off
Metal and crude oil prices are falling on weak global growth. This should keep manufacturing and fuel inflation under check. »
Dish TV: BUY
Expanding market for digital viewership will increase subscriber growth for the company. »
Indian DTH market revenue to cross $5 bn by 2020: Study
Cable TV digitisation to be over within a year: Report
Buy ACC: A good investment option
The stock of ACC, one of the country’s top three cement manufacturers, appears to be a good investment given strong prices in the southern States where the company sells over a third of its produc... »
Index Outlook: Raring to go higher
We closed the special trading session on Saturday with both the Nifty and the Sensex poised tantalisingly close to their previous peaks. In technical parlance, the indices are at key resistances o... »
10 warning signs that your business is failing
This article is inspired by the Ten Commandments for Business Failure — an interesting book written by Donald Keough. Don is on the board of Berkshire Hathaway, Allen & Company... »
Market Strategy
Query Corner: Ambuja Cements attempting to rebound
Please advise on the short- and long-term outlook for Central Bank of India and Ambuja Cements.
T. Jayakumar
Central Bank of India (Rs 72.3): This stock is poised close to... »
Stock Insight
Jyothy Laboratories: HOLD
Fortunes will depend on how well the company is able to integrate acquired brands and boost sales. »
Jyothy Laboratories Q3 net dips 10% to Rs 26 cr
Jyothy Laboratories Q3 net dips 10% to Rs 26 cr
Jyothy Labs cuts trade margins on par with other FMCG players
Market Watch
Pivotals: Reliance Industries, SBI, Infosys and Tata Steel
Reliance Industries (Rs 813.3)
The stock was volatile in the previous week and is still trading in the sideways consolidation range between Rs 760 and Rs 820. It is testing the upp... »
Mutual Funds
Birla Sun Life Equity Fund: Hold
Investors can retain the units of Birla Sun Life Equity fund. After lagging the benchmark on a three-year basis, the fund’s performance has improved over the last one year. A marked shif... »
Money Wise
Property options for NRIs
NRIs with a long term horizon for property investments may be able to find value buys in many markets currently. Here are a few ideas from experts on how to pick a property ... »
Mutual Funds
Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services - Long Term Value Fund
Financial services players who offer equity broking and portfolio management services ... »
More investors now from smaller cities
Investments from Tier 2 and 3 cities are trickling into the markets. Newer investors are more keen on long-term investing than trading, says Ravi Varanasi, Chief - Business Development, Nat... »
Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services - Long Term Value Fund
Financial services players who offer equity broking and portfolio management services are increasingly exploring the mutual fund space. Motilal Oswal, for instance, just launched an actively manag... »
Birla Sun Life Equity Fund: Hold
Investors can retain the units of Birla Sun Life Equity fund. After lagging the benchmark on a three-year basis, the fund’s performance has improved over the last one year. A marked shif... »
Long-term outlook positive for gold
Recent decline in gold prices were caused by a confluence of factors. Jewellery demand slackened with incessant rise in gold prices. India’s gold imports for 2012 fell by 4.6 per cent from... »
Cotton could bloom on Chinese demand
Since the start of this year, cotton prices have recovered their earlier losses on demand from the top consumer, China, and hopes of a drop in acreage in the world’s third-largest producer... »
Query Corner: Ambuja Cements attempting to rebound
Please advise on the short- and long-term outlook for Central Bank of India and Ambuja Cements.
T. Jayakumar
Central Bank of India (Rs 72.3): This stock is poised close to... »
Questions to ask your financial adviser
Many of you avail the services of investment professionals in the hope that professional advice will help you meet your investment objectives. In this article, we address the issues that you need... »
What drives FII flows?
“FIIs are selling, it is time to rush to the exit door”, “FIIs have bought Rs 4,000 crore worth of stocks on Monday, the sentiment is turning bullish” or “FIIs are waiting on the sidelines to see g... »
Gift from relatives not taxable
While buying and selling shares, we incur long term capital gain/loss, and short term capital gain/ loss. For how many financial years can the long term / short term losses be carried forward? Als... »
Financial Planning
I am 29 and my wife is 25. We plan to have our first child by 2014. We live in Dubai and plan to return to India by 2016. I expect my monthly salary to be Rs 80,000 at that time. My wife... »
GSK Pharma: Book profit
Go for City Union Bank deposit
SpiceJet: Buy
Managing money on holidays
Query Corner: Dr Reddy's Lab hovering near new high
What They Said
Investment Focus - MRF is a value buy
How Ponzi schemes swindle money
Property options for NRIs
The last few years have not been too good for NRIs who have invested in property in India. Unattractive returns (especially in cities like Bangalore and Hyderabad) has in turn caused a slowdown in... »
What they said
“We are planning to invest in a series of projects to develop around 4 trillion cubic feet of discovered natural gas resources from the block…We believe gas from these projects will deliver ener... »
IDFC Asset Allocation Fund - Moderate Plan: Invest
Equity markets have zoomed again, gold has crashed and interest rates are poised at relatively high levels. So where should you invest? With the IDFC Asset Allocation fund, a Fund-of-Funds, you ca... »
Jyothy Laboratories: HOLD
Investors can retain holdings in fast moving consumer goods company Jyothy Laboratories. For long, Jyothy Labs played on a value proposition with strong brands in niche market segments such as... »
Separating ‘scam’ from gate’
What makes an unethical action a mere scandal or just another scam, as opposed to being labelled a ‘gate’? While the Inuit Eskimos may have only a handful of words for snow, the dark all... »
Pivotals: Reliance Industries, SBI, Infosys and Tata Steel
Reliance Industries (Rs 813.3)
The stock was volatile in the previous week and is still trading in the sideways consolidation range between Rs 760 and Rs 820. It is testing the upp... »
Asset quality overhang remains a worry for Canara Bank
The RBI’s decision to refrain from a cut in cash reserve ratio (CRR) may signal disappointment for banking stocks. A cut, if it had materialised, may have lowered the cost of funds for banks which... »
Investing for your child
A toddler turns into a rock-star overnight. A teenager aces IIT and becomes a NASA scientist. Advertisements for financial products meant for your child’s future are often high on the emotional qu... »
How inertia helps improve savings
You should preferably have default choices for your investments. By this, we mean you should initiate action today such that you routinely save money every month and the savings are automatically... »
Pivotals: Reliance Industries (Rs 801.2)
Reliance Industries has been moving sideways for more than a month in the band between Rs 760 and Rs 820. Last week too, the stock was volatile. It is currently testing its 200-day moving... »
What does weather forecast say
Index Outlook: Ready to take wing
Wheat prices face downtrend pressure
Consider buying Nifty Dec put option
Wells Fargo’s banking recipe
Aligning investment choices with your investment horizon
Seeking Analysts
Stock Markets
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Drug Price Control Order puts pharma stocks under some pressure
Market rallies for the fifth week
BSE slaps restrictions on 29 scrips for non-compliance with demat norms
HT Media fixes buyback price
Vikram Pandit to buy stake in JM Financial; stock up 14%
Commodities
Stockists’ demand puts pulses on the boil
New orders may flow for quality hybrid turmeric
Growers liquidity needs may drag pepper
Stockists turn bullish on soft oils
Steel prices remain steady on thin trade
Sugar prices end steady
Pulses rates end steady on thin trade
Gur closes quiet on little buying
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