The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, December 28, 2008

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F & O OUTLOOK: Nifty future may make another attempt to rise
Trading volumes lowest on Friday. The Nifty future failed to sustain the rally last week. It ended sharply lower, dipping well below the crucial 3000-mark to end at ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: FCCB: Double-edged sword
Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) have been in the news for most part of this year, thanks to the global financial turmoil. First, FCCBs were a problem due to the mounting forex losses of Indian ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: Go invest!
At the turn of the New Year, V Ramesh, CEO, Prabhudas Lilladher Financial Services Pvt Ltd, has a cheerful message for investors. He talks about why he thinks the market fall presents an opportunity rather than a ...

TAX TALK: Relief on second housing loan
I am residing in a flat at Dwarka, New Delhi. I had taken a housing loan for purchase of this flat and am claiming deduction in respect of the interest and principal repayments towards the loan. I have taken another housing loan ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: Think before you spend!
“There are fewer Friday office parties” complains Pradeep Balasubramanium, manager in a consultancy firm. Over the past few months, ‘cost cutting, pay cuts, job losses’ — words we thought would apply only to ...

SIMPLE ECONOMICS: It’s rat race for bonus points!
My friend holds a customer card at a bookstore that will entitle him to accumulate 1,000 bonus points for certain value of in-store purchases. He can redeem the bonus points for a free book from a list of recent arrivals. He frequented ...

BOOK VALUE: Tension between profitability, growth
Two professors who studied the performance of about 6,000 large public companies throughout the world for over 15 years from 1990 came up with a startling finding: only one in four was able to show sustained profitable growth over any ...

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Looking back
Dec. 21-Dec. 27
More exchange-traded funds please

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Save taxes without investing a penny!