The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, August 29, 2004

Ideas packaged as stocks
Some stocks are more equal than others. Their status is determined by the power of the idea that the company's business represents. Including such idea stocks may enhance your portfolio's returns over the long term. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Of clustering illusions
YOU have a list of stocks that have risen sharply in the past six months. You find that the delivery-to-traded-quantity (DTQ) ratio for these stocks has also risen during this period. Will you immediately conclude that ... More

TAX TALK

A senior citizen saved of surcharge burden
I AM a senior citizen under the Income-Tax Act and my income for the financial year 2003-04 is Rs 1,50,000. Out of this, my dividend income from shares of Indian companies and income distributed by mutual funds is Rs ... More

Taking stock of taxing changes
WHAT are the changes proposed with regard to gifts received by an individual or HUF? The Finance Bill, 2004, which has been cleared by Parliament, makes it clear that a sum of money in excess Rs 25,000 received ... More

SMALL INVESTOR

`Roaring days ahead for equity market'
LAST year Motilal Oswal Securities, among the largest retail brokerages in India, gave a whopping 160 per cent post-tax return to its 50 odd clients in its portfolio management system. The minimum investment in the PMS ... More

IN FOCUS

Steel prices: Tinkering with tariffs makes little sense
When analysing an economic proposal, one must trace not merely the immediate results but the results in the long run, not merely the primary consequences but the secondary consequences, and not merely the effects on some special group but the ... More

FD WATCH

Escorts — Risks escort gains
OPTIONS for fixed deposits have been declining over the past couple of years. A handful of companies that continue to accept deposits offer only lower returns. So, it has become necessary for investors to include ... More

FUND WATCH

SBI Magnum declares 30pc dividend

SBI has declared a dividend of 30 per cent for SBI Magnum Pharma Fund. The record date for the purpose of dividend is September 3.

Tata Mutual Fund has proposed a dividend for Tata Equity Opportunities Fund and Tata Growth Fund; ... More

AUTO FOCUS

A new Victor on the road
Victor GLX has borrowed a number of design cues from it predecessors — the Victor GL and the Fiero F2 — and polished them. More

BOOK VALUE

When travelling over difficult ground, watch for surprise attacks
IT WAS about a year ago (August 3, 2003) this column started with Curtis J. Montgomery's Sun Tzu on Investing, a 2500-year old war guide to devise strategies for dynamic investments. The old master seems ... More

INSURANCE CORNER

LIC's Jeevan Vishwas
JEEVAN Vishwas is a policy designed to take care of the financial needs of a handicapped dependant on the occurrence of an untoward event. The payout is by way of an annuity so that it secures a regular income for the ... More

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