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SIMPLE ECONOMICS
Recognition heuristics
John, an acquaintance, recently won a prize. The participants in the game had to build a portfolio of stocks. The portfolio returns were compared with the average returns of five money managers. A participant ...
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TAX TALK
Are my gains too much?
I file my returns offering my income from share trading as capital gains. The share trading is done with actual delivery. My volume of transactions for the financial year 2003-04 was around Rs 80 lakh. My case for the assessment year 2004-05 ...
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IN FOCUS
Double whammy for oil companies
Domestic oil companies will have to contend with lower refining margins as well as the negative margins in marketing now following the retail price cut.
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AUTO FOCUS
Zen Estilo: Japanese simplicity, European chic
The new Zen Estilo is for the most part a carry forward of the original Suzuki MR Wagon. With a tried and tested engine, the Estilo is undoubtedly a smart, stylish package that should find a number of young buyers.
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BOOK VALUE
A sense of history helps
"Looking at past trends in the markets assists in maintaining objectivity."
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PORTFOLIO MOVES
Kotak Opportunities — Banking up sharply
Kotak Opportunities is a diversified equity scheme with the flexibility to invest across market capitalisations. A look at the portfolio reshuffle in July-October 2006 shows that the top 10 holdings accounted for 48 per cent of the asset ...
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F & O OUTLOOK
F & O OUTLOOK
Nifty Futures may head for correction
Reliance Communication may turn weak
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THE BIG DEAL
Bharti-Wal-Mart foray into retail
Wal-Mart Stores, whose revenue equals the size of the Indian retail market, has circumvented foreign investment restrictions in the sector through its franchise agreement with the Bharti Group. Even as the Left cries foul, the new partners are ...
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YOUNG INVESTOR
Ratio analysis, key to unlocking financial statements
Companies despatch their annual reports once every accounting year (normally 12 months). With these reports running into hundreds of pages, how do you quickly understand a company's performance over this period? As accounts are prepared using the ...
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A tax-saving exercise to perk up returns
Options that could match your goals and risk appetite
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CALL CENTRE
Swipe with caution
Plastic money has gone a long way in re-moulding consumer buying behaviour. With a credit card, you can buy whatever you want without having to pay then and there. Making money-less purchases has considerably altered people's spending behaviour, ...
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Investment Nuggets
"The legend of growth stock investing", Jim Slater, is also regarded as the stock market's pre-eminent asset strippers in the late 1960s. His method of choosing companies is best explained in The Zulu Principle — a ...
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Money Talk
Uma Ratnam Krishnan is the Chief Executive Officer of Optimus, the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Polaris Software. As the head of Optimus, she brings to bear her 16-year work experience across retail financial ...
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