The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, October 16, 2005

Towards sustainable stock market liquidity
Given the superior performance of equities over other asset classes over long periods of over ten years, domestic investors have no choice but to step up their exposures to stocks. Over the years, if they increase their allocation to equities, domest ic mutual funds and insurance companies will become bigger investors than FIIs. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Traders vs investors
ARE you a trader or an investor? Most are of the opinion that those who buy a stock based on fundamentals and hold it for more than a year are investors. And those who buy the stock based on technical analysis are traders. There appears to be a ... More

TAX TALK

Getting around the housing loan
I PLAN to construct a house in the city I work in. I propose to let out this property on rent. I will, however, continue to stay in a property which is owned by my mother. Will I then be able to claim deduction under Section 80C and Section 24 on ... More

Assessing the AO
I AM a civil contractor and I have offered 12 per cent of my gross receipts as the income of such business. This I have offered under Section 44AD of the Act. The Assessing Officer has selected this case for scrutiny by issue of a notice under ... More

IN FOCUS

Reliance Industries: The mechanics of the demerger
SHAREHOLDERS of Reliance Industries will meet later this week, on Friday, to discuss and vote on the Scheme of Arrangement for Demerger proposed as per the settlement arrived at between the Ambani brothers in June. The ... More

FD WATCH

Fenner India: Park your funds in one-year option
Fenner India: An investment may be considered in the one-year option of Fenner (India). The rates on offer for the two- and three-year options are not attractive; the rate for the latter does not offer any premium for longer maturity. The ... More

FUND WATCH

Canbank MF launches new scheme

Canbank Mutual has launched a new fund — Caninfrastructure. The fund offers a Dividend and a Growth option. The minimum investment is Rs 5,000. The benchmark for this fund will be BSE 100. The new fund offer will be open for ... More

AUTO FOCUS

GM may drive into the compact space with Aveo
GENERAL Motors has not exactly had a dream run in the Indian market, if we were to compare the small market share that this global automotive leader enjoys here compared to the inroads other brands, such as Hyundai and Tata, have made in the last ... More

BOOK VALUE

Rules for getting rich slowly
FINANCIAL concerns cause a great deal of anxiety, but worrying about them takes far more energy than just going ahead and taking care of them, writes Diane McCurdy in "How Much is Enough?" from Wiley (www. wiley. com). The book is about ... More

LAW LANE

Four deposits after a fatality
JULY 5, 2002: Satheesh Kumar was riding a Hero Honda motorcycle. A bus of TNSTC Ltd hit the bike, causing serious injuries to Satheesh. He was taken to the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, where he died. His widow, children and ... More

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