INVESTMENT WORLD
STOCKS
JMC Projects: Buy
JMC Projects has managed a successful turnaround, transitioning from a company with eroding net worth to one with a strong balance sheet in two years. Investors can consider exposure in the stock with a 2-3 year perspective. A strong order ...
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Divi’s Laboratories: Buy
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Allcargo Global: Buy
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Infotech Enterprises: Hold
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UTV Software: Hold
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INVESTMENTS
Harvesting betas from alternative markets
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BUDGET
Here’s how the Budget affects you and me
For those of you who have just begun your career and are wondering why the Budget hogs so much of the limelight, here is a quick guide. We talk about how the Budget can affect you, as a salary earner, consumer and investor. ...
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CALL CENTRE
Defining deficits
By now, you sure will know that the nation’s budget involves presentation of revenues and expenses, similar to your household budget. Suppose you bought a bike this month or repaired your house or loaned money to your friend or simply ...
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What has the Budget done for growth?
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It’s less taxing times for the salaried
Budget 2008
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Meeting expectations
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Balancing act in a pre-election year
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has taken to the populist path, trying to gain the common man’s confidence while keeping an eye on global slowdown signals.On the one hand, the Government is trying to rein in inflation by ...
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Budget View
This year’s Budget is largely neutral from the equity market point of view. The direction of the market, however, is largely going to be guided by global cues. The key thrust areas of investment are agriculture, irrigation, and ...
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Taking Count
For those who made merry making quick bucks in the market, the taxman is ready to extract more from you. Short-term capital gains, both on the transfer of shares and equity oriented mutual funds will now be taxed at 15 per cent, up from the ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
HDFC Prudence: Invest
HDFC Prudence, a balanced fund, appears to be a good investment option for conservative investors based on its performance since inception. The fund, over a five-year period, has outpaced the BSE Sensex by five percentage points and its ...
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Magnum Midcap: Cautious on construction
The year 2008 did not start off too well for the markets, especially for the mid and small-cap stocks. Both bore the brunt of the bear attacks. With markets having undergone corrections, we take a look at how the portfolio of Magnum Midcap ...
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Birla Sun Life Tax Relief: Invest
Investors looking for tax saving options for their portfolio can consider the Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96, in the light of its good recent, as well as five-year, performance record. The fund carries a three-year lock-in period common to all ...
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Fund Update
DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Managers plan to launch DSP Merrill Lynch Natural Resources and New Energy Fund. This open-ended equity scheme will invest in companies in natural resources, energy and new energy sectors. A minimum of 65 ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Negative bias seen in Nifty future
At the end of an eventful week, the Nifty future ended in the positive territory though it saw volatile swings during intra-day trading sessions. Volumes remained moderate at an average daily turnover of about Rs 56,250 crore. Last ...
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Query Corner
Can you please let me know the prospects of GMR Infrastructure and Karnataka Bank for the next three months? GMR Infrastructure (Rs 174.1): GMR Infrastructure formed a significant long-term peak in ...
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Index Outlook
There were no ‘positive surprises’ for the stock market fraternity in the Union Budget and they were additionally beleaguered by the hike in the short-term capital gains tax. However, the measure has been accepted with great ...
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Trader's Corner
One of the easiest technical patterns to identify and to trade with is the key reversal day pattern. Key reversal days can be easily spotted by even those who do not follow charts. If you see a stock selling off after a protracted up-trend, ...
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CARS
Waking up to driving in the future
It could be every big-car lover’s nightmare come true. But reality, as they say, is often stranger than fiction. Cars revolutionised transportation in the 20th century. However, with the current concern over the effects of vehicular pollution, is the future of personal mobility, as we know it today, in jeopardy? Our take on what the world could be driving two decades from now. Thankfully, right now it is only a bad dream.
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Question & Auto
I am looking to buy a family car and am considering the Toyota Innova diesel as an option. But I am wondering if an Innova upgrade is on the anvil this year from Toyota? Is any other competing product in the multi-utility vehicle ...
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ECONOMICS
Taste or perception?
My friend narrated an interesting incident. At a dinner party that they hosted recently, his wife prepared a chocolate cake with rich toppings for dessert and packed it in an upscale French-pastry-shop bag. Sure enough, her sister liked the ...
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STOCK MARKETS
Baskets of X
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Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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Bull's Eye
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INTERVIEW
‘Investors may look for better entry points to India story’
Mercer, one of the world’s largest investment advisory firms, has recently flagged off this business in India. Its plans include researching Indian firms in a range of asset classes- listed equities, private equity, real ...
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PEOPLE
Investment Nuggets
George Soros, founder of the Quantum Fund, is one of the most successful hedge fund investors ever. He was a master at translating economic trends into highly leveraged plays in bonds and currencies. As an investor, Soros was ...
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BOOKS
Coping with global accounting standards
What impact will a switchover to global accounting standards in 2011, as aspired for by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, have on the different industries? Ernst & Young ( More
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