The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 06, 2003

What record FII flows mean for equities
IN THE first nine months of 2003, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) invested more in equity than in the past. The inflows to date in 2003 at $3.10 billion exceeded the previous high of $3.06 billion in 1996. In ... More

TAKING COUNT

Value investing, Graham style
Over the last 12 months, the pay off for employing a Ben Graham-inspired technique has been exceptionally high. Its success suggests that this strategy can be tapped once more now to identify probable investment candidates. However, there are risks t hat need to be suitably factored when employing the strategy in the market place. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Is an efficient market a random walk?
A STUDENT of finance posed this question: Do stock prices in an efficient market follow a random walk? We can answer the question by looking at the meaning of efficient market and random walk. Take Company X. If there ... More

TAX TALK

When your daughter lends money...
I RETIRED in 2002, and since then I do not have any income. However, I sold a land for Rs 12.50 lakh in 2003. I had bought it in 1989 for Rs 65,000. I thereafter purchased a flat for my residence for Rs.21 lakh. For ... More

AUTO FOCUS

Palio NV: A good car that's got better
WE THOUGHT that the "neighbours envy, owner's pride" slogan was the oft-repeated refrain of a Desi TV brand. Until, we saw an abridged, revised version of the same in some of Fiat's news releases for the new ... More

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