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INVESTMENT WORLD
INSIGHT:
Reading the recovery
Investors looking for signs of recovery in India’s industrial landscape have been surprised by green shoots turning into flourishing foliage, in recent months. By now, some key sectors such as cement, passenger cars, two wheelers and ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Markets can fall by 10-20% from peak’
Usually a diehard optimist, Mr Sandip Sabharwal, CEO - PMS, Prabhudas Lilladher Markets, sounds a note of caution about the stock markets after their breathless rally over the past three months. Markets have not been so overbought technically ...
STOCKS:
Union Bank of India: Buy
Investors with a one year-plus horizon can consider buying the stock of Union Bank of ...
STOCKS:
Ambuja Cements: Hold
Trading at just 10 times its trailing earnings, the stock of Ambuja Cements, at Rs 91, promises upside backed by savings on coal cost, clinker capacity expansion and ramp-up in power generation. The company is enhancing its clinker capacity ...
STOCKS:
Sadbhav Engineering: Buy
Small and mid-sized infrastructure companies could benefit from higher spending on roads and possible changes in norms that gives more room for smaller players to ...
IPOS:
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts — IPO: Invest
Investors with a long-term perspective can subscribe to the initial public offer of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts. The company’s position as the dominant player in the business of vacation ownership, its early-mover advantage in ...
STOCKS:
Satyam Computer — Open Offer: Reject
Investors who hold shares of Satyam Computer Services can reject the open offer made by Tech Mahindra. The offer price appears unattractive in the light of Satyam’s future prospects, with the recent financial disclosures showing ...
STOCKS:
Orbit Corporation (Rs 165.5): Sell
Investors with a medium-term perspective can consider selling the stock of Orbit Corporation. The stock’s steady intermediate-term uptrend that commenced from its March low (Rs 40), got accelerated in May. However, the stock ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
HDFC Top 200 Fund: Invest
Investments with a long-term perspective can be considered in HDFC Top 200 Fund. With the broad market showing signs of volatility, the fund’s track record of delivering consistent performance and ability to generate impressive ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
DSPBR India T.I.G.E.R: Hold
Investors can hold on to their units in DSPBR India T.I.G.E.R (The Infrastructure Growth and Economic Reforms) Fund considering its track record since inception. The fund has comfortably outpaced its benchmark and the category average over ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
In your last review of GMR Infra on March 22, 2009 you had discussed about the target of Rs 135 for the stock. Kindly explain your updated technical view on the stock. Amit ...
INCOME TAX:
One loan, two rebate claims
My wife and I have jointly taken a loan for construction of a house property on land owned by me. We are both employed by the State ...
CARS:
Drive off with a good deal
When my dad finally made up his mind to sell his old car last week, I was elated to do some homework on recommending what model to buy in place of the old car. As I was screening the price catalogues of various models, my friend ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Build on core for growth
Against the backdrop of the global economic slowdown and absence of private sector spending, construction companies are increasingly looking to the Government to increase infrastructure spending for their sustenance . Construction component ...
ECONOMY:
Different cycles for different sectors
Tracing India’s index of industrial production (IIP) over the past two years tells the complete story of how the slowdown and the subsequent recovery unfolded. Industrial activity, which grew strongly between 2006 and early 2008, scaled a ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
It’s all in the timing
New Fund Offers. Subscribing to new fund offers of mutual funds is not a bad idea. If the launch of scheme is timed close to a market bottom, there is every possibility of the individual making decent returns. But do investors usually make money ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
A ‘gateway’ for tech SMEs
Shriram Properties and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (SPIL), the developer of the IT SEZ, Shriram The Gateway, is tailoring its latest IT tower to suit the needs of small and medium players in the ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
No room for pests
Pest control measures, lesser known in the construction sector, are an important prerequisite in eliminating the danger of termite attacks to buildings, especially ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
PIVOTALS
RIL started the week on a negative note, tumbling 7 per cent on June 15. The counter plunged 13 per cent over the week, conclusively breaking through a key medium-term support level at Rs 2,100. We believe that the stock has reversed lower. ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
FIRE Arcor’s township in Nagpur
FIRE Arcor Infrastructure Pvt Ltd has announced the launch of an integrated township in Nagpur with a project outlay of over Rs 1,000 crore ($200 million), according to a press release. With more than 6 million sq.ft of built-up area, ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Nifty future at a crucial juncture
The markets took a breather of sorts last week. The Nifty future closed at 4326, registering a fall of 5.6 per cent over the previous week’s close of 4584.35 ...
TRENDS:
Overcoming painful decisions
Consider this. You go to a restaurant with your family. In a mood to try something different, you order an exotic dish that unfortunately turns out tasteless. Will you waste the food? If you behave like a typical person, chances are you will ...
INVESTMENTS:
A load off investors
Investments in mutual funds may not suffer deduction of ‘entry load’ for too long. In a move that will empower investors to determine the price they will pay for service received from a distributor, thereby reducing their cost ...
NBFCS:
Shriram Transport Finance Corporation — Attractive rates
Those with high risk appetite who are looking for fixed income options can consider investing in Shriram Transport Finance’s three-year cumulative deposit scheme, which offers 10.5 per ...
INVESTMENTS:
Performance evaluation: Why style benchmarks are important
Most investors simply compare the returns on their fund with that of the S&P CNX Nifty or the BSE Sensex to validate if the fund has fared well. Is such ...
INVESTMENTS:
Value or growth
Watching business channels during a bull market is quite a scintillating experience. The investment community quickly put on their smiley faces and go about explaining the rationale for the current market run. Words that get thrown about ...
CORPORATE:
Delve deep into reports
Yet again it is that time of the year when companies give out their year’s performance and the mail brings in glossy, thick annual reports. These reports are usually a treasury of information about a company and careful reading could ...
BOOKS:
Rewards and risks in hedge funds
In hedge funds, gods come and go, and survival is almost as uncertain as it is in the pits, writes Katherine Burton in Hedge Hunters: Hedge Fund Masters on the Rewards, the Risk, and the Reckoning ( ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
E-mail your response before Tuesday ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
IDBI Gilts has informed that Mr G.A. Tadas has taken over charge as Managing Director and CEO. Mr Tadas has served in the departments of- Corporate Strategy and Planning, Project Appraisal, Organisational Development, ...
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