OPEN OFFERS Mphasis BFL: Reject
MphasiS BFL shareholders can avoid tendering to the voluntary conditional open offer being made by TH Holdings, Mauritius, along with Electronic Data Systems (EDS). The offer is conditional on EDS acquiring a 51.72 per cent equity stake in ...
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GTL: Reject
Despite weak financials, the medium-term potential may improve considering an extensive business restructuring being put through by the management.
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AUTOMOBILES For my beautiful scooterette
I am planning to buy a four-stroke scooter. I am 67 years old and have been using a 1998 model TVS Champ for the past eight years. I wonder which one of the three, the Hero Honda Pleasure, the Bajaj Wave or the Honda Activa, should I choose. ...
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INSIGHT Bottom-fishing in the index heavyweights
Investors rattled by the recent market upheaval will probably be obsessed with the downside risks to investing. However, if you are a long-term, patient investor betting on the India growth story, now is the time to bottom-fish and diversify ...
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MUTUAL FUNDS SBI Magnum Balanced: Hold
Following the new rules, balanced funds may be forced to fix equity allocation at 65 per cent for most of the year.
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Market Outlook We believe that such a correction is an inherent part of a growth market like India and it was widely anticipated, given that the strong run-up in prices had pushed valuations above long-term averages. While one cannot rule out ...
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Fund update
HDFC Mutual Fund has changed the load structure for investments made through the systematic investment plan (SIP) and systematic transfer plan (STP) effective June 1, 2006. HDFC Growth, HDFC Top 200, HDFC Capital Builder, HDFC Prudence, ...
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Fund Talk
I have into a SIP of HDFC Long Term Advantage Fund (dividend option) of Rs 5,000 per month from May 2005 till April 2007. When I started the NAV was at Rs 29, and now, after the correction in stock market, it has come down to Rs 39 from Rs 44. ...
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STOCKS Aban Loyd Chiles: Buy
Investors with a long-term investment horizon can consider an exposure in Aban Loyd Chiles stock. However, given the prevailing market conditions, investors will have to reduce their return expectations and take exposures in small lots. Any dips ...
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CARS Small car, big message
Rarely has an automobile been at the centre of as much speculation as the proposed Rs 1-lakh car from Tata Motors. The announcement from the Tata Sons Chairman, Mr Ratan Tata, that the company will be setting up the assembly plant for this ...
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TWO/THREE WHEELERS Yamaha Gladiator: Into the Colosseum for the 125cc fight
Unfazed by the Fazer's poor sales in the high volumes executive bike segment, Yamaha has now launched the Gladiator and reworked its marketing strategy. Will it be able to take on the Bajaj Discover?
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ECONOMICS More is less My friend's daughter loves yoghurt. The other day, when she refused to have dinner and demanded only yoghurt, my friend and his wife decided to give her enough and more of her favourite food. The little one ...
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STOCK MARKETS FIIs open positions shrink
Foreign institutional investors, who were net sellers in the cash segment, however, remained net buyers in the F&O segment last week. However, what is significant is their open interest positions has been on the decline. Their open positions on .
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Different Takes Regionally, we are close to the bottom as far as Asia and emerging markets are concerned. It is difficult to predict what would happen in the very short term but in general in Asia and in India the valuations are looking a little ...
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Options guide
Call option: A call option gives the buyer `the right but not the obligation' to buy the stock at a specified price on a future date. Put option: A put option gives the buyer `the right but not the obligation' to sell a stock ...
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FIXED DEPOSITS FD Options
Sundaram Finance: Investors looking at building a portfolio of fixed investments should consider exposures in the deposits of Sundaram Finance. It offers an interest rate of 7 per cent, 7.5 per cent and 8 per cent for one-, two- and ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Allcargo Global Logistics: Avoid
Though the company's business has good potential, the offer appears priced on the high side.
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INTERVIEW `With growing incomes, wealth management is for everybody'
"We work along with customers to offer a range of investment advisory services — in debt, equity, mutual funds, derivatives, besides tax advisory, succession planning, insurance advisory, etc." -- MR V. MAHADEVAN, CEO, WEALTH ADVISORS (INDIA) PVT. LTD. More
ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE Prime Focus: Invest at cut-off
The company may be among the safer plays in the entertainment space, relative to production houses or multiplexes, as its fortunes are not linked to the success or failure of films.
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INCOME TAX De-taxing the taxi ride
I work in a software company in Chennai. I receive leave travel assistance from my employer. For the purpose of taking into account the exemption under Section 10(5) in respect of LTA, my employer insists on proof of travel, which should be ...
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BOOKS Magic formula to make money
"You can learn how it's possible to more than double the annual returns of the stock market averages."
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