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COLUMNS
YOUNG INVESTOR:
The why and how of circuit limits
Earlier this week, history was made by the Indian stock market as a euphoric reaction to the Congress-led UPA winning the elections. It was a ‘golden Monday’ or so investors ...
YOUNG INVESTOR:
Many avatars to profits
When analysts or investors talk of a company’s profit growth, they usually refer to its net profits — the profits after interest, depreciation and taxes. But is this the most important measure of how fast a company is growing? ...
TAX TALK:
Tax relief on housing loan EMI and HRA
I am a mechanical engineer and work for a public limited company. I purchased a flat in Akola (Maharashtra) last year for which I had taken a loan from State Bank of India. After about 6 months I changed my job and am now working ...
YOUNG INVESTOR:
Using a trailing stop loss
“Too much too soon” is the view that majority of stock market participants hold on the recent market rally, having been left out of most of ...
SIMPLE ECONOMICS:
Delaying gratification
My friend, a cricket fan, wanted to watch the T-20 matches played in South Africa. He, however, had to take a certification course which could help him get a fancy salary hike. What did he do? He skipped the T-20 matches but promised himself ...
MICROMOTIVES:
New Pension System : Is it an optimal retirement vehicle?
Last week, this column discussed about asset location — a process of locating various asset classes inside the tax-advantaged sleeve and taxable sleeve, while retaining the target asset allocation. In this context, we mentioned about ...
F & O OUTLOOK:
Nifty future appears to be overbought
With the return of Congress-led UPA in the Lok Sabha elections, this time without the Left parties, the stock markets saw an unprecedented surge. For the first time in the Indian stock market history, the market-wide upper circuit was ...
BOOK VALUE:
Know the market
What happens when, as a trader, you do not set up a basic strategy and are bereft of a sound philosophy of what the market is doing and why? You will be at the mercy of every panic, boom, rumour, tip, and every wind that blows, cautions the ...
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