The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, October 03, 2004

A nation of incorrigible savers
Trends in household savings indicate a continuing preference for bank term deposits and apathy towards equity investments. This lop-sided investment strategy does not augur well for the financial security of households. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Mobs in the market
PICTURE this. You want to buy shares of HDFC. Your fellow investors, however, feel that the stock will decline. You, therefore, decide to either short-sell the stock or refrain from placing a buy order. You later regret ... More

TAX TALK

Allowances received abroad — You can have best of both worlds
I WAS deputed to the US by my Indian employer in May 2002. I have been working there since then. I am paid an allowance in dollars there and a salary of Rs 3,50,000 per annum in India. I wish to know:

... More

You can repay your wife without interest

IN FOCUS

Delisting of stocks — Investor interest must be paramount
The delisting guidelines, in their present form, suffer from certain anomalies relating to the delisting threshold, glitches in the reverse book-building process and gaps in the procedure to follow when delisting fails. SEBI's decision to review and tweak the guidelines to factor in these aspects will come as welcome news to investors. More

FD WATCH

India Cements — Bind on for a year
THE fixed deposit programme of India Cements is appropriate for investors with a penchant for risk. Given the attractive interest rates and the expected benefits from its debt restructuring efforts, an investment up to ... More

FUND WATCH

UTI Petro Fund announces 20 per cent dividend

UTI Petro Fund has declared a dividend of 20 per cent or Rs.2.00 per unit. The record date for the dividend is October 20.

PruICICI Mutual Fund has declared dividend of Rs 0.1 per unit on its Income Plan (quarterly option) and Rs ... More

AUTO FOCUS

Getz you more than what you see
FIVE years ago, as car-makers out-raced one another to introduce vehicles in the market, a consultant with a prominent European automotive design house observed that Indians preferred their cars to appear big from the ... More

BOOK VALUE

In a large portfolio there may be free-riding stocks
WITH a line as simple as `common sense is the heart of investing and business management' begins the intro to How to Think like Benjamin Graham and Invest like Warren Buffett, by Lawrence A. Cunningham, ... More

INSURANCE CORNER

Bajaj Allianz LifelongGain
A product that incorporates the elements of both life cover and savings is LifelongGain of Bajaj Allianz. The product is a whole life unit-linked plan that offers protection with a limited premium-payment term. How the plan ... More

BANKING PRODUCTS

IOB's e-Cash Home
ONLINE money transfer is currently the rage. The advantage it offers vis-à-vis the other modes of money transfer, such as cheque, draft and telegraphic transfer, seems to have attracted users towards it. ... More

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