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INSIGHT
MICROMOTIVES
Time-diversification can minimise Catch-22 risk
“… . Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had ...
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Rounding off 2007 with rich valuations
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CEMENT
CEMENT
After build-up could come the softening
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ECONOMY
Will 2008 be a better act?
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MUTUAL FUNDS
Tata Pure Equity: Invest
Investment can be considered in Tata Pure Equity fund on the back of sustained three and five-year returns. The fund seeks to invest in fundamentally undervalued large-cap companies. But the current portfolio does not appear to hold too ...
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JM Small & Mid-cap Fund: Hold
Investors can retain their holdings in JM Small & Mid-cap fund. Launched in April, the fund has been able to capitalise on the recent re-rating in mid-cap and small-cap stocks. JM Small & Mid-cap has delivered about 60 per cent in the ...
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DSPML Opportunities : Well diversified
DSPML Opportunities Fund invests in a mix of large-cap and mid-cap stocks (about 13.5 per cent of the portfolio). It holds 76 stocks, across 30 sectors, making it quite fragmented. The fund has consistently beaten its benchmark Nifty over ...
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Figuring out fund performance
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Market View
If you compare the P/E for growth available globally, only then can markets like India and China provide strong arguments for growth, which are multiples of what may be achieved in developed economies. Thus can P/E multiples in these markets ...
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STOCKS
HCL Infosystems: Buy
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Amtek Auto: Buy
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Gujarat Apollo Industries: Hold
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Arabian victories
Larsen & Toubro’s joint venture with the Oman-based Zubair Corp has secured the project of Muscat Golf Course valued at Rs 434 crore. It has also received two engineer-procure-construct contracts totalling Rs 315 crore in ...
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Joint venture
Gail India has joined hands with OIL India for joint cooperation in various business areas. As part of the agreement, the two companies will jointly participate in the potential blocks, mainly onshore and offshore blocks in the forthcoming ...
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Towering above
International investors such as Temasek, The Investment Corporation of Dubai, Goldman Sachs etc. will invest around Rs 4,000 crore in Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary, Bharti Infratel. ...
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Ranbaxy Labs: Buy
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Query Corner
I have purchased Reliance Industrial Infrastructure at Rs 3,030. Should I hold the stock or book loss at current levels? What are the prospects of this scrip in the short and medium-term? Prabhakar ...
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Index Outlook
Dalal Street is all set to give a thumping farewell to 2007 that will go down in history as the year of the raging bull market. Every correction in the year has been met with a renewed charge that made the index rise to a new peak; eliciting ...
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Reliance Industries
The two daily closes below the 50-day moving average that made us pronounce a weak outlook in the previous column proved to be a false signal and the stock went on to a 6 per cent gain last week. Last week’s move has taken the stock to ...
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SBI
SBI, too, reversed last week, contrary to our expectation, and is moving towards the upper boundary of its medium-term trading range at Rs 2,475. A break-out beyond this resistance would mean that the fifth wave from Rs 1,408 is unfolding and ...
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Tata Steel
Tata Steel gained 13 per cent last week and closed the week above the resistance at Rs 910. The short-term outlook has turned positive though the medium-term outlook is neutral. The stock is still confined within the medium-term trading band ...
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Infosys
Infosys moved up to an intra week high of Rs 1,840 before reversing down. A three-wave move has been completed by the stock from the trough at Rs 1,511. Falling volumes belie the strength in this short-term move. The stock could drift ...
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Bharti Airtel
This stock moved up in the first two days of the week but reversed under the resistance at Rs 1,000 and resumed its medium-term down trend. Bharti Airtel has the immediate support at Rs 936. A move below this level will usher in a fall ...
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Satyam Computer
Satyam’s attempt at moving higher was thwarted by the long-term 200-day moving average line positioned at Rs 455. The immediate support for the stock is at Rs 440. Reversal from here can make the stock rise higher towards the ...
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Trader's Corner
The stock markets have an undeniable influence on the thoughts of the men/women related to it. Traders and full-time investors can think of little else in their waking moments, and in their sleep too. The fascination that the bourses hold for ...
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CARS
A year of imports and luxury marquees
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Question & Auto
I read with interest about new generation diesel engine technologies. I would like more clarity about Honda’s much-talked-about new diesel engine technology which, when introduced in its 2009 cars, will be more ...
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ECONOMICS
Placebo effect Placebo effect
The other day, we met an investor who trades for a living. He has been consistently outperforming the market since 2003 until last month. Since then, his losses have increased sizably. It has nothing to do with his trading strategies. His ...
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STOCK MARKETS
SMART MESSAGE
Portfolio promises for the New Year
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Sensex outlook for 2008
It is that time of the year when we take a look at the twists and turns that lie ahead for the Sensex. When we did this exercise last year, our preferred view was that the Sensex would move sideways between 11,000 and 15,400 in 2007. Our outer ...
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Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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Baskets of X
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Bull's Eye
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What’s ahead
DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Nifty future regains bullish momentum
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INTERVIEW
View realty boom with caution and search for opportunities in downturns
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‘Going for growth stocks worked well for us’
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‘Institutional investors ought to ask more questions at AGMs’
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‘Performance impacted if fund gets too large’
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INCOME TAX
No deductions for divorcee
I am a divorcee and as a part of settlement with my erstwhile wife, 60 per cent of my salary is to be paid to her as per Court order. My employer has been directed to deduct 60 per cent from my salary and ...
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BOOKS
Bear raid, dead cat bounce, and dog
Triple A or AAA, means ‘abdominal aortic aneurysm’ – seriously bad news, in the medical world, writes Michelle Doughty in the opening entry of ‘The Joy of Money,’ second edition ( More
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