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INSIGHT
Breaking new ground
While international real-estate majors have adopted a variety of business models, Indian companies are still at the experimentation stage in tapping market opportunities. Here is a walk-through of a few business models being tried out by players ...
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Realty stocks — Sifting hype from reality
Equity investors wanting to play the real estate theme will have to put the stocks through a slew of filters to get the measure of a company’s profitability and risk profile.
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Downhill ride for auto sector?
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MUTUAL FUNDS
HDFC Prudence: Invest
For conservative investors looking for equity exposures with a lower level of downside risks, balanced funds such as HDFC Prudence Fund appear a good option. Investors can add this fund to their core portfolio. Balanced funds in general, ...
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Tata Equity Opportunities: Hold
Investments can be considered in Tata Equity Opportunities Fund based on its three -year performance record. It has outpaced benchmark BSE Sensex during this period. The fund sports a well-diversified portfolio, with a mix of large- and ...
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ICICI Prudential Emerging STAR Fund: Hold
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Fund Talk
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Magnum Global Fund — Focussed on mid-caps
Magnum Global Fund predominantly invests in mid-cap stocks but retains the flexibility to time investments in other market cap segments as well. With increased activity in the mid-cap space over the past few months, the fund managed to outdo ...
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STOCKS
Jagran Prakashan: Hold
The company offers a good exposure to the language print market and is suitable for investors with a two/three-year perspective.
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Moving to consumer
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On the right lane
Sadbhav Engineering has bagged an order worth Rs 327 crore in joint venture with JMC Projects for the construction of a new four-lane Agra bypass in Uttar ...
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Building orders
Patel Engineering has bagged a $153-million order from the Algeria-based Agence Nationale Des Barrage Et Transferts for the design and construction of a ...
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Secure stake
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OPEN OFFERS
MICO — Open offer: Accept
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INVESTMENTS
How to read an Annual Report
The thought of poring over annual reports to glean information about a company or its growth prospects may seem terribly dull to most new investors. At a time when there is an overflow of information across media channels and scores of ...
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‘Alternatives’ that spell opportunity
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Case for structured financing
Finance is a critical input for any business, more so commodity production and trade. Timely and adequate availability of finance exerts a positive impact on current business volumes and future plans.The traditional ways of financing ...
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PRODUCT PRIMER
ING Life Plus Plan
The major difference between traditional insurance products and ULIPs is the flexibility in the premium paying period. Another notable feature is that with ULIPs investment risk moves from the insurance company to the policyholder. A look at ...
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Investment Nuggets
The stock of private equity giant, Blackstone, may be struggling to retain its listing gains following a $4.13 billion IPO earlier in June, but the listing of the buyout firm has certainly turned the spotlight on the rising clout and the ...
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NEW FUND OFFER
UTI launches India Lifestyle Fund
UTI Mutual Fund has launched UTI –India Lifestyle Fund, a 3-year close-ended equity oriented scheme, with automatic conversion into an open –ended scheme upon maturity. The investment objective of the scheme is to ...
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AUTOMOBILES
Implementing high security number plates
What will the proposed high security number plates be made of? Where can I get them and by when are they going to be made mandatory?R. K. Sharma After much debate and delay the new regulations on ...
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TAXATION
Works contracts are not ‘gilded’
We do job work in gold, designing and making ornaments. This is normally referred to as works contract in our industry. We would like to know whether the provisions of Section 44AD will be applicable to us whereby we ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Query Corner
I hold shares of Ansal Housing at Rs 330 and Liberty Shoes at Rs 170. What is the outlook for these companies? Suresh Kumar YadavAnsal Housing (Rs 232.7): Ansal Housing is currently retracing the upward move ...
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Index Outlook
The ovation that greeted Sensex on recording a new high and scaling 15000 last week proves beyond doubt that it reigns supreme over the rest of the indices of the Indian stock markets. How else can one account for the rather incongruous ...
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Reliance Ind
This stock is steadfastly sticking to the narrow range between Rs 1,680 and Rs 1,730. The 10-day ROC is moving around the zero line and the 14-day RSI moving around 50 clearly reflect this indecision. However, the weekly momentum indicators ...
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SBI
SBI moved higher last week, in line with our expectations. It moved past our near term target of Rs 1,584 to hit an intra week high of Rs 1,593.4. There can be a mild correction that pulls the stock lower to Rs 1,532 or Rs 1,495 in the short ...
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Tata Steel
Tata Steel made a surprise move upward last week. The mid-week rally took it towards the short-term resistance at Rs 630. The stock is poised at a critical short-term trend deciding level. A reversal from here can pull the stock down to Rs 579 ...
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Infosys
The heroic move by the IT stocks on Friday has hardy created a dent in the medium term down trend in Infosys. The stock is persevering above the Rs 1,900 support. Fall below this support will cause the intermediate term trend to turn lower and ...
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ACC
ACC continued to move in an upward trajectory a high of Rs 1,048. The stock has moved past the intermediate term resistance at Rs 1,000 and has also closed beyond the 200 DMA at Rs 940. Short-term corrections can halt at Rs 966 or Rs 937. ...
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Trader's Corner
The trader’s day would be made easy if there was an easy way of knowing where the stock will halt its slide and where the up move would reverse. The supports and resistances on the charts are the most widely followed methods for ...
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ONGC
ONGC moved lower in line with our expectation to an intra week low of Rs 868, forming an evening star pattern in the weekly chart. The 10-week ROC has slipped in to a negative zone and the 14-week RSI is poised at 50. The implication is that ...
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CARS
New versions of Fiesta and Logan
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ECONOMICS
Not a zero-sum game
You may be aware of the business practice of most auto drivers in Chennai; you have to pay Rs 100 for a “normal” fare that ranges between Rs 75 and Rs 80. Given this, it was surprising to see my friend get off the auto the other ...
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