INVESTMENT WORLD
INSIGHT:
Numbers belie fears over MF redemptions
October was a month of mayhem for the mutual fund industry with lots of noise on ‘redemption pressures’ and challenges faced by fund houses to maintain liquidity. But data from the AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) from ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook
In an interview broadcast in 2004, Bob Prechter had said that “Bulls markets climb a wall of worry and bear markets slide down a slope of hope.” Markets slid down this slope last week despite the hope held out by the massive ...
STOCKS:
Idea Cellular: Buy
Investments with a two-year horizon may be considered in the shares of Idea Cellular (Idea), given the telecom operator’s strong pace of subscriber additions, entry into circles with higher realisations and synergies possible from ...
STOCKS:
Tata Chemicals: Buy
A global de-rating of commodity stocks and worries over a sharp contraction in demand for commodities have bludgeoned Tata Chemicals’ valuation. The stock now trades at a P-E multiple of just 3.8 times its trailing 12-month earnings, ...
STOCKS:
C&C Constructions: Buy
The beaten down valuation of construction contractor — C&C Constructions — provides a good opportunity for investors to buy the stock. While remaining a small-sized company in the road segment, C&C has distinguished ...
INVESTMENTS:
5 investment tenets
Yes, the stock market fall has given many investors sleepless nights over the past few months. But every cloud has its silver lining. Stock valuations have melted to new lows and for those looking to make a start this may be a good time to ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: What the charts say
We bought Indiabulls Real Estate Shares at Rs 760 and Indiabulls Financials at Rs 900. Please give the outlook for these ...
OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS:
Still game for a US home?
Property prices in the US have fallen sharply. The mounting inventory of unsold foreclosed homes may have triggered the thought in many to consider buying a home in the US? The highest numbers of foreclosures are reported in Nevada, ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
It all boils down to price
The potential home buyers’ concern about market stability is quite apparent as sales dip as high as 85 per cent in some markets this year, say experienced developers. To drive sales marketing companies are coming up with offers that ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Realty: What triggered the funds crunch?
“What we call real estate — the solid ground to build a house on — is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of the world rests,” said Nathaniel Hawthorne, American classic novelist. While this may have ...
FINANCIAL MARKETS:
All eyes on China’s stimulus package
Early this week, China announced an investment package of 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) over a period of two years (up to 2010) to support its slowing ...
HCV/LCV/TRACTORS:
Commercial vehicles on the kerb
With 40 per cent production cutbacks and four-day work weeks, the commercial vehicles industry is making news in ways that go beyond traditional assessments such as ‘global slowdown’ and ‘financial turmoil’. Equally, ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Low inflation numbers fail to cheer up the market
The Sensex ended the week on a negative note. It shed a good 5.8 per cent and closed at about 9385 ...
INCOME TAX:
Tax on post office RD for senior citizens
I am a senior citizen and am having a post office recurring deposit account to which I am paying Rs 2,000 a month. My recurring deposit is maturing shortly and I will get Rs 4,48,000 against my deposit of Rs 2,40,000. The post ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Defaults feared as IT vacancy levels rise
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), Tamil Nadu chapter, has expressed concern over the high levels of vacancy in IT buildings, which could lead to defaults unless the State Government relaxes some of ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
How fund house assets moved
As stock markets went into a free fall October, only the liquid funds of the top 10 fund houses have seen their assets swell, and ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Rate cuts too small to spur demand
Despite the Government talking of bringing down home loan interest rates, the largest players in the market, including housing finance institutions and banks catering to more than two-thirds of the home loan borrowers, are yet ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Blame it on others!
I have the privilege of interacting with intelligent students, as I also deliver investment-related courses at some well-known business schools in the country. What is striking is that they suffer from self-attribution bias, especially after ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
SBI
SBI too reversed lower after a short spurt on Monday and declined to our first target at Rs 1,140. But the short-term outlook will turn explicitly negative only on a breach of this level, signalling an impending decline to the recent trough at ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Infosys
Infosys too closed with mild weekly loss after fluctuating in a narrow band last week. The medium-term trend in the stock stays neutral. It can continue to move in a sideways band between Rs 1,100 and Rs 1,400. Move beyond the upper boundary ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Reliance Ind
RIL could not make any headway last week and reversed lower from the intra-week peak at Rs 1,308. The stock is currently halting at the key short-term support at Rs ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
ONGC
ONGC reversed lower from the resistance at Rs 810 to decline towards our first support at Rs 700. The short-term trend in the stock is currently down and the stock could decline towards Rs 675 or Rs 640 in this period. Short-term traders can ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Tata Steel
The chart pattern in Tata Steel is similar to rest of the pivotals. But this stock has closed below the key support level at Rs ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Maruti Suzuki
It was a sedate sideways move for MUL last week. The decline in the stock halted at the short-term support at Rs 538 indicated in this column last ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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INTERVIEW:
‘The worst is over for FMPs’
Several doubts have been raised in recent weeks about the portfolios and investment strategies of fixed maturity plans floated by mutual funds, until recently a popular substitute for fixed income options. How should investors assess FMPs ...
STOCKS:
Carborundum Universal: Buy
Strong growth in revenues, a highly diversified geographical base and increasing focus on the high-growth solar wafer business spell long-term potential for Carborundum Universal (CUMI), a leading player in the abrasives and industrial ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Birla Sun Life Equity: Invest
Investors can consider investment in Birla Sun Life Equity Fund based on its consistent performance over a five-year period. With the markets going through a highly volatile period, funds with a long-term track record and with higher exposure ...
INVESTMENTS:
UMAs: Delivering multi-style exposure through individual accounts
Last week, this column discussed fund-of-funds. Specifically, it showed how fund-of-funds can act as a conduit for offering tailored investment solutions using single asset-class funds as the building ...
INVESTMENTS:
Spread and diversify
Over the last couple of years, Pratiksha, a young professional, invested a lot of money in equity and equity-oriented funds to ride the booming stock markets. She saw her money grow by more than 60 per cent in a year. However, since January ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Nifty might open on a weak note
Though the Nifty November future opened the week on a positive note, lack of buying support pegged it down during the ...
DERIVATIVES MARKETS:
Markets looking weak? Set a bear put spread
Placing option bets in a highly volatile market requires you to have an unusually high appetite for risk. But when markets are volatile and worse still have a mind of their own, beating it can become that much more difficult and risky – ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
E-mail your response by Tuesday ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday ...
BOOKS:
Are stocks really a reliable inflation hedge?
The situation we currently face is of a magnitude comparable to the Great Depression and the next worst bear market, the stagflation period of the 1970s, says Peter D. Schiff in The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund Talk
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MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
Taurus Mutual Fund has revised the entry load under Taurus Tax Shield. With effect from November 17, an entry load of 2.5 per cent will be charged against the existing 2.25 per cent. Fortis Mutual Fund ...
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