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INVESTMENT WORLD
INSIGHT:
Tata Motors: Dramatic turnaround but still some way to go
“We are long-term players and, given our 60-year history, know what business cycles are all about. It is possible to offset the negatives of one geography with the positives of another. We are fully aware and conscious of the risks ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook: Post-Budget cheer in market
The long weekend following the Union Budget presentation helped market participants determine that there were no hidden demons in the Budget fine-print, helping stock prices to surge higher in the first two sessions of the week. Since the ...
STOCKS:
GSK Consumer: Buy
Investors seeking a defensive option for their portfolio can consider adding the GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare (GSK ...
STOCKS:
ABB: Sell
Investors can consider exiting the stock of power equipment player ABB India. Premium valuations, longer execution cycles and continuing cost overruns with fixed contracts are factors that diminish the earnings visibility over the next ...
PUBLIC OFFER:
NMDC — FPO: Invest below Rs 300
Investors should consider bidding in the follow-on public offering from National Minerals Development Corporation (NMDC) only if it is priced at a steep discount to the current ...
IPOS:
DQ Animation (International) – IPO: Invest
Investors with a two-three year horizon can take exposures to the initial public offering of DQ Entertainment (International), given the inherent dynamics of steady growth in the outsourced services of animation processes from ...
IPOS:
Pradip Overseas — IPO: Avoid
Investors may refrain from subscribing to the Initial Public Offer of Pradip Overseas Ltd (POL), manufacturer of home textiles. Absence of long-term customer contracts, reliance on agencies for export orders and narrow product offering ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
HDFC MIP Long Term: Invest
Despite the fair degree of regularity with which it pays out dividends, the HDFC Monthly Income Plan - Long Term fund is among the more aggressive funds in the “monthly ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Principal Monthly Income Plan – MIP Plus: Invest
Investors looking for a debt-oriented fund with a dash of equity to prop returns can consider investing in units of Principal Monthly Income Plan - MIP Plus. With a return of 12.3 per cent compounded annually over a three-year period, the ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Sizzling Stocks
Tata Motors vroomed higher in the opening session of the week propelled by strong quarterly numbers from its British arm, JLR and robust sales in February. The stock however gave up some gains on Friday to end the week 12 per cent higher. ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Stock Strategy: Short straddle on Cairn
Cairn India (Rs 269): Despite the broader markets witnessing a sharp turnaround, the stock of Cairn India has been moving within a ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: Sanghvi Movers is facing intermediate-term resistance
What is your short-term outlook for Mangalam Cement purchased at Rs 162. ...
INSIGHT:
Date with dividends
It is seen as a sign of a company's financial health and prosperity. It keeps your cash flows steady when the market tanks. Dividends are the portion of the profit that companies share with ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Transforming the IT space
The focus of commercial real-estate appears to be changing — with the emphasis on IT/ITES ...
INSIGHT:
Read the fine print
The new-age world is a witness to increased stress levels and newer diseases with fancier names that are catching us young. While we fight them at a medical level, we cannot deny the fact that this comes at a huge cost and often eat into ...
INVESTMENTS:
LIC Wealth Plus — Plan for debt-related returns
Insurance companies have traditionally offered guarantees on their products through bonuses or loyalty additions. But the market correction of 2008 has opened the gateway for “guaranteed NAV” products under unit-linked ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Update
L&T Mutual Fund has introduced Daily Investment Plan (DIP), under which the investor has the facility to transfer a fixed amount from liquid scheme to open ended equity scheme on a daily basis. This facility has been available March 5. ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Coimbatore's pricey realty
As the textile city recovers from the economic slowdown, there are renewed initiatives by builders to tap the higher end of the ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Building rules on loose ground
Protest is brewing among builders over the proposed move of the Kerala Government to revise the building rules, saying that the new rules have a lot of unrealistic and impractical suggestions which will be “detrimental to the ...
INVESTMENTS:
Return Tracker
Unit-linked insurance plans (ULIPs) investing 80-100 per cent of their assets in equity have found it an uphill task to beat the Sensex in the last one year. A compilation of 62 such schemes shows that only 20 schemes managed to outpace ...
OVERSEAS BORROWINGS:
The FCCB issue
Jaiprakash Power Ventures, which was to come with a public offer, has deferred its plans and instead raised $200 million through foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs). Many companies such as Larsen and Toubro and Sterlite Industries ...
LIFE INSURANCE:
Now, pay your premium in a jiffy
Deadlines at office, due date for credit card payments, home loan EMI, car EMI, rent, telephone bill … with so many dates circled in your calendar, is it any surprise that many people forget that important payment – the ...
ECONOMICS:
In fairness we reject
One of my friends works as a consultant for mid-size technology firms. Sometime back, he was approached by one such firm for a consulting assignment. The firm was willing to pay only 60 per cent of what my friend normally charges for ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
A portfolio for the grandchildren
My husband (64 years and retired) and I (60 years), have invested in the following funds, with the expectation of fair returns for our grand children aged one and four. This is purely to fund their higher education and future needs and we ...
INVESTMENTS:
Portfolio duration as risk measure for bond funds
Last week, this column discussed why downside deviation is a better risk measure for equity funds compared with standard deviation, a metric that asset management firms publish in their monthly newsletters. In response to this article, ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Debt funds: Not always risk-free
Debt funds invest in instruments that carry a fixed rate of interest or are guaranteed, in many cases, by the issuer. As a result, debt funds are often perceived by the investor as being completely risk-free. However, the reality is ...
INVESTMENTS:
How to make a ‘good investment'
What is a good investment? We can spend hours defining that but to me, a good investment protects the value of the investor's principal. But, then, if you just tuck money away in a mattress, the principal is protected. Is that a ...
CORPORATE:
Going with the flow...
When it comes down to it, all the numbers touted as measuring business productivity, such as sales and profits, serve a simple purpose — how much richer they leave the ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Home buyers looking at value for money'
Even as domestic macro indicators suggest a revival in the economy, the real-estate sector is yet to see a complete revival, feels Mr Uday Dharmadhikari, CEO, Usha ...
INVESTMENTS:
Query Corner
When I retired in March 2006, I took a ULIP (unit-linked insurance plan) based on advice from an agent and paid Rs 1 lakh as the annual premium for a “unit-plus-whole life” product. When the policy came up for renewal my ...
EVENTS:
Biz Quiz Answers
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STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
E-mail your response before Tuesday ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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