The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, August 05, 2007

My friend’s grandmother has a fixation for pricey goods. If she wants to buy, say, a box of chocolates, she will choose the costliest among the ones available in a superstore. As is typical of elderly people, ... More

TAX TALK
Teacher with a tax problem
I am a teacher and my income from salary after taking into account all deductions under Section 80-C is Rs 92,000. I also have a profit of Rs 7,000 from dealing in shares, which were held by me for a period not exceeding 12 ... More

AUTO FOCUS
Sonata Embera diesel automatic — Half the effort, twice the fun
Driving the new Sonata Embera CRDi in automatic mode was enjoyable. The best feature of this car is the automatic transmission, which is designed not to override the manual selection while driving in H-matic mode. More

BOOK VALUE
The ROC formula
Managers should ROC around the clock, say Don Peppers and Martha Rogers in ‘Return on Customer’ ( www.crosswordbookstores.com). ROC, they declare, ... More

PORTFOLIO MOVES
Sundaram CAPEX Opportunities — Favouring metals, energy
Sundaram BNP Paribas CAPEX Opportunities, among the top performers over the past year, focusses not so much on companies that are in a capital spending phase but on those suppliers of products and services that benefit most from the investment ... More

YOUNG INVESTOR
Take stock of the markets
Do stock markets lead or follow the business cycle trend? “They lead it,” assert Deborah Owen and Robin Griffiths, authors of Mapping the Markets ( www.vivagroupindia.com). ... More

Role of margin money
In an earlier article in these columns, we looked at Forward and Futures contracts and saw how futures transactions are carried out through recognised exchanges and regulated. Under the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952, forward ... More

Absolute truths on relative returns
Jayesh is puzzled by his mutual fund update. The markets underwent a major downward correction from the time he invested. Yet the fund he invested in was at the top of the rankings. Can a fund with a negative performance be at the top? ... More

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