INVESTMENT WORLD
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS:
The growth potion
Pharma Mergers and acquisitions. The pharma industry’s love for mergers and acquisitions is not something new. Companies have in the past taken this route to grow. But while the M&A frenzy had almost always been restricted to the US ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook
Sensex is on a roll! It has snapped 28 per cent higher from the March 6-trough and this is the fourth consecutive positive weekly close for the index. The bulls appear to be in no mood to relinquish control just yet and the speed with ...
STOCKS:
Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren: Buy
Investors with a high-risk appetite can consider accumulating the stock of Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren, a leading manufacturer of steel pipes. At the current market price of Rs 80, the stock trades at about five times its estimated ...
STOCKS:
Kalpataru Power Transmission: Buy
The increased order flow to the power transmission sector is another signal that select sectors of the economy may be in the revival mode. Kalpataru Power Transmission, a turnkey solutions provider in transmission lines and substation ...
STOCKS:
CMC: Buy
Investments with a two-year horizon can be considered in the shares of CMC, in the light of the stock’s reasonable valuations. The company is an integrated IT systems player and has managed a fruitful margin expansion drive through ...
STOCKS:
Bannari Amman Sugars: Buy
A steeper-than-expected downward revision in sugar output estimates has made the outlook for domestic prices quite bullish over the medium ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
DSP Blackrock Equity Fund: Invest
Investors can buy the units of DSPBR Equity Fund, considering the fund’s track record in delivering strong returns and its ability to contain downsides quite well during periods of ...
INTERVIEW:
What are you saving for?
With equity markets facing a turbulent time, insurance companies are launching guaranteed products to lure investors. In a freewheeling interview to Business Line, Mr V. Srinivasan, CFO of Bharti AXA Life Insurance, ...
CARS:
What you need if you’re going for the Nano
After more than a year’s wait, the Nano is finally on display in Tata Motors’ showrooms. With the basic model being offered at the originally promised Rs 1 lakh, it’s the price tag that makes this car so attractive. If you ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Past prices perfect for now
Could residential demand pick up if prices are rolled back to levels prevalent a few ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Lower rates in realty
Hit by slowdown blues and a massive credit crunch, real estate players are biting the bullet and lowering prices on new and existing residential ...
MORTGAGE:
Reverse mortgage a necessity
Banks should not be hasty in cutting down property valuations in the current downturn, according to Mr Arun Ramanathan, Finance Secretary, Government ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tata Steel
Tata Steel too began the week on a nervous note , declining to Rs 192. But the stock rallied thereafter to move higher towards the resistance at Rs ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
SBI
It was a week of wild gyration for SBI. The stock plummeted below Rs 1,000 to Rs 980 before reversing sharply to close the week with a 2 per cent gain. The bullish hammer in the weekly candlestick chart coming close on the heels of ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
ONGC
It was a spectacular 8 per cent rally in ONGC last Friday that made the stock close well above the short-term resistance at Rs 820. Target of the third wave from Rs 637 trough gives us the next target at Rs 926. Fibonacci retracement of ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance Industries
RIL moved past our first medium-term target to record an intra-week peak at Rs 1,679. Next medium-term target for this stock is around Rs 1,825. The medium-term up trend from the March 6 trough can end here since it occurs at 38.2 per ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki continued to surge ahead; moving close to our first medium-term target at Rs 850. As explained in our last column, the stock is poised just above the upper boundary of its medium-term range that is at Rs 750. The medium-term ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Infosys
Despite the wobble on Monday that made the stock decline to Rs 1,288, Infosys closed the week on a strong note with a 5 per cent weekly gain. Investors however need to tread carefully in the near-term since the stock is nearing the ...
INCOME TAX:
Claiming HRA rebate for part of the year
I am a salaried employee working in a Government organisation. During the previous year I received salary which includes basic pay for 12 months and house rent allowance for 15 days. I am residing in a rented house for which I ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
I am a 45-year-old public sector employee. I have investments in shares and mutual funds. The process of share accrual started three years ago. . During the stock market crash in 2008, I did not completely exit from ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Lanka reconstruction opportunity
Sri Lanka’s Chamber of Construction Industry will host Excon 2009, an international construction trade fair and exhibition between May 29 and 31, according to a ...
PHARMACEUTICALS:
Understanding M&A motives
So far this year, global pharma M&As have already topped $160 billion (Rs 8000 billion rupees), and going by the trend, this may only be the beginning. But what’s notable is that these mega mergers that are marking their presence in ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
UTI MUTUAL FUND has announced a dividend of 15 per cent on a face value of Rs 10 under dividend options of UTI Master Equity Plan. The record date for the same is ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Principal Large Cap: Hold
Investors can retain their units invested in Principal Large Cap Fund based on its return track record over the last few ...
BOOKS:
Women as investors
Yellow, blue and red. Common colours, these are, and we are not talking about the flag of any political party; these are the hues of investors, as Augustin Landier and Vinay B. Nair explain in Investing for Change: Profit ...
INTERNET:
Power of social networks
Several people I know recently switched jobs, helped by their contacts established through LinkedIn. All of them were grateful for the networking that the Internet has come to provide and for the Web sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook. ...
INVESTMENTS:
‘Do your due diligence first’
Mr Raghav Modi, a Bachelor of Science from South Methodist University of Dallas, majored in economics. An entrepreneur, he is now the CEO of Pet Set Go, a branded pet care and accessories company. Mr Modi talks to ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
companies, to ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Gilt Funds — Hit by volatility
Retail investors who preferred gilt funds for their sovereign guarantee and liquidity have probably been caught unawares by the decline in NAVs of these funds over the past few months. Gilt fund returns have been no less volatile than those ...
INVESTMENTS:
Multi-asset class portfolio: Leaning on asset allocation for optimal returns
Wealth managers and portfolio managers always recommend investors to diversify their portfolios. Diversification did not, however, save the portfolios from the carnage that saw asset prices tank last year. Investors are understandably ...
CORPORATE:
When a company goes bankrupt
The fate of US auto majors, General Motors and Chrysler LLC, hangs in a balance. The companies have to, before their respective deadlines, restructure themselves if they wish to survive. Bankruptcy may be the only option if the companies fail ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Nifty future to move in a range
After opening on a weak note last week, Nifty futures recovered sharply to end on a firm ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Three white soldiers and three black crows
In Japanese candlesticks, there are some patterns that are called secondary signals because they do not arise as frequently as the more common bearish or bullish engulfing patterns, bullish or bearish harami patter, hanging man or ...
STOCKS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
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STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
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