The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, March 23, 2008

SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Is channel-surfing sub-optimal?
Sometime back, I decided to watch a movie at home, as my daughter, who normally exerts her individuality when it comes to TV time, was sleeping. I ended up channel-surfing! The realisation that I was surfing channels made me wonder as to why I ... More

TAX TALK
Is gift to daughter taxable?
I wish to gift my daughter, who is getting married, a car worth Rs 6 lakh . Can I use the money drawn from my provident fund for the marriage expenses? Will the gift attract tax? — AmbikaThe car ... More

AUTO FOCUS
Swift hatch morphs into DZire-able sedan
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BOOK VALUE
Stir out of comfort zone
Individualism, isolation and inactivity. Break out of this ‘I’ problem and adopt the ‘S’ solution, advises Jennifer Openshaw in ‘The Millionaire Zone: Seven Winning Steps to a Seven-Figure ... More

PORTFOLIO MOVES
Sundaram BNP Paribas Select Midcap — Favouring fertilisers
Large-cap stocks have borne the brunt of the steep market corrections. Some mid-cap and small stocks too have lost heavily in the last two months. We take a look at a pure mid-cap fund, how it has re-shuffled its portfolio during the ... More

F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty future rules near critical support
Due to the sharp fall on Monday, the Nifty ended the three-day week down by 3.62 per cent. The Nifty March future closed at 4572.70 against the spot price close of 4573.95, while the Nifty April future closed with a wider discount at 4552.90. ... More

YOUNG INVESTOR
What’s on paper… and what ends up in your pocket
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TOP OF MIND
Of Bears and broken markets
Bear Stearns (BS) may well go down in Wall Street history. Not for the right reasons though. By now, most of us may be able to relate the recent happenings in investment banking to ‘sub-prime’ woes in the US. But what exactly led ... More

MICROMOTIVES
Shorting against the box: Strategy for minimising loss-aversion cost
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