INVESTMENT WORLD
INVESTMENTS:
Should real estate stocks still be shunned?
Avidly chased in 2007 and unceremoniously dumped in 2009 — this best describes the market's relationship with real estate stocks. From massive IPO subscriptions and lofty double-digit valuations afforded to companies in this space ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook: Heavyweights to the rescue
Odds piled up against the progress of the ongoing rally last week. Slowing economic growth in the US and Europe, domestic first quarter earnings doing likewise and indices nearing critical resistance caused a mid-week wobble in the ...
STOCKS:
Tata Chemicals: Buy
The Tata Chemicals stock appears to be a good option for investors with a three-year horizon. At its current price of Rs 363, the stock trades at modest price-earnings multiple of 11 times its consolidated earnings for the past year and about ...
STOCKS:
Titan Industries: Hold
Investors can retain their holdings in the stock of Titan Industries. The company posted strong growth in profits and sales, improvedmargins, and has low debt. Titan has a vast retail network, offerings across price points in the key segments ...
STOCKS:
Piramal Healthcare: Hold
Shareholders can remain invested in the stock of Piramal Healthcare, at least until such time they become eligible for the special dividend following the sale of a key business to ...
STOCKS:
NIIT Technologies: Buy
Investors with a two-year horizon can buy the shares of NIIT Technologies (NIIT Tech), a mid-cap IT services company, given the broad-based revival in its key segments of operations such as BFSI and the US geography as well as a robust ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
DSPBR Balanced Fund: Invest
Investors can buy the units of DSPBR Balanced Fund, given its long-term track record in delivering reasonable returns. Over one-, three- and five-year timeframes, the fund has managed to better the performance of its benchmark — ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
HDFC Children's Gift-Savings Plan: Invest
Investors can consider adding units in HDFC Children's Gift-Savings plan, as the fund has shown signs of performance improvement over the last three years. HDFC Children's Gift is a debt-oriented balanced fund with a mandate to invest a ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: YES Bank in a strong uptrend
Please give the outlook for Mahindra Satyam bought at Rs 105 and 3i Infotech bought at Rs ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index strategy: Long strangle to play rise in volatility
Is Nifty ready to break past its range? Well, the drop in NSE Volatility Index does seem to suggest so. The VIX ended Friday at 16.74, the lowest in closing-day basis since its launch in April 2008. A low VIX bodes well for a market ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Stock strategy: Weakness in Aban, Suzlon
Aban Offshore (Rs 832.95): The long-term outlook remains negative for Aban Offshore as long as it rules below Rs 1,245. The short- to-medium term outlook also remains weak. The stock has turned weak after it hit its resistance on the ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Pivotals: Reliance Industries (Rs 979)
The counter fell 2 per cent last week in line with our expectations. It declined below our second support level of Rs 964 and found support at Rs 957, before bouncing up slightly. The near-term trend is down for RIL from its late June peak of ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Sizzling stocks: Tata Communications (Rs 330.2)
The stock found key long-term support in the band between Rs 230 and Rs 240 in early June 2010 and has been on a short-term uptrend. It surged more than 6 per cent on Monday, this bullish momentum prolonged till the stock ended end the week ...
INVESTMENTS:
Why some stocks soar
Do you find yourself taking a double look at stock prices in the paper? Well, do not worry; it may have nothing to do with your eyesight. It is just that the last one year has been tremendously kind to some stocks. ...
INVESTMENTS:
Are Systematic Withdrawal Plans useful for retirees?
After all, in the absence of professional income, it is the pension and investment income that helps them take care of their post-retirement ...
INVESTMENTS:
Where there is a will there is a way
You may own assets aplenty — from stocks to jewellery to land to cash. But, morbid as it sounds, have you ever given a thought to how these assets will be divided in the event of ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Shrugging off the slowdown
The real-estate sector in Hyderabad and its surroundings areas is gradually shrugging off the slowdown blues and developers are banking on users to spur the next phase of growth as against speculative buying a couple of years ago. The ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Strategies focussing on short-term bonds may perform well'
Some of the top-performing debt funds for the year have come from the Franklin Templeton stable. Mr Santosh Kamath, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, of the fund house, shared his outlook on inflation and interest rates and spoke about ...
AUTOMOBILES:
Sector topper: BSE Auto Index
stock has delivered a return of 137 per cent in the last year. Tata Motors ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
NRI interest, infrastructure growth boost Kochi
A buoyant market, growth in infrastructure and revival of NRI interest in investing in property are driving the market and will support new project launches in Kochi, say industry representatives. Real-estate developers, encouraged by ...
CORPORATE:
Return on equity
Dejargoniser. Here's a quick no-brainer. Suppose you had a choice to put Rs 10,000 in a fixed deposit, either with Bank A, which offers 8 per cent interest per annum, or with Bank B, which offers 10 per cent per annum. Everything else (including ...
INCOME TAX:
Recovering the extra paid into govt account
I joined a software company in June 2007. I filed my return of income for the assessment year 2008-09 claiming a refund of Rs 5,700. A few months ago I received a refund of Rs 1,600. No assessment order was issued to me. I understand that ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
FIIs offer cues on picking realty stocks
Even as the real estate sector remained the stock market underdog for most part of 2008 and 2009, retail investors seem to have picked stocks selectively, on the back of beaten-down valuations ...
STOCKS:
52-WEEK BLOCKBUSTER: ZYDUS WELLNESS
Does restructuring of businesses really lead to value unlocking? Well, it sure did in the case of Zydus Wellness. After Cadila Healthcare carved out its consumer business into Zydus Wellness in April 2008, there literally has been no looking ...
INVESTMENTS:
Look for sustainable revenues
Investors would also do well to know a few untested strategies that may only amplify the risks inherent to ...
ECONOMICS:
Why exercising is good economics
If you are one of those who indulge in overeating, you will agree with Oscar Wilde who wrote: “I can resist anything but temptation”. We know that tasty food is often unhealthy and leads to high economic costs such as poor health ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Equity funds — Time to take some profits
Equity fund portfolios today sport handsome gains, but the broader market seems quite vulnerable to a correction from current levels. Recent disappointments in corporate earnings, signs of moderation in macro-indicators such as the IIP and ...
INVESTMENTS:
Worth of currency futures exchange
For most traders and investors in India, the currency market has traditionally been perceived as a market for banks and OTC brokers. It was with a view to enable entities to manage volatility in the currency market that the RBI, on April ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Marg's sales on the rise
Marg ProperTies, the residential arm of the Chennai-based infrastructure company Marg Ltd, has sold 905 homes in its residential projects and registered over a million sq.ft of sale of space ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
I have invested in the following mutual funds over a period of time: HDFC TaxSaver, HDFC Equity, HDFC Long Term Advantage (D), HDFC Top 200, Reliance Pharma, Reliance Vision, Reliance Growth, Magnum Taxgain, SBI MSFU, ICICI Pru Tax ...
BOOKS:
Much to gain from a successful India
India's economy is more balanced than that of other fast-growing Asian economies, observes Raghuram G. Rajan in Fault Lines: How hidden fractures still threaten the world economy ( Collins). “Partly as a result of democratic pressures, ...
EVENTS:
Heard in the studio
Conversations between market believers trying to make sense of why the markets did what they did and companies' shares moved the way ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday to: ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
E-mail your response by Tuesday to: ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Top Movers
Markets closed on a flat note in the week-ended August 13. Bellwether indices, Sensex and Nifty, were up fractionally by 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per cent respectively. Broader market index CNX 500 performed a shade better, posting a gain of 0.8 ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund has revised the name of its scheme - Birla Sun Life Long Term Advantage Fund – Series I. The new name is Birla Sun Life Small and Midcap Fund. The revision has been in effect from ...
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