The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, June 21, 2009

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TAX TALK: 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 ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: 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 ...

F & O OUTLOOK: 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 ...

SIMPLE ECONOMICS: 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 ...

MICROMOTIVES: 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 ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: 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 ...

YOUNG INVESTOR: 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 ...

BOOK VALUE: 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 ( ...

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