The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, August 26, 2007

If you like behavioral science, observe the auto drivers, especially the ones in Chennai. Ask a driver at any auto stand to take you to your destination and he will quote almost twice the “normal rate”. The exorbitant ... More

TAX TALK
Counsel for faculty on royalty
I am a faculty working in a Central University. I receive salary and also am in receipt of royalty since I have authored some text books. Until the financial year ended March 31, 2006, no tax was deducted at source on the ... More

BOOK VALUE
No ‘get rich quick’
Is all price volatility due to speculation? How do the regulators control price volatility? Do circuit breakers have a flip side? What is the structural arrangement of a mutual fund (MF)? How is NAV (net asset value) calculated? If an index fund ... More

AUTO TECH
Air filters: Making cars breathe easy
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PORTFOLIO MOVES
Birla Advantage Fund: Strong on capital goods
Birla Advantage Fund is an open-ended growth fund with the objective of achieving long-term growth of capital at relatively moderate levels of risk through a diversified investment strategy. Over past five years, the performance of the fund ... More

F & O OUTLOOK
Volatility to be order of the day
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YOUNG INVESTOR
Making sense of Sensex moves
Sensational headlines such as “Sensex in free fall”, “Bloodbath on D-Street” and “Market faces mayhem” would have surely stirred up a storm in your teacup as you read the morning newspaper in recent weeks. ... More

COMMODITY CONCEPTS
Farm realities
India is an agrarian economy. Agriculture is the country’s largest private sector activity. Close to 60 per cent of the population (nearly 60 crore people) depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihood. The ... More

SMART MESSAGE
Debt: Your portfolio’s shock absorber
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Investment Nuggets
Benjamin Graham, also known as the “Father of Value Investing” and the “Dean of Wall Street”, was a pioneer in driving home to investors the importance of crunching numbers. He popularised the examination of ... More

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