Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, February 26, 2006 |
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INVESTMENT WORLD INVESTMENT QUOTIENT
Investment Quiz1. `Do No Evil' is the informal motto of which cutting-edge global player in information technology? 2. Name the two companies that were forced by SEBI to indicate in their offer document that there was insider/circular trading in the stocks? ... More OPEN OFFERS Unitech: Reject Shareholders may reject the open offer made by Prakausali Investments to acquire 14.4 per cent stake in Unitech. Prakausali Investments, along with the persons acting in concert, at present holds 42.9 per cent of the equity. The offer ... More AUTOMOBILES
Fitting A/c in Omni LPG will not be effectiveI have purchased a Maruti Omni LPG van (company-fitted option), which runs on dual fuel and features a 50-litre LPG tank and a five-litre petrol tank. I want to know whether the small five-litre petrol tank can be replaced with the 36-litre ... More INSIGHT
New Fund Offers The money spinnersQuick deployment of assets and a freer hand in fund management could explain the strong performance of new funds. No single theme has, however, emerged a winner in the bull market over the past year. More
Bracing for Budget effect
MUTUAL FUNDS
Franklin India Bluechip: InvestExposures may be considered in Franklin India Bluechip, as it may be an appropriate vehicle if the market goes through a lacklustre phase. It has an impressive track record over a long period, though there was evidence of a ... More
Tata Equity Opportunities
UTI MF launches UTI Contra Fund
Too many new offers for comfort STOCKS
IVRCL Infrastructures: BuyA robust order-book, pre-qualification for a wide range of infrastructure projects and expanding margins that lend earnings visibility make IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects an attractive option; buy with a one-to-two year perspective. The stock . More
Savita Chemicals: Buy TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Nifty may head south Indicators suggest negative bias We expect the Nifty to exhibit weakness for the coming week, as indicators such as put/call ratio, implied volatility and cost of carry point towards such a trend. If the Nifty is able to sustain the current level and sweep past 3075-80, then ... More
CARS
`Innova'-ted for the customerAnniversaries are a good time to go car shopping. Anniversaries marking milestones for the car itself, that is. With increasing price competition and new models, manufacturers often fall back on this oft-resorted-to marketing ... More
TWO/THREE WHEELERS
Chinese checkerImitation, they say, is the best form of flattery. Or is it? Bajaj Auto is unlikely to concur with this after its recent discovery of a certain `Gulsar' brand from the Land of the Dragon zipping on the streets of Latin America. If ... More STOCK MARKETS Downside averaging One of our clients has a typical trading pattern. He identifies a stock and buys the entire quantity on a single day. He buys more of the stock if it is likely to decline subsequently. The logic is simple. As you buy at lower levels, ... More DERIVATIVES MARKETS Options guide Call option: A call option gives the buyer `the right but not the obligation' to buy the stock at a specified price on a future date. Put option: A put option gives the buyer `the right but not the obligation' to sell a stock ... More INTERVIEW
Indian companies need to spot game-changing ideasThere are plenty of $30-200-million deals for application business and sustainable demand for the next three to four years. More INCOME TAX
Taking stock of interestI have taken a loan and invested the amount in stocks. Will the interest payment on the loan be allowed as a deduction in computing the capital gains when I sell the shares? I have taken a personal loan and given it as a loan to my wife and ... More IPOS Visa Steel: Avoid Investors can give this public offer from Visa Steel a miss, as the risks outweigh the scope for capital appreciation in the medium term. Given the steep valuation, a high level of gearing and operational risks, the IPO may not ... More RIGHTS ISSUE
BhagwatiAutocast: AvoidShareholders can avoid the Bhagwati Autocast rights, though it is being offered at a substantial discount to the market price, as the risks are high. Substantial earnings volatility across business cycles, the lack of an export market ... More BOOKS
Getting inside the mind of the tradersTo understand markets, try out, Traders, written by Mark Fenton-O'Creevy, Nigel Nicholson, Emma Soane and Paul Willman, from Oxford (www.oup.com). The book is based on a study, over three years, of more than a hundred ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Tax Talk
Looking back Feb. 19-Feb. 25 Momentum wanes in the Nifty `We will not be slicing and dicing the market with funds' Mr Ajit Dayal, Director, Quantum AMC Who pays for new fund expenses? How new offers drive the growth engine IPOs: Rich on listing, lacklustre later |
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