The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, June 19, 2005

Indexing boosts mid- and small-cap stocks
GROUP together a number of stocks, give that group a name and then wait for the stock prices to skyrocket. This happened in January when the BSE launched the Indonext platform and introduced the `S' Group stocks. It has now happened with ... More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Market ecology
IF YOU actively trade in options, you may be aware of a few market intricacies. The traders, for instance, do not use valuation models to find out the fair value of options. Instead, they use a rule of thumb. If an option trades at more than 3 ... More

TAX TALK

Tax on gains depends on the nature of transaction
I EARN by buying and selling of shares on the same day, buying and selling derivatives and from buying shares and taking delivery thereof and selling the same in less than 364 days. I pay securities transaction tax ... More

Taxed housewife
I AM a housewife. I do not have any income other than short-term capital gains from share trading. What will be the tax slabs at which I will be assessable? Am I eligible for tax rebate ? Shikha Ranjan Reply One thing that is not ... More

IN FOCUS

Giving telecom the right policy push
Basic lessons from China
Policy-makers need to correct the skew between basic and mobile telephony and encourage greater competition if the basic-mobile gap is not to widen. More

FD WATCH

FD options
Cholamandalam Investment: The one-year fixed deposit programme of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company appears an attractive option. The company offers 6 per cent with interest being paid either quarterly or annually. To ... More

FUND WATCH

UTI launches Opportunities Fund

SBI Mutual has declared a dividend of 102 per cent for SBI Magnum TaxGain Scheme 1993. The record date for the dividend is June 10.

UTI Mutual has launched UTI Opportunities Fund. This will be available for subscription for ... More

AUTO FOCUS

Bajaj cruises in with Avenger
WE Indians are very good at packing in the experience of an otherwise expensive product into one that is within our budget. Be it `Bollywood' and its world of make-believe or duplex apartments that give buyers the feel ... More

BOOK VALUE

Towards the selectively open kimono
DEALING with financial markets absorbs on an average a fourth of the CEO's time, and almost a third of the CFO's attention, informs Mark C. Scott in "Achieving Fair Value," from Wiley (www.wiley.com) . The ... More

LAW LANE

Bullocks are no milestones
ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2002, around 7 p.m. one Shekhar Basawaneppa Bodaki and his wife were returning home from their agricultural land in a cart drawn by two bullocks. Even as the cart trudged towards Hirebagewadi, duly observing traffic rules, a ... More

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