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INVESTMENT WORLD
CEMENT:
The foundation is good, but…
Cement stocks. Cement was among the key sectors that delivered riches for investors from the March lows. The basket of 15 key cement stocks has doubled, outperforming the Sensex return of 87 per cent. A closer look, however, reveals that the mid ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Covert correction in equities
Sensex kept up the façade of an indomitable uptrend even as the broader market succumbed to selling pressure last week. BSE Midcap Index ended 3 per cent lower while BSE Smallcap Index was down 7 per cent. With the talk of sprouting ...
STOCKS:
Sesa Goa: Buy
Acquired mining capacities that may deliver substantial volume additions and a likely recovery in iron ore prices over the next two years, make the stock of Sesa Goa a good investment for those with a two-year perspective. At Rs 203, the stock ...
STOCKS:
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories: Buy
Investors with a long-term horizon can consider buying the stock of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) given its strong product pipeline, strengthening presence in key markets such as North America, Russia and India and the reduced ...
STOCKS:
CRISIL: Buy
Fresh investments can be considered in Credit Rating Information Services of India (CRISIL) stock. CRISIL is the largest credit rating agency in India also engaged in research and advisory ...
STOCKS:
Amara Raja Batteries: Buy
Investors with a long-term perspective may use attractive valuations and buy the stock of Amara Raja Batteries (ARB). At Rs 91.6, the stock trades at 8.9 times the trailing four quarter earnings, at a discount to competitor, Exide ...
STOCKS:
Jyothy Laboratories (Rs 106.45): Buy
Investors with a medium-term perspective can consider buying Jyothy Laboratories ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Tata Pure Equity: Invest
Investments can be considered in Tata Pure Equity Fund based on its convincing performance over a three- and five- year period. The fund managed to beat its benchmark BSE Sensex over the above time frame. Its recent performance has, ...
INVESTMENTS:
Small is beautiful… but can be risky too
Be it the world of cars or the stock market, “small” appears to be in vogue. In the equity rally that began early March this year, stocks in the mid- and small-cap space have delivered returns that trounce those of their ...
SOFTWARE:
Saving Satyam’s investors
The rapidity with which the stock market has marked up the price of Satyam Computer after its ‘provisional’ financials were revealed, raises one critical question. Have investors in the company’s stock got a fair deal in ...
INSIGHT:
Earn as you spend via card
Credit cards come with the convenience to shop now and pay later. But credit cards are more than just a payment tool. If used wisely, they can help you get up to 10 per cent return on your spend. How? Welcome to the world of loyalty ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Knocking at ‘affordable’ doors
Like any major global occurrence that reshapes the world order, the current recession has changed the way people do business. In real-estate, developers are finally shifting focus from the saturated upper-middle class segment to lower- ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
I have recently purchased Era Infra Engineering at Rs 88 and Selan Exploration at Rs 177. What rates can be expected in the short and medium term in these stocks? ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Reliance Infrastructure: Focussed exposures will help
The country’s infrastructure story has once again caught the attention of the stock market, perhaps on the back of expectations of a higher thrust to the sector by the UPA Government in its second ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Big demand for smaller space
The demand for office space is undergoing a change in the backdrop of the global economic slowdown — enquiries for large space has gone down but demand for small space is growing, according to Mr Madhusudan Thakur, Country General ...
INCOME TAX:
When a wife’s house taxes her husband
An person purchased a house in his wife’s name though she has no source of income. The loan for acquiring the property was taken from a bank with the husband being a co-applicant to the loan. Can he claim the tax benefits ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Reverse mortgage fails to move forward
Financing marriage expenses is not as Herculean a task as before, thanks to the reverse mortgage facility for senior citizens. “This facility has helped me conduct my daughter’s marriage without bothering too much about ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Jones Lang LaSalle bags Philips deal
International property consultant, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, is to manage Philips’ real estate portfolio ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance (Rs 2,356.8)
Despite the wobble on Monday, RIL closed the week with 6 per cent gain. Though the stock closed marginally above the short-term resistance at Rs 2,343, the break-out is not convincing enough. Fresh long positions are advised only on a move ...
CEMENT:
Why the regional mix matters
If there is one key success factor that investors should watch out for while selecting cement stocks, it is the location of the player. The potential for demand growth in the market they operate in makes all the difference between growth ...
ECONOMICS:
Extortion fee
Recently, workers from the State electricity board furiously dug up earth in front of our house to repair the underground cables. After they finished work, they forcefully collected some money and then left, leaving the excavated stones on ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Does asset size matter?
Diversified schemes. With the economy barely recovering from the recessionary tailspin, it suddenly seems like small is beautiful. This also appears to be applicable to the asset base managed by mutual funds, going by the performance of ...
INVESTMENTS:
Savings are not equal to investments: Need for financial literacy
The difference is striking. High net worth individuals take adequate steps to route their savings to optimal returns-bearing ...
CORPORATE:
Are dividends worth it?
A friend of mine was gleeful that a 200 per cent dividend had been declared by a company he purchased shares in, a few months earlier. A little while later Rs 4,000 was credited to his ...
CINEMA:
Multiplexes look for hits
Late last week, the tiff between producers of films and multiplex owners over revenue-sharing came to an end. This should come as considerable relief to multiplex companies such as PVR, Inox Leisure, Cinemax and Fame India. The December and ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Nifty future may drift downwards
After weeks of relentless gains, the markets finally appear to be losing some of its steam. The Nifty future closed the week at 4584.35, lower than its previous week’s close of 4594. It however swung wildly during the week, but in ...
BOOKS:
Smart investing
The first step to investing success is to choose a benchmark, says Aaron Anderson in Own the World: How Smart Investors Create Global Portfolios ( ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
I have been watching the NAV movements of open ended equity schemes, balanced schemes and monthly income schemes for the past two years. During the period from 17.01.2008 to 7.03.2009, popular equity schemes fell by 48 – 66 ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
UTI Mutual Fund has declared a dividend of 20 per cent under UTI Midcap Fund,UTI Master Value Fund and UTI Transportation and Logistics Fund .Record date for all the schemes is June ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
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STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
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STOCK MARKETS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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