The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, November 09, 2008

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EYE ON THE MARKET: Dealing with the FMP scare
Investors, seeking shelter from vicious swings in the equity market, have poured money into fixed maturity plans (FMPs) floated by mutual funds over the past ten months. “Indicative yields” provided at the outset, protection ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: Confidence-building across the globe
Much has been written about the US sub-prime crisis, the failure of big investment banks and how that led to a tightening of liquidity and credit in the global banking system.But what are governments and the central banks doing to address ...

BOOK VALUE: Lid off the modern Pandora’s box
August 9, 2007, was the date on which the lid came off the modern version of Pandora’s box, write Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson in The Gods that Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets has Cost us our Future ( ...

TAX TALK: Gift from son need not be declared in returns
I am a senior citizen. My son gave a gift to me and my wife. Is it necessary to declare the same in his income-tax return? Is there any documentation that is required as this is a gift to parents? - Vinod ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: Taking the pain out of ‘cashless’ facility
You have paid your medical insurance premium and are fully covered for hospitalisation expenses. You should be able to just walk into a hospital, undergo the treatment and go home without a worry about the bills. It ought to be that easy. But ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: Prime lending rate
Text-books define PLR or prime lending rate as the rate of interest at which banks lend to their credit-worthy or favoured customers. It is treated as a benchmark rate for most retail and term ...

SIMPLE ECONOMICS: Do drug prices enhance placebo?
My father-in-law recently fell ill and was hospitalised for nearly a month. During that period, he developed an infection and had to be treated with a strong antibiotic. The antibiotic was very expensive but he was rid of the infection in ...

F & O OUTLOOK: Nifty future may see sideways movement
Thanks to sharp gains on Friday, the spot Nifty and the Nifty futures were able to end the week on positive notes. Short-covering coupled with additions of fresh long positions, particularly on Thursday and Friday, helped the Nifty future fetch ...

MICROMOTIVES: Fund-of-funds: Can it offer tailored investment solutions?
According to the Web site of the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI), there were 1,043 funds in the country as on September 30, 2008 with assets under management totalling Rs 4,20,862 crore. With 280 equity funds and 471 debt funds, it ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: How money flows
Besides the balance-sheet and profit and loss account, the statement of cash flows is also a key disclosure forming part of a company’s annual report. It is a summary of receipts and payments disclosing the movement of cash during ...

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