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INVESTMENT WORLD
INTERVIEW:
‘US key to emerging market recovery”
Risky assets will outperform, the US markets may be the first to recover and investors will rebalance in favour of stocks. Those are the key forecasts that Mr Bob ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook
Holiday cheer spilled over in to equity markets in the first two trading days of 2009. Stocks across the globe soared higher giving a very cheerful welcome to the New Year. The largesse doled out by the monetary and fiscal stimulus ...
STOCKS:
IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects: Buy
IVRCL’s sustained growth in order book, strong financial performance despite some pressure from higher cost of borrowings and leadership in the irrigation space shore up its growth prospects. Investors can consider accumulating the stock ...
STOCKS:
Punjab National Bank: Buy
Investors can consider fresh investments in the stock of Punjab National Bank ...
STOCKS:
Everest Kanto Cylinders: Buy
Investments with a two-three-year perspective can be considered in the stock of Everest Kanto Cylinders, a leading manufacturer of high-pressure CNG (compressed natural gas) and industrial cylinders. Our optimism stems from the relatively ...
STOCKS:
Rolta India: Buy
Investors with a two-year horizon can buy the shares of Rolta India, a niche software provider offering geo-spatial information and engineering design ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Promoters still expect high valuations’
Sectors such as power and education offer the best opportunities for private equity investors in 2009, feels Luis Miranda President and CEO of IDFC Private Equity. Asserting that the credit crisis has not impacted the availability ...
INVESTMENTS:
What’s on the saving menu for 2009?
“I began my career two years ago but started saving for a rainy day only recently, thinking I still had plenty of time. But to my horror, I got a mail from HR saying my increments and promotion may be put on hold. Thank god I got into ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
Please let me know the short, medium and long-term prospects of ...
CORPORATE:
Even companies have ‘relatives’
In the last two weeks, the words “related party” and “corporate governance” were doing the rounds in news channels and papers. Wondering how a company could have “relatives’ or related party transactions ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Seeking more from the rejig
Loan rescheduling welcome, but details need to be spelt out. The RBI’s announcement last month allowing banks to extend concessional treatment to commercial real estate loans restructured up to June 2009 has come as a shot in the arm for ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Mangalore not hit much
If anything, slowdown has reined in fancy prices. At a time when the real-estate industry in general is facing problems due to the economic slowdown, Mangalore city does not appear to be affected all that much. Two factors are cited — ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Building security into the scene
The Mumbai terror attacks have highlighted the vulnerability of public space security, feel security ...
BOOKS:
Corporate reporting can make investors wiser
When a loss-making company creates a deferred tax asset, it may be a signal that the company’s management is optimistic of an early turnaround, writes Madhu Vij in one of the case studies included in Management ...
TAXATION:
Tax effect of money given to spouse
I had given Rs 2 lakh by cheque to my wife. Is the same exempt in her hands? She had invested the said sum in shares and mutual ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
IOB’s special home loan scheme
Indian Overseas Bank has announced a ‘special package housing loan scheme’ for home loans up to Rs 20 lakh, according to a press release from ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Sectors to back in the year ahead
We believe PSUs, infrastructure, power, pharma, banks, FMCG, auto, and telecom would find favour among investors in 2009. Investors could resort to PSU companies for safety ignoring their weakness on parameters such as ...
INVESTMENTS:
Lock into that deposit while the going is good
For those of you who have been stashing away your savings in the safe haven of fixed or bank term deposits, the good times are coming to an end. Interest rates being offered by banks on their term deposits are tumbling and tumbling rapidly, ...
INTERVIEW:
Equities will outperform debt in the medium term
Is the recent streak of good returns on long term debt funds likely to be sustained? Should investors look to stocks even as the domestic economy slips into moderate growth? Mr Prashant Sharma, Head-Investments at Max New York Life, takes a ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Sensex charges ahead on stimulus hopes
New Year and hopes of a new booster package drove the stock markets this week. Optimists sailed through waves of uncertainty and made gains. The possibility of funding support to infrastructure and auto companies supported by a cut in ...
MARKETING:
Designing a restaurant menu, differently
Recently, I happened to see a nicely designed menu of a restaurant. I was surprised to find that the prices were printed closer to the food description and not on the far right column of the page. It struck me that the design was engineered for ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
Ponzi scheme
“Ponzi scheme” is a term that has been used to describe many scams and financial frauds — ranging from the failure of large NBFCs in India in the nineties to the recent scam perpetrated by Bernard Madoff on Wall ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tata Steel
Tata Steel recorded a small rally last week to end with an 8 per cent weekly gain. The stock is consolidating sideways between Rs 200 and Rs 240 since the first week of December. Since this move comes after a sharp rally from the Rs 146 ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries moved sideways in a narrow range around the long-term averages in the first four sessions before breaking higher on Friday. The stock will face resistance from Rs 1,325 and Rs 1,408 in the short-term. Reversal below the ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Infosys
Infosys recovered from our first target at Rs 1,065 recorded last Monday. The short-term trend in the stock is sideways and it can move within the range between Rs 1,100 and Rs 1,200 for a few more trading ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Maruti Suzuki
MUL too recovered from the trough recorded last Monday to end the week with 6 per cent ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
SBI
SBI reversed higher from the intra-week low at Rs 1,207 formed last Monday and moved steadily ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
ONGC
ONGC recorded a feeble rally last week and is currently pausing just below its 50-day moving average. A descending triangle formation is apparent in the daily chart that is a bearish ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Gilt, income better than equity
The year that has passed may have been a painful one for investors who didn’t follow any specific asset allocation pattern. If you moved a major portion of your investments into equity funds, in the chase for returns, your investment ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
FT India Life Stage Funds – 20s Plan — Promise of potential
Looking for a lower-risk alternative to a pure equity fund? The 20s plan of Franklin Templeton’s Life Stage Fund of Funds may fit the bill. The FT Life Stage 20s Plan is among the better performing equity oriented funds of 2008 — ...
INTERVIEW:
“Fiscal stimulus may not fully offset headwinds from credit crunch”
Macro-indicators, more than ever before, now hold the key to how your investments will perform. In an interview with Business Line, Ms Sonal Varma, India Economist, Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities, offers her outlook ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Nifty futures may trade sideways
Investors could not have asked for a better start of the New Year. Nifty futures soared by over 6.5 per cent to end the week at above the 3K-mark at 3053.6. However, its premium over the spot narrowed down to just about seven points. The ...
INVESTMENTS:
Drawdown minimising strategy
Many investors have suffered about a 50 per cent drawdown in their portfolio value since the market crashed last January. Our interaction with clients and other market participants have shown that the investors who have suffered the least are ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Time for long bond funds
The time has come for investors to again actively allocate a part of their fixed-income portfolio to medium-term and long-term bond funds. Such funds have been out of fashion for almost six years now. The overall macro-environment is ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tech School: Point and Figure
One of the merits of Point and Figure (P&F) chart is its straightforwardness in recognizing trend signals and great precision. These charts are designed to demonstrate the underlying demand and supply of a security. While ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
Lotus India Mutual Fund has notified changes in the load structure for the following schemes Lotus India Contra, Lotus India Agile, Lotus India Equity, Lotus India Growth and Lotus India Banking with effect from January 2. ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
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STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
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