The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, August 28, 2005

Market P/E: The real story
IF YOU think this article is about the true level of the prevailing price-to-earnings multiple for the market, you are wrong. There never can be one number that precisely tells you the state of the market. The market P/E is an average. This ... More

SIMPLE ECONOMICS

Small-world effect
CONSIDER this. You receive private information that a certain stock is likely to move up. You share this information with your friend. Two days later, you find that the volumes have increased five-fold and the stock has hit the upper circuit! You ... More

TAX TALK

No tax for the money savvy house-wife
I AM a housewife. I have a monthly income of around Rs 1,000 that I earn from conducting tutorials. Out of this income I invested in shares and earned a short-term capital gain of Rs 80,000 in the financial year ... More

IN FOCUS

New IPO norms — Making allotment fairer
SEBI's new norms for allotment to institutional investors are a welcome step towards a more equitable system that puts retail investors on a better footing. More

FD WATCH

Invest in Jindal Stainless FD with one year horizon
Jindal Stainless: Investments in the fixed deposit scheme of Jindal Stainless can be considered with a one -year perspective. Jindal Stainless offers cumulative and non-cumulative schemes. The interest rates offered are 7 per cent for one ... More

FUND WATCH

DSP Merrill MF's new scheme comes with insurance cover

DSP Merrill Lynch has unveiled a new systematic investment plan for its funds that will also provide an insurance cover to investors. The plan offers access to five equity and balanced funds, with the option to choose between various ... More

AUTO FOCUS

The Dicor Safari
THE Tata Safari was one of the first real, full-bodied sport utility vehicles — that the gentry could use with equal felicity to go for the business power lunch as for the weekend get-away. But with Tata Motors ... More

BOOK VALUE

Financial statements can be notoriously complex
FINANCE is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears, defines Robert W. Sarnoff. But that may not be too encouraging for most of us, who'd rather have something tangible to turn. Such as the pages of Ambrish ... More

LAW LANE

An interest pile on instalments
FIRST, a warning: In case numbers numb you, this case is not for you. For the rest of us, the story begins on September 1, 1976, when Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co Ltd (Telco) entered into a hire purchase (HP) ... More

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