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INVESTMENT WORLD
INSIGHT:
Valuations sizzle, but stocks are still worth a bite
Up, sideways or down again? Rather than trying to answer this eternal question on where the Sensex is headed next, assessing market valuations may be a more fruitful exercise. An expensive market would be the cue for you to lighten up on ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook: Pausing at the threshold
Markets vroomed higher last week on strong November auto sales and a very bullish second quarter GDP reading. The spectre of another credit crisis following in the wake of Dubai debt trouble dissolved in the slew of positive data from ...
STOCKS:
Bajaj Electricals : Buy
IPOS:
JSW Energy — IPO: Invest at cut-off
JSW Energy's initial public offer is for investors willing to wait for returns in the medium term. The company has been operating a small capacity generating station for the last few years but the bulk of its new projects will be commissioned ...
IPOS:
Godrej Properties — IPO: Avoid
Investors can currently refrain from the initial public offer of Godrej Properties. At the offer price, the stock would trade at 33-36 times its expected sustainable per share earnings for FY-10 on an expanded ...
STOCKS:
Page Industries: Buy
Page Industries, a textile player, has sailed through the storms faced by the textile industry rather well, posting healthy quarterly and annual growth in sales and profits. Page operates in a niche segment, its products hold brand recall and ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
HDFC Tax Saver: Invest
Investors can buy the units of HDFC Tax Saver Fund (HDFC Tax) considering its long-term track record in delivering ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
DWS Investment Opportunity Fund: Hold
Investors in the DWS Investment Opportunity Fund can retain their units in the fund, given its impressive track record. While it has consistently beaten its benchmark BSE-200 over different time-frames, giving it an added edge are its ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
NTPC, Maruti Suzuki outlook appears weak
NTPC (210): The outlook for this stock appears negative as long as it stays below 216. However, it finds immediate support at 205. A drop below that level (on a closing day basis) could weaken it to 190. On the other hand, only a close above ...
INSIGHT:
Think before you swipe
“Though I've always been a shopaholic, I used to be paranoid about jumping from one store to another for fear of my money getting stolen. No longer that fear! Thanks to my credit cards”, gushed Poornima Das, an enthusiastic shopper ...
CARS:
Bumpy ride ahead for small cars?
Fiscal year 2009 was a testing time for the automobile industry. But most manufactures were optimistic about a brighter 2010; and to a large extent the year didn't disappoint, with strong sales growth and a plethora of ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Pivotals: Reliance Industries (Rs 1,089.1)
RIL moved past our second short-term resistance to an intra-week peak of Rs 1,120 and closed the week on a positive note, up Rs 40. Short-term trend in the stock is up since the November 3 trough of Rs 903. But the stock faces strong ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: Bullish intermediate-term outlook in Havells India
Please advise the targets of Power Trading Corporation and Nagarjuna Construction. V ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
A new Avenue for retail
We will make your car parking a pleasant experience, promises Mr Kim Culley, Chief Operations Officer, Express Infrastructure ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Residential sector back on track'
Fresh out of a fund-raising exercise in September when it garnered over Rs 200 crore, Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd has used the funds to speed up its projects and retire debt. The company is on the verge of unveiling a new township ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Royal Palms offers discount
Mumbai-based real estate company Royal Palms, which is developing a 240-acre mixed-use project at suburban Goregaon here, is offering commercial space at Rs 2,999 per sq ft, at a 35 per cent discount on current rates, in an attempt to ...
ECONOMICS:
Why not live for the present?
It was already late night and most trains were long delayed. The station was brimming to its seams and everyone seemed angry and tired. That is, everyone except a handful of Buddhist monks, who were quite nonchalant to the goings-on at ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Bangalore commercial realty perks up
The office space realty is looking up in Bangalore with the growing numbers of enquiries , say ...
BOOKS:
Management lessons from the railways
Of every rupee spent by the railways on fuel such as HSD (high speed diesel) ‘only 48 paise is the real intrinsic value,' rues R. N. Misra in Indian Railways Turnaround: A Study in Management ( www.jaicobooks.com). In the remaining 52 ...
INCOME TAX:
Gain from the trading losses made by wife
I am a salaried employee working in a Central Government organisation. My wife, who is unemployed, has a demat trading account and has been trading with the money that I transfer from my savings bank account to her savings bank account ...
INVESTMENTS:
Hedge for short-term perception shifts
Market perceptions change rapidly. The mood was that of despondency on November 3, 2009, for the S&P CNX Nifty had fallen in 10 out of the 11 days beginning October 17. The 150-point gain on November 4, 2009 however brought a sense ...
INVESTMENTS:
Derisking defaults
After a relatively quiet period following last year's market meltdown, credit default swaps (CDS) have resurfaced on news screens. State-controlled Dubai World's planned multi-billion dollar debt rescheduling, which sent jitters across the ...
FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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LIFE INSURANCE:
HDFC Youngstar Super
As a parent, if you are looking at saving for your child's higher education or marriage, insurance could well be among your first choices. Given the emotional aspect involved in these savings, individuals often tend to overlook returns ...
INTERVIEW:
‘What PSUs are good at, they have preserved'
In recent times, stocks from the public sector space have proved that they are not mere safe havens but also high-return generators. Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual, through it latest launch — Sundaram BNP Paribas PSU Opportunities Fund ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
FAQs on new platform
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has implemented a new system called Mutual Fund Service System (MFSS); the BSE has also launched a similar platform. Under the new set-up, investors wishing to buy and sell mutual fund units can do so ...
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