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INVESTMENT WORLD
INSIGHT:
Indian investors need not rush for cover
A fresh tidal wave of financial sector collapses in the US has halted the nascent recovery in Indian stocks in its tracks. Even as tumbling commodity prices have defused the inflation threat, stock market investors have a fresh set of worries ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook
The credit market turmoil reached a crescendo last week as two financial behemoths bit the dust and another was saved in the nick of time. Just when the entire financial sector in the US appeared to be imploding, sending stock prices ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Reliance Diversified Power Fund: Invest
Investors can consider buying units of Reliance Diversified Power Sector Fund. The fund invests in companies spanning the power generation, transmission and distribution and power equipment businesses. Companies in the power sector hold ...
STOCKS:
Mahindra and Mahindra: Buy
Significant developments since our earlier ‘buy’ recommendation on Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) in March this year prompts us to take a re-look at the stock. While the amalgamation of Punjab Tractors and the recent joint venture ...
STOCKS:
Cummins India: Hold
Shareholders can retain their exposure to the stock of Cummins India, a leading manufacturer of diesel oil engines in the country. Recent events such as the softening in the prices of steel and pig iron (its main inputs), depreciation of ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
HDFC Prudence: Invest
Investors can buy the units of HDFC Prudence, a balanced equity-oriented fund, considering its long-term track record in delivering returns and ability to contain downside as a result of hedge offered by its debt exposure. The ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
I hold Cairn India bought at Rs 285 per share. Please advise whether I can hold the stock or exit from it. M A ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
Nightmare on Wall Street
For those of us who had only a nodding acquaintance with Wall Street, news this week has been bafflingly littered with the big Wall Street names. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, the venerable Merrill Lynch was taken over by Bank of ...
INCOME TAX:
Clubbing of minor’s income
I have two children, both minors. The income of the first child was clubbed in my hands as at that time my total income was higher than that of my wife’s. The second child did not have any income at that time. In the ...
RESORTS & AMUSEMENT PARKS:
Kerala resorts go high-rise
Land has always been in short supply in Kerala, which has one of the highest population densities in the country . Added to that was the money order economy of the State: an unending stream of foreign remittances and money orders ...
INVESTMENTS:
Bonds: Duration and rate risk
When you buy a bond, you are subject to interest rate risk. It is the risk associated with changes in market interest rates (also known as the current yield) after the bond has been ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance
RIL fell off the brink at Rs 1,900 last week but it managed to get a hand-hold and has pulled itself higher from an intra-week low at Rs 1,764. The immediate resistances are at Rs 2,070 and then Rs 2,140. Reversal from either of these levels ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tata Steel
Tata Steel, already in the throes of a bear attack, plummeted to an intra-week low at Rs 440 last week. As explained earlier, the stock has key support around Rs 470 where it bottomed in August 2007. However, the recovery last week ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance Infra
Reliance Infrastructure bounced off the support at Rs 840 last week. We maintain that the medium-term outlook stays positive as long as it holds above Rs 840 on a weekly close basis. But the deeper second wave implies that the correction ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
SBI
The stock rebounded from our near-term support at Rs 1,400 though it could not break the ceiling at Rs 1,600. Immediate target for the stock once this ceiling is breached is Rs 1,705. Short-term supports are at Rs 1,400 and then Rs ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Unitech
Unitech plunged below our short-term support at Rs 150 to record new lows for 2008 at Rs 112.5. The decline and weekly close below Rs 135 is ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Infosys
Infosys was extremely volatile in the range between Rs 1,450 and Rs 1,650. Our first medium-term target at Rs 1,475 has been achieved last week. However, it cannot be assumed that the downtrend from the Rs 1,804-peak has ended ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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INVESTMENTS:
A city to live in, another to invest in
Arpan Bose, 27, works in a private life insurance company in Delhi.Having advised others on investment decisions for the last three years, he recently decided to diversify his investments into real-estate after setting aside money for ...
BOOKS:
Wanted skilled, capable people
Only India stands out from the crowd of countries that could equal or even replace the US, says Daniel Lak in India Express: The Future of a New Superpower ( ...
FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Why some insurance claims are not payable
Last week a friend called to say that his Ford Ikon had been stolen and he didn’t have theft coverage for his car. A few hours later he called back. The car had been found! But the thief had crashed it. “Thank God” he told ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Nifty future may face strong resistance
Volatility was at its best last week as the market swung between extreme ends the whole of last week. Nifty September future finished at 4283.10, just above the previous week’s close of 4245.8, thanks to the smart rally on Friday. ...
INFRASTRUCTURE:
Traffic: New hope for groaning Chennai?
Chennai is set to tackle the challenge of its urban transport system. Astudy by Wilbur Smith Associates, an international consulting firm, to be completed in March 2009 will enable authorities plan for the city’s traffic ...
LIFESTYLE:
Why sinful foods come in mini-packs
One of my friends is calorie conscious because his doctor has asked him to reduce his body weight. Like most of us, he loves eating! He has conceived of a master plan to resolve this conflict. He stocks small packages of high-calorie snacks. ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
‘Securitisation, a (sub)prime option’
We have seen ‘securitised assets’ of poor credibility wrecking havoc in the global financial markets in the past year. So, what is securitisation? In simple terms, it is a mode of raising capital by banks/financial institutions. It ...
FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS:
Bracing for a reversal in fund flows
Setting aside the immediate impact of Lehman-Merrill-AIG crisis on the Indian markets or institutions, what Indian investors may really have to brace against is further shrinkage of the FII pie available for investment in Indian ...
INTERVIEW:
‘A single-point contact for property services’
With large commercial and retail complexes coming up in the country, facility management service has become an industry to reckon with, to efficiently manage the non-core activities in a property. Property Solutions (India) Pvt ...
STOCKS:
Yes Bank: Buy
Investors with a two-year perspective can consider buying the stock of Yes Bank at the current price (135.65). The bank trades at 3 times its June 30 book value and 20 times its FY-08 earnings; at 15.8 times its FY-09 earnings and 2.4 times ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
ICICI Pru Discovery: Sell
After a dashing performance over 2005 and a part of 2006, ICICI Pru Discovery has had a difficult period over the last two ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
HSBC Equity: Invest
While the market continues to reel under the pressure of global uncertainties, investors can view this as an opportunity to buy funds with a sound track record that also hold limited ...
INVESTMENTS:
Is a concentrated portfolio optimal?
Modern portfolio management is built on the concept of portfolio diversification. A portfolio manager or an individual investor constructs a portfolio with several stocks to diversify the asset price risk. Hedge fund managers, on the other ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Manic week for equity investors
Lehman Brothers announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following failed attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm on September 14. On the same day, Bank of America said that it had acquired Merrill Lynch for $50 billion in ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
E-mail your response by Tuesday to ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
I have started SIPs beginning this month in Franklin India Bluechip , Frankin Prima Plus, Templeton India Growth Fund, Templeton India Equity Income & Franklin India High Growth. Is my investment choice fine if I plan to have ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
Mr Sanjay Sinha Chief Investment Officer at SBI Mutual Fund has resigned and joined DBS Chola Mutual Fund as its new ...
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