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SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Wisdom of crowds
A marine biologist, an aeronautics engineer, a doctor and a software geek got together to manage money. A year later, they comfortably beat the market. Their success can be primarily attributed to "methodological individualism." If you decide ...
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TAX TALK
Time no bar for LTA
To claim tax exemption under Section 10(5) in respect of LTA (leave travel allowance) is it required that I should travel for a stipulated minimum number of days? If I travel by air to Mumbai from Chennai and return the next day, can I claim ...
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AUTO FOCUS
Feel like a million bucks in a Maybach
The Maybach makes a statement of style, understated elegance and opulence even when it is standing still
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BOOK VALUE
The market is simple
From understanding to mastery, the only path is to think and practise.
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PORTFOLIO MOVES
Sundaram BNP Paribas S.M.I.L.E — Auto, construction stepped up
Sundaram BNP Paribas S.M.I.L.E (Small and Medium Indian Leading Equities) Fund is an open-ended equity fund. It defines small and mid-cap stocks as any equity stock whose market capitalisation is equal to or lower than that of the largest stock ...
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YOUNG INVESTOR
Value versus growth strategies
It is difficult to adhere to either a pure value or pure growth strategy. Most of the investors employ a combination of value and growth investing styles seeking growth at a reasonable price.
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CALL CENTRE
Rest insured
One of the by-products of the opening up of the insurance sector to private players is the emergence of the concept of Unit Linked Insurance Product (ULIP). This is an alternative to the traditional insurance plan, where, as per the IRDA ...
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SMART MESSAGE
Activist investor
She is one of those rare investors who can proudly claim that her daughter's education in the US was funded by selling a portion of her HLL shares! She is also an example of how you do not have to be a financial wizard to make profits in equity. ...
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Investment Nuggets
President of the Chicago-based Acorn Fund, run by investment firm Harris Associates, Ralph Wanger adopts theme-driven investment approach in smaller companies for the medium-to-long term. The Acorn Fund returned 17.2 per cent annually ...
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Money Talk
Mr Deepak Mehrotra, 42, is the CEO of Bharti Airtel's Karnataka circle. He has been in charge of the company's mobility services business in this circle for the past three years. He began his career in sales and marketing but ...
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7 ways to get savvier, wiser in 2007
Once you buy or sell a stock, stop fretting over your decision
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