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INVESTMENT WORLD
INSIGHT:
Oil stocks are still slippery
The biggest factor spooking the stock market in recent times is just about beginning to fade away. Or, is it? Oil prices are in the retreat mode after peaking at slightly above $147 a barrel just a couple of weeks back. In a little over a week, ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook
Indian equities bore the antics of our Parliamentarians quite well in the first two trading sessions last week. But, once the UPA government won the vote of confidence, there were fireworks on the trading screens and the Sensex closed the ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner : What the charts say
Please let me know the technical outlook for Arvind Mills and Eveready. ...
INSIGHT:
Life insurers – the road ahead
The insurance industry in India appears full of life. Having grown at double-digit rates in the last couple of years, it is no surprise that new players are still queuing up to enter the market. ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Trade set-ups: Options for the downturn
The Indian stock market has been starved of positive developments for sometime now. It was, therefore, not surprising to some when the stock market climbed up, perhaps, as a response to the ruling party surviving the trust vote. There are, ...
STOCKS:
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories: Hold
Investors may not initiate fresh purchases for now in the stock of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, a frontline pharma major which derives one-third of revenues from branded formulations (finished dosages). ...
STOCKS:
Axis Bank: Buy
The Axis Bank stock has outperformed its peers in the private sector with a 16.1 per cent gain in its price over the past one year, when other private bank stocks have failed to generate positive returns. A lower exposure to retail lending, ...
STOCKS:
Transformers and Rectifiers: Buy
Investors with a long-term perspective can consider buying the stock of Transformers and Rectifiers (T&R). Robust growth in revenue backed by stable margins, healthy growth in order backlog and the likely commissioning of new capacities by ...
IPOS:
Nu Tek India – IPO: Invest at cut-off
An investment can be considered in the initial public offering of Nu Tek India, given the reasonable asking price and the potential for this business. The company enables telecom companies to expand their tower infrastructure, by providing ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Kotak 30: Invest
Investors can consider buying into units of Kotak 30, given its long-term track record in delivering returns better than its benchmark — S&P CNX Nifty; its performance also compares favourably with peers. ...
INTERVIEW:
FIIs see no immediate triggers for a re-entry
As Head of Kotak Securities’ International business, Mr Paul Parambi advises and manages ‘India’ investments for several offshore institutions and high net worth investors. Business Line quizzed ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Birla Sun Life International Equity: Hold
Birla Sun Life International Equity, with its global markets focus, may be a good diversifier to an investment portfolio dominated by Indian or emerging market securities. Opting for Plan A, which has a 100 per cent allocation to global ...
INSIGHT:
Why the Sensex fall is overdone
Once the darling of global investors, the Indian stock market has fallen from favour. The MSCI India index is already down 30 per cent this year in US dollar terms and is among the worst performers in its peer group. Past bear markets in India ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
AP GOs, a dampener
The real-estate activity in Hyderabad has virtually come to a standstill, with builders preferring to shelve their plans, thanks to G.O. No. 288. The order, issued a couple of months ago, mandates that builders allocate 25 per cent of the ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Chennai short on office space
Chennai is facing a shortage of office space, specifically non-IT office space, but supply is not likely to improve in the near future despite a keen demand. Developers blame low margins and regulations that favour development of IT ...
ECONOMY:
Reading the economy’s pulse
Before you get down to building a portfolio you need to know how to pick a stock. This is where the EIC analysis — Economic Analysis, Industry Analysis and Company Analysis — comes in handy. ...
BOOKS:
Economic growth does not guarantee good returns
The developed world – comprising the US, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, and Hong Kong – contains less than 15 per cent of the world’s population, yet it produces over ...
INCOME TAX:
Claiming deduction on education loan
I am a retired Central Government employee. For the financial year 2007-08, I have only interest income from bank and post office for which tax has been deducted at source. ...
STOCKS:
IVRCL Infrastructures: Buy
Investors with a 2-3 year perspective can consider buying into the stock of IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects (IVRCL). ...
TRENDS:
Why gifts are socially efficient
A friend picked up an argument with me over my article in this column last week. It was about how birthdays can be depressing when you do not get want you want. My friend contends that cash is always the best form of gift. That way the ...
PEOPLE:
Investment Nuggets
Known for his proficiency in emerging markets, Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton, guides the judgment of many fund managers across globe. Joining Templeton in 1987 as president of the Templeton Emerging Markets ...
INVESTMENTS:
The right asset mix
Amit, a professional, had invested a big sum in stocks last year. His joy knew no bound when he saw his investment value grow from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 24 lakh in January 2008. ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Mall hoppers don’t spell sales
Mall developers and retailers in India may be on an expansion spree but signs that everything is not right with the retail industry in Gujarat are beginning to show. Picture this — Around 50 per cent of the branded store outlets have ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tech School
Triple bottom reversal patterns are relatively rare to spot in charts though it does not diminish their utility in identifying major reversals in trend. The triple-bottom is formed by three consecutive troughs. The trend-line joining the two ...
INTERVIEW:
Emaar MGF hopes to get higher valuation on the execution side
Seemingly unfazed by the withdrawal of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in February this year, Emaar MGF — a joint venture between Dubai’s Emaar Properties PJSC, and India’s MGF Developments — is moving ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
SBI
SBI rallied strongly in the first part of the week to move past outermost short-term target at Rs 1,556. The stock faces strong resistance at Rs 1,535 (38.2 per cent retracement of the down move from January peak) and at Rs 1,610 where the ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance Infra
Reliance Infrastructure achieved our short-term target at Rs 1,000 last week and is halting at the resistance band between Rs 1,000 and 1,050, indicated last week. The next resistance band for the stock is at Rs 1,100. Another strong white ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tata Steel
Investors in Tata Steel went on a roller coaster ride last week as the stock initially rose to Rs 679 and then plunged to close the week art Rs 610. The cluster of long-term support at Rs 583, Rs 575 and then Rs 557 will cushion any decline in ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Infosys
Infosys remained insulated from the wild gyrations of the Indian stock markets last week; moving in a sedate sideways band between Rs 1,525 and Rs 1,615. ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance Ind
RIL rallied to Rs 2,329 in line with our expectation and reversed from there forming a giant engulfing candle. The long-term moving averages and the down trend-line present in the band between Rs 2,270 and Rs 2,320 make it a key resistance ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Unitech
Unitech soared higher to an intra week peak at Rs 178 last week. This recovery from the key support band between Rs 145 and Rs 160 implies that the stock is attempting to stabilize itself and that a long-term trough could be in place at Rs ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Balanced funds: Look at long record
Balanced funds, with allocations to both stocks and debt instruments, are considered defensive in comparison to diversified equity funds. Balanced funds may opt for differing mixes of debt and equity, with many funds holding a 65 per cent plus ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Mildly bearish? How to profit from it
Placing option bets in highly volatile markets such as the present one may require derivative traders to exercise their grey cells more intensively. After all it is no easy task to make money in a market that appears to have a mind of its own. ...
INTERVIEW:
‘The portfolio will be positioned defensively’
Gilt funds are usually in favour only in a falling interest rate scenario. But Fidelity International is actually arguing the opposite point of view, having recently launched Fidelity Flexi Gilt Fund. Mr Sameer ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Nifty future likely to move in 4200-4500 range
Positive global cues apart, the winning of trust vote by the UPA Government buoyed the sentiments in the market. The Nifty July future added a good 6 per cent to end at 4329.65 against the previous week’s close of 4077.65.Further, the ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Asia pins hope on oil downturn
Asian markets, which have fallen 23 per cent till date on an average, will be hoping for crude oil to fall further ( declined by $24 from its July 11 peak) in the week ahead so that overseas investors may again buy stocks. ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
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STOCK MARKETS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Update
Principal PNB Asset Management Company has proposed amendments in the offer documents of Principal Global Opportunities Fund. The fund will be allocating at least 85 per cent of its assets into overseas mutual fund and the rest ...
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