The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, December 14, 2003

Bulls on the rampage — Beware the horns and hoofs
Trying to ride the uptrend in a long list of stocks of companies with dicey credentials carries high risk. Exit option in most of the 1,200 stocks that have resurfaced on the trading list of the BSE has to be actively considered. More

TAKING COUNT

Take advantage of administered rates
The high-administered rates on small savings options may be available only for a few weeks more. When administered rates decline, yields on competing options may decline too. So, advancing investment plans appear to be in order in the case of most de bt investments. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

The principal-agent problem
YOU may have observed that employees of several technology companies are now exercising their stock options. But did you know that stock options are incentives given to the employees to moderate the principal-agent ... More

TAX TALK

Property management from afar
MY HUSBAND and I were born in India but have been living in the UK since 1966. We are both British nationals. My husband owns a house property in India while I own shares of some Indian companies. We are now ... More

No WLL in the net
ONE of the criteria for filing a return even where the total income does not exceed the maximum amount not chargeable to tax is in a case where the individual is a subscriber to a cellular telephone not being a wireless ... More

IN FOCUS

Auto components stocks — Is the acceleration for real?
There is a growing impression that the next wave of outsourcing from India will be in auto components. The truth is that there are few companies that measure up to the rigorous standards required for supplying to multinational majors. More

ON THE MOVE

The stocks that are active
Coromandel Fertilisers (Rs 149): The stock rose 25.8 per cent after it formalised the acquisition of its farm inputs division of EID Parry during the first week of December. Eicher Motors (Rs 237): The stock rose 23.8 per cent on ... More

FUND WATCH

UTI Mutual Fund

UTI Mutual Fund has announced a dividend of 100 per cent (Rs 10 per unit) for Master Equity Plan 1998, Master Equity Plan 1999 and Master Value Unit Plan. The NAVs of the funds are Rs 22.6, Rs 33.8 and Rs 31.1 ... More

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