The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, March 06, 2005

Equities, PPF and the right mix
The Budget may have made equity investments worthwhile, but also consider PPF, which is a potent investment capable of delivering `equity-like' returns in the later years. More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

When alpha becomes beta
IT HAS become difficult for traders to accumulate stocks in the market without immediately impacting prices. After all, when everybody wants to buy, sharp increase in volumes in a stock will not go unnoticed. Such ... More

TAX TALK

A date with the rates
WHAT are the new rates at which incomes would be taxed? The rates of tax proposed for individuals, Hindu undivided families (HUFs), association of persons (AOPs) and body of individuals (BOIs) are as shown in Table 1. ... More

Tax on cash from bank
CHAPTER VII of the Finance Bill, 2005 contains provisions relating to banking cash transaction tax. This proposed new chapter will be applicable to whole of the country barring Jammu and Kashmir. This chapter shall come ... More

IN FOCUS

Budget strikes the right chord
IN a post-Budget rally, the Sensex, Nifty and CNX Midcap 200 indices touched all-time closing highs last week, after moving in a narrow band in February. Is this rally a direct outcome of the 2005-06 Budget presented ... More

FUND WATCH

Dividend galore from funds

AUTO FOCUS

The power sting of Scorpio
THE Scorpio has been a runaway success for Mahindra & Mahindra. So much so, that it has revved up the company's confidence in becoming a leading passenger vehicles manufacturer (of not just the utility vehicles ... More

BOOK VALUE

Wishful thinking is not the way to get rich
YOU don't need to be an economist, a CA, or a math wizard to profit from shares. "All it requires is common sense, and a willingness to spend some time and effort in collecting and analysing information on companies and their business ... More

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