Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, November 10, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, November 10, 2002 |
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INVESTMENT WORLD INVESTMENTS 
Do's and don'ts for investorsSTOCK exchanges enable investors who hold securities to adjust their holdings in response to changes in their assessment of risk and return, and also to meet their liquidity needs. An investor buys and/or sells securities to rebalance his ... More INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 
Old private sector banks — Bent but not brokenTHE acquisition of a strategic stake in Vysya Bank by ING and the failure of Nedungadi Bank (the RBI has imposed curbs on withdrawal of deposits by customers) have firmly turned the spotlight on old generation private sector banks in the country. ... More
FOREX Now you can have forex accounts YOU can now have a foreign currency denominated account with any bank. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced this major relaxation. But you can have only a current account that does not bear interest and has a cheque issuing facility. ... More MUTUAL FUNDS 
Sundaram Gilt Fund: Sell/Avoid fresh exposureSUNDARAM Gilt Fund (Growth) returned 7.5 per cent since last November. The returns are not commensurate with the associated risks. Existing unit-holders can consider redeeming their units, while others can avoid taking fresh exposures.The ... More
Kotak Mahindra K-30: Switch
Distorting cash component of IT funds STOCKS 
ONGC: HoldOIL and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) performance in the second quarter ended September 30 is first evidence of the positive impact of deregulation of the oil sector on the company. The upstream oil major has seen an impressive 36 per cent ... More
ACC: Possibility of open offer TRAVEL & PLACES REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION NRI property sale made easier For non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin, selling real estate in India and repatriating the proceeds abroad is now easier. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has removed the lock-in period that was in place for this purpose. The sale ... More
Housing scheme for PF subscribers ECONOMICS Signalling Theory and market efficiency LAST week, we discussed bounded rationality, which exists because we have limited information and time for decision-making. But what happens if more information is available? Dr Michael Spence, a Nobel Prize - winning economist, conducted ... More SMALL SAVINGS EPF rates to stay For investors who are witnessing declining interest rates across most investment options, their provident fund investments may earn 9.5 per cent in 2002-03 as they did in 2001-02. Despite the Finance Ministry's preference to cut this to 9 per ... More STOCK MARKETS Bourses witness lacklustre bout TRADING was listless last week on account of Deepavali-related holidays. Equities gently drifted down towards the end of the week in the absence of a positive trigger. On Friday, the BSE Sensitive Index closed at 2,956.84 points, a shade higher ... More
Book profit in Infosys
Pare exposure in ICICI Bank
Nasdaq: Bleak outlook
Syngenta gains 37 pc DEBT MARKET Bonds likely to trade in tight range WEEK ending November 8 saw the yield curve become more concave. The benchmark 10-year yield currently stands at 6.83 per cent, after touching an all-time low of 6.81 per cent. Going forward, bonds are likely to trade in a range. Consider the ... More DERIVATIVES MARKETS Trading in index futures Futures and options are forms of exchange-regulated forward trading in which you enter into a transaction today, the settlement of which is scheduled to take place at a future date. The settlement date is called the expiry date of the ... More
FIXED DEPOSITS 
Sundaram Home Finance: Home safeTHE fixed deposit programme of Sundaram Home Finance, a subsidiary of Sundaram Finance, could be a good option for investors with a low-to-medium risk profile. The interest rates are quite attractive, especially after the recent decline in ... More INTERVIEW 
`Paints are acquiring FMCG overtones' — Mr H. M. Bharuka, MD, Goodlass NerolacContinuing his conversation with Business Line, Mr H. M. Bharuka, Managing Director of Goodlass Nerolac Paints, talks about the impact of paint imports, his companies growth plans and the regulatory changes that ... More INCOME TAX Kelkar tax proposals — Set to hit salaried class hard LOOKING at the proposals on direct taxes made by the taskforce headed by Dr Vijay Kelkar as a whole, it is clear that, if implemented, they will hit the middle class and senior citizens hard. One look at the accompanying table may be enough to ... More INSIGHT Axing the tax incentive THE recommendation regarding personal income-tax of the Task Force on Direct Taxes closely follows the recommendations of an earlier group headed by Mr Parthasarathy Shome. There is largely nothing new. However, compared to those of the Shome ... More
Will SEBI bite, at least now? CARTOON 
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