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‘FII inflows will gather steam once the rupee stabilises’ (05 October 12:00) |
| Inflation is bound to fall and with it, interest rates. That will lead to earnings upgrades next year, says Mr Sandip Inflation is bound to fall and with it, interest rates. That will lead ... |
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Amara Raja Batteries: Buy (05 October 12:00) |
| The stock of Amara Raja Batteries (ARB) has shown resilience during market turbulences in the past. The stock managed to rally despite the steep correction in January this year to reach its ... |
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Maytas Infra: Buy (05 October 12:00) |
| Maytas Infra's well-diversified business operations, strong financials, ability to forge the right partnerships for complex projects and sound management band width may elevate it to the sta... |
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Tulip Telecom: Buy (05 October 12:00) |
| Investments with a one-two year horizon can be considered in the stock of Tulip Telecom, a strong player in the domestic data connectivity and network integration Investments with a one-two... |
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‘The market has not become cheaper because prices have corrected’ (05 October 12:00) |
| The pain of higher borrowing costs and stretched working capital cycles are yet to show up fully in the financials of corporates, opines Srividhya Rajesh, Fund Manager for top performing fun... |
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Ahmedabad going for a ‘take the bus’ drive (05 October 12:00) |
| Commuters in Ahmedabad are in for a change in their daily travel routes and modes of transport as the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) tries to woo them to leave their two-wheelers at h... |
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FAQs on the US turmoil (05 October 12:00) |
| Why did Lehman, Freddie and Fannie and the other banks get into these Why did Lehman, Freddie and Fannie and the other banks get into these |
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TDS woes of a senior citizen (05 October 12:00) |
| I am a retired professor and a senior citizen. I want to invest Rs 3 lakh out of my retirement benefits in a bank FD offering interest of 10.5 per cent per annum. The annual interest is Rs 3... |
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How to tweak your fund portfolio (05 October 12:00) |
| “What do I do with my mutual fund portfolio?” appears to be the foremost question in every investor’s mind now. For those of you who courageously remained invested from the Sensex leve... |
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Takeover code gets complex in differential voting rights milieu (05 October 12:00) |
| The SEBI Takeover Regulations at the very rudimentary level is all about giving the public shareholders an opportunity to get the same attractive price which a shareholder — usually a prom... |
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Retail sets store by cooling realty prices (05 October 12:00) |
| Even as the real-estate industry is evolving strategies to grapple with the slowdown in the economy, dropping inflows from non-resident Indians and the resultant cooling off, it is the reta... |
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‘Outflows from Indian markets will slow down’ (05 October 12:00) |
| Bharti Axa Investment Managers is making its debut with a plain vanilla equity fund with a ‘flexicap’ mandate. A quarterly dividend option which will trigger profit booking at regular in... |
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Buyer beware during property dealings (05 October 12:00) |
| Document in ordinary parlance means a written statement. Documents are associated with dealings in properties, business contracts and in corporate circles. Document in ordinary parlance mea... |
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Why last-minute air travel is costly (05 October 12:00) |
| My friend is a last-minute traveller. He ends up paying a premium on his air fare compared to those who purchase tickets in advance. He, however, gets a discount when he buys last-minute tic... |
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Fund flows drying up (05 October 12:00) |
| Recently, the head of a company with a significant presence in real-estate and infrastructure development declined to talk about his company’s plans in real-estate but was enthusiastic ab... |
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Arbitrage opportunity (05 October 12:00) |
| Arbitrage is the strategy by which an investor can earn risk-free profits. It is the simultaneous buying and selling of a security to take advantage of the price differential. The price diff... |
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Sesa Goa: Hold (05 October 12:00) |
| The stock of iron ore producer, Sesa Goa, has witnessed a sharp fall in the recent market meltdown, tracking falling commodity prices. But given the sharp contraction in the stock valuation ... |
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Three funds to accumulate (05 October 12:00) |
| The stock market is down substantially from its January high, with the BSE Sensex now trading 40 per cent below its peak value of 21000. The price-earnings multiple for the Sensex over this ... |
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Don’t dismiss as a lost cause (28 September 12:00) |
| Not so long ago, FII interest in a stock was seen as a reason to add it to your portfolio. Now, with marquee names in the investment banking business — Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Morg... |
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OnMobile Global: Buy (28 September 12:00) |
| Investors with a one-two year perspective can buy the shares of OnMobile Global, considering its strong focus in the domestic mobile value added services (VAS) market. An expanding product o... |
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Simplex Infrastructures: Buy (28 September 12:00) |
| Simplex Infrastructures is among the few pure contracting companies in the infrastructure space that has managed to move up the value chain in terms of higher profitability while at the same... |
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Tanla Solutions: Buy (28 September 12:00) |
| The crisis in the global financial markets has taken a toll on several of the key banking, financial services and insurance clients of Indian IT majors. The top-tier companies may yet pull t... |
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Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity: Invest (28 September 12:00) |
| Investors can buy units of Birla Sunlife Frontline Equity Fund (BSL Frontline) considering its long-term track record in delivering returns and its strong blue-chip stocks orientation. BSL F... |
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Franklin India Flexi Cap: Hold (28 September 12:00) |
| Investors can retain their holdings in Franklin India Flexi Cap. Over a three-year period the fund has generated a compounded return of over 13 per cent, narrowly beating CNX 500, its benchm... |
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Bank of India: Buy (28 September 12:00) |
| Investors can consider buying the Bank of India stock with at least a two-year horizon. Valuations are quite attractive, but the stock can be re-rated only when sentiment towards the banking... |
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Read the ‘buyback’ signal right (28 September 12:00) |
| In choppy market conditions such as the current one, ‘buyback’ seems to be the buzz word for companies all over the world. Eager to infuse confidence in investors in turbulent markets, c... |
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Insurance eating into MF turf? (28 September 12:00) |
| With the introduction of ULIPs (unit linked insurance product), insurance companies have emerged as prominent players in the Indian equity market. Insurance is increasingly becoming an inves... |
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Bangalore eyes resale market (28 September 12:00) |
| With prices in the primary market in Bangalore reaching never-seen-before rates, genuine home-buyers are seriously looking at the secondary, or resale market, for that dream With prices i... |
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Low-cost housing, a la Laurie Baker (28 September 12:00) |
| Rising interest rates, flare-up in steel and cement prices and consequent rise in housing costs have forced the middle- and low-income groups to postpone plans to purchase or construct that... |
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Indian investors need not rush for cover (21 September 12:00) |
| A fresh tidal wave of financial sector collapses in the US has halted the nascent recovery in Indian stocks in its tracks. Even as tumbling commodity prices have defused the inflation threat... |
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Reliance Diversified Power Fund: Invest (21 September 12:00) |
| Investors can consider buying units of Reliance Diversified Power Sector Fund. The fund invests in companies spanning the power generation, transmission and distribution and power equipment ... |
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Mahindra and Mahindra: Buy (21 September 12:00) |
| Significant developments since our earlier ‘buy’ recommendation on Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) in March this year prompts us to take a re-look at the stock. While the amalgamation of Pun... |
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Nightmare on Wall Street (21 September 12:00) |
| For those of us who had only a nodding acquaintance with Wall Street, news this week has been bafflingly littered with the big Wall Street names. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, the ve... |
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Clubbing of minor’s income (21 September 12:00) |
| I have two children, both minors. The income of the first child was clubbed in my hands as at that time my total income was higher than that of my wife’s. The second child did not have an... |
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Kerala resorts go high-rise (21 September 12:00) |
| Land has always been in short supply in Kerala, which has one of the highest population densities in the country . Added to that was the money order economy of the State: an unending strea... |
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Bonds: Duration and rate risk (21 September 12:00) |
| When you buy a bond, you are subject to interest rate risk. It is the risk associated with changes in market interest rates (also known as the current yield) after the bond has been issued. ... |
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A city to live in, another to invest in (21 September 12:00) |
| Arpan Bose, 27, works in a private life insurance company in Delhi.Having advised others on investment decisions for the last three years, he recently decided to diversify his investment... |
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Wanted skilled, capable people (21 September 12:00) |
| Only India stands out from the crowd of countries that could equal or even replace the US, says Daniel Lak in India Express: The Future of a New Superpower ( Only India stands out from the c... |
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Time for a real(i)ty check (14 September 12:00) |
| If there is one sector that has been incessantly beaten down by the stock market for every macro-economic concern in the country over the past year, it has to be real estate. And not without... |
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Buy Gold ETFs (14 September 12:00) |
| Looking for an investment option that will perform well when stocks don’t? Gold fulfils this role admirably. Low historic correlation with the Sensex and long-term returns that beat inflat... |
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Of markets and selective amnesia (14 September 12:00) |
| Does the letter ‘R’ turn silent whenever you read the word ‘brokeR’? Fretting that you put a chunk of your hard-earned money into the stock market around its peak? Sulking at the fa... |
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Why coal is still red-hot (14 September 12:00) |
| As China and India industrialise, the demand for steel has increased exponentially. Coal is one of the important raw materials used in the manufacture of steel. Coal prices have doubled over... |
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Haste makes for heartache (14 September 12:00) |
| After years of waiting to realise the dream of owning a flat, Mr N. Ramgopal, a senior manager with a public sector bank, zeroed in on an upcoming apartment project and booked a flat, paying... |
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Tax exemption on property buy (14 September 12:00) |
| I am a senior citizen. I have sold a residential house, for Rs 36 lakh. I have out of the sale proceeds cleared a home loan on the said property of Rs 7 lakh. I propose to invest Rs 30 la... |
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‘We have no plans to bring down rates further’ (14 September 12:00) |
| With the opening up of insurance sector, as many as 17 private players are fighting it out trying to enhance their market share in a relatively under-penetrated Indian market. A majority of ... |
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Boil down information into binaries (14 September 12:00) |
| There are tonnes of personal-finance books on the shelves, but most of them substitute wishing and hoping for understanding, bemoans Clark Winter in The Either/Or Investor ( ... There are t... |
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How developers are coping (14 September 12:00) |
| Companies with unique business models and those that have quickly changed their product mix to push sales, even if it means a sacrifice on price, appear to be the ones that are combating the... |
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‘High dividend yield is as important as capital appreciation’ (14 September 12:00) |
| UTI Dividend Yield Fund has been among the better performing equity funds piggybacking on this theme over the past year. Ms Swati Kulkarni, the fund manager for this fund, explains why it is... |
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Bajaj Allianz Insurance Fortune Plus (14 September 12:00) |
| With markets on a highly volatile phase and little sign of fresh inflows, , insurance companies are planning to keep their costs low to attracte investors. Some insurance companies have alr... |
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PEs want ‘preferred returns’ clause (14 September 12:00) |
| With the property market in the midst of a downturn and banks tightening the purse strings on realty projects, the real-estate sector is now witnessing Private Equity (PE) transactions that ... |
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