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Index Outlook: Bulls wrest advantage
The week gone by was one of the most dramatic in recent times; with sound and fury, panic and exuberance along with the usual bunch of bewildered onlookers. Monday started with the Sensex plunging... »
Pivotals: Reliance Industries (Rs 834.4)
Last week, the stock advanced 2.6 per cent breaching the key resistance as well as 200-day moving average at around Rs 820. Near-term trend is up for the stock. Traders with shor... »
Query Corner: ICICI Bank nearing resistance zone
I have purchased IFCI and GVK at Rs 40 and Rs 15 respectively. Should I book loss and exit?
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IFCI (Rs 30.1): The trends along all time-frames — long, medium and shor... »
FT India Life Stage Fund of Funds – 40s Plan: INVEST
The FT India Life Stage Fund of Funds – 40s Plan is a good choice for investors with a low risk appetite. It maintains a 65 per cent allocation to debt, with the balance invested in equities. Y... »
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Just Dial IPO: AVOID
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Investment World
Stock Strategy: Consider long strangle in Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries (Rs 834.4): The stock of Reliance Industries has been moving in the Rs 700-1,000 range for quite sometime. In the recent Nifty rally, Reliance was among the laggards. If... »
Market Watch
Shariah index can bring in more investors
The BSE Tasis Shariah 50 index formed using the guidelines of the Islamic investment code and upon the advice of a Shariah advisory board allows investors to trade in stock markets... »
Investment Focus: Coromandel International offers opportunity
The country’s leading complex fertiliser producer Coromandel International’s stock has corrected over 32 per cent in the last six months, even as Nifty gained 11 per cent during the same period. S... »
Shariah index can bring in more investors
The BSE Tasis Shariah 50 index formed using the guidelines of the Islamic investment code and upon the advice of a Shariah advisory board allows investors to trade in stock markets... »
Just Dial IPO: AVOID
Investors can avoid the initial public offering of shares by Just Dial, a search service provider with a large database of listings across a wide range of categories. Although the business mode... »
Stock Strategy: Consider long strangle in Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries (Rs 834.4): The stock of Reliance Industries has been moving in the Rs 700-1,000 range for quite sometime. In the recent Nifty rally, Reliance was among the laggards. If... »
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... »
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... »
Dish TV: BUY
As customers move from hitherto analog mode of viewing television to the digital way, thanks to both regulatory push and improving lifestyles, cable operators and DTH (direct-to-home) players... »
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... »
Index Outlook: Raring to go higher
Pivotals: Reliance Industries, SBI, Infosys and Tata Steel
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Survival of the fittest
Last week, a friend of mine was talking to me about the tight economic situation and its effect on the job market. Then, he made an off-the-cuff remark, which I later realised was rather p... »
When companies impair assests
Tata Steel was in news this week, for the wrong reason. The company announced that it expects a $1.6 billion write-down of goodwill and assets for 2012-13 based on its impairment review for the... »
Lifting ban on futures could drive guar gum prices up
With the Forward Markets Commission lifting its ban on futures trading in guar gum, prices of the agri-commodity look set to once again rise. But guar gum may not achieve the distinction o... »
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... »
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... »
Why inflation is cooling off
If there was one factor that made consumers tighten their belts and investors flee from financial avenues in the last five years, it was high inflation. The inflation rate, measured by the W... »
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... »
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... »
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Pivotals: Reliance Industries (Rs 801.2)
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Forex
Rupee ends 23 paise lower at 55.11 vs the dollar
The rupee ended 23 paise lower at 55.11 against the dollar on Monday due to capital outflows in the domestic equity markets.
Breaching the 55-mark, the Indian unit opened weaker a... »
Commodities
Farmers decide to hold on to turmeric
Rising temperature and non-receipt of upcountry orders have resulted in turmeric price declining by Rs 200 a quintal.
“The spice is ruling low in all the four markets in Erode and in othe... »
Rice seen ruling unchanged this week
ACE re-launches futures trading in guar seed, guar gum
Exporters log out of cotton market
Gold may fall further
Sellers offer pepper at discount
Poor meal offtake could keep soya flat
Crude oil futures down at Rs 5,282 per barrel
Silver futures tumble to Rs 40,912/kg
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