The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, May 11, 2008

SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Seeing is believing
My friend wanted to buy a certain model car. As luck would have had it, he overheard two people talking about that car at a restaurant just a day before his scheduled visit to the showroom. One of them was mentioning the problems that he had ... More

TAX TALK
Are you doubly taxed in India and US?
My wife works in a software company in India. In September 2006 she was sent on deputation for a project in the US. During the financial year 2006-07, she was in the US for more than 182 days. During the ... More

BOOK VALUE
Getting rich slowly
One of the diktats in Michael Sincere’s ‘101 Investment Lessons from the Wizards of Wall Street’ ( www.jaicobooks.com) is, ‘Don’t trade stocks ... More

PORTFOLIO MOVES
UTI Equity Fund — Heavy on capital goods
UTI Equity Fund is the new avatar of erstwhile UTI Master Gain. The fund’s NAV dropped by 14 per cent in the past six months while the benchmark BSE 100 has shed 20 per cent. During the same period, the fund’s assets under ... More

F & O OUTLOOK
Downtrend may continue in Nifty future
As we had expected, the Nifty future saw a sharp fall last week. It closed at 4986.7 as against the previous week’s close of 5246.5, shedding a good five per cent in the process. The week also saw Nifty future’s premium over the ... More

YOUNG INVESTOR
HOW-TO-GUIDE
What the put-call ratio signals
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TOP OF MIND
Banking on tools
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When paying tax creates more money!
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MICROMOTIVES
Transporting LDI to private wealth management
Liability-driven investment (LDI) is now the norm in the pension-fund industry. This refers to matching the risk and horizon of the investment portfolio with that of the liabilities. LDI is commonly followed by defined-benefit plans. This concept ... More

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In Focus
People's car

P-Note blues

Other Top Stories
‘Our biggest problem is an acute home country bias’

Query Corner

Using Bull Call spreads

Are you doubly taxed in India and US?

Downtrend may continue in Nifty future

‘Hot’ Bangalore cooling off

Looking back
May. 4-May. 10
Nifty future may see weakness this week

‘The basic valuation principles always hold’