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For long, Coimbatore nursed an angst that despite the city's contribution to the Centre and State kitty by way of taxes, it did not get much in ...

As U.K Sinha takes the hot seat as the Chairman of the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) some time next month, he will lead an institution ...

At the recently-concluded Fifth Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit (VGGIS), 2011, some big-ticket players evinced interest in participating in ...

FIIs have been quite the players in Indian markets, alarming and exciting market participants as they pick or step away from stocks and markets. With ...

If you were willing to buy stocks at 21,000, the FII-driven correction is no reason to turn skittish now.

With domestic investors staying put on the sidelines, it is the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) who now hold sway on which stocks and sectors ...

With corporate results, inflation and rate hike making headlines throughout the week, conversation in The Studio too meandered around the same. Here's ...

After interviewing more than a hundred Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and other C-level executives from multinational companies, regional ...

I recently had a “psychological experience” at a book store. I collected couple of CDs to drop into my shopping cart when I realised that the store ...

A look at the RBI's tools to help curb liquidity in the market.

Isaac Newton's contributions to physics and mathematics proved revolutionary. He didn't, however, prove to be as astute an investor, as evidenced by ...

I am a 44-year-old working in a private company. My parents (above 70), wife (40), and daughter (8) are my dependants. My monthly take-home salary is ...

In our March 2010 review of CNX Bank Index (Bank Nifty) we had written that sideways move between 8,000 and 9,500 can be followed by a surge towards ...

DLF (Rs 223.1) After testing its key long-term support in the band between Rs 250 and Rs 260, the stock nose-dived 11.6 per cent last week, ...

Can we buy Indiabulls Securities and JSW energy at current levels? Boravake J. Indiabulls Securities (Rs 19.2): In our review of this stock in ...

Reliance Industries (Rs 914.5) RIL tumbled 7 per cent with strong volumes last week. It is currently testing the lower boundary of its medium-term ...

With a 58 per cent decline over the last one year, the stock of Mumbai realty player Orbit Corporation is among the top losers. The stock has fallen ...

ACC (Rs 981): Last week's carnage triggered a fresh selling in ACC, changing its outlook to negative. ACC now finds a crucial support at Rs 970, and ...

Asset management firms offer active mandates because investors prefer them. This article explains the drivers that enable such active funds beat the benchmark index. It then shows why investors, despite the associated risks, continue to prefer active mandates.

Sensex (18,395.9) The vagaries of stock markets were once more on display last week. Stocks put up a gritty show in the run-up to the monetary ...

With broad market valuations looking a tad expensive, undervalued stocks such as Vijaya Bank found buyer’s interest during the first half of 2010. In ...

While talking to an industry colleague a few days ago, an interesting idea came up — a consumption fund that invests in industries that you consume ...

Taurus Mutual Fund has launched Taurus Dynamic Income Fund. It is an open ended income scheme with an investment objective to generate optimal ...

I am a 63-year old senior citizen and have been investing in mutual funds since 2001. To avoid long-term capital gains under the Direct Taxes Code ...