The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, January 06, 2008

STOCKS
Nestle India: Buy
The Nestle India stock is an attractive investment option for investors with a two-three year perspective. With a brand portfolio that straddles high-growth FMCG segments such as infant foods, dairy, beverages and processed foods, Nestle India ... More

Firstsource Solutions: Hold
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Wockhardt: Buy
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Gremach Infrastructure: Buy
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Subros: Buy
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INVESTMENTS
MICROMOTIVES
To hedge or not to hedge
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NEW FUND OFFER
Fund Update
AIG Mutual Fund has launched an open-ended equity scheme AIG Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund. The investment objective of the scheme is to generate long-term capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio. ... More

AUTOMOBILES
The toppers in the satisfaction index
According to the study, some traditionally strong models continue to delight their customers. The Maruti Alto finds extremely high satisfaction levels across all product and customer service areas. The Hyundai Santro and Accent are able ... More

INSIGHT
Stock trends to look out for in 2008
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Hits and misses of 2007
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MUTUAL FUNDS
ABN Amro Equity Fund: Hold
Investors can retain their holdings in ABN AMRO Equity Fund. The fund has set an impressive pace of performance since launch three years ago. The annualised return of 53 per cent has outpaced the benchmark Nifty by ten percentage points. ... More

HSBC Equity: Building on construction
HSBC Equity Fund, which seeks to invest predominantly in large caps, has completed five years since inception and has consistently outperformed its benchmark — the BSE 200 — over one, three and five-year periods. Like many ... More

Tax-saving funds for your portfolio
If you have not completed your investments for tax-benefit purposes already, you might want to consider adding one or two equity tax saving funds to your portfolio and qualify for deductions under Sec 80 C. A shorter lock-in (three ... More

Fund Talk
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Nifty future faces stiff resistance
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Query Corner
Please let me know the future prospects of City Union Bank and Savita Chemicals. Kalyan Banerjee, Paresh MaruCity Union Bank (Rs 476.70): The stock has been spurting upward ... More

Index Outlook
The New Year celebrations spilled over to the first week of 2008. The party is getting too boisterous as lesser-known and long-forgotten stocks are now beginning to crawl out of the shadows to join in the merry-making. Needless to add, that it ... More

Reliance Industries
RIL perked up in the second half of the week after a lethargic start. The stock brushed the Rs 3,000 mark on Friday though it has closed just below. The near-term prospects for the stock are positive and we expect Reliance Industries to move ... More

SBI
State Bank of India moved in an extremely narrow band last week and closed almost unchanged from the previous week’s close. The volumes continued to be low and our view for both short and medium-term remains unchanged. The ... More

Tata Steel
Tata Steel too scarcely moved last week; remaining confined within the narrow band between Rs 915 and Rs 950. This move appears to be a pause before the next upward breakout towards the former peak at Rs 969. Once the stock ... More

Infosys
Pre-earnings jitters made the Infosys stock move down towards Rs 1,670 as indicated last week. Last week’s fall confirms the view that the upward move since November 22, 2007 was a bear market pull-back. However, the bulls can still pull ... More

Bharti Airtel
The sharp rally in the beginning of the week fizzled out completely and Bharti Airtel closed on a flat note. Momentum indicators in the weekly chart are signalling prolonged weakness. Falling volumes are also a source of concern for the stock. ... More

Trader's Corner
The first question that pops to the mind when that much-fancied stock, that was touted to treble in a month, suddenly jumps off a cliff is - where is the next support? Similarly, most of us would like to know how far the profit can run by ... More

Satyam Computers
Satyam Computers moved lower and achieved the second target indicated in this column last week. This move corroborates the view that the stock continues to be in an intermediate-term downtrend. The 10-week ROC has moved deep in to the negative ... More

TWO/THREE WHEELERS
TVS Flame 125: Firing on all cylinders
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Swirling and tumbling engine tech
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LIFE INSURANCE
ICICI Pru Life Stage pension Plan
It is critical that individuals have a long-term vision, while they plan for the retirement plan and asset allocation plays a very important role in creating a retirement kitty. Any investor’s portfolio should consist of a proper mix of ... More

ECONOMICS
Congestion pricing
Mumbai or Manhattan, traffic gridlocks are a way of life. Recently, my friend and I were stuck for nearly an hour amidst a long line of cars and trucks on our way to the airport. My friend wondered whether it would make sense for State ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS
LONG AND SHORT
Bringing markets to a boil
A truckload of people, by which I mean banks and governments and such like, went ballistic this Thursday when crude oil hit $100 for a barrel.And, as the worldwide financial media engine is trained to do, immediately experts from all ... More

STOCK MARKETS
Prominent bulk deals on NSE & BSE
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Baskets of X
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Bull's Eye
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Market View
It would be impossible or at least very unreasonable to ignore the credit crisis’s impact on earnings growth, which moreover is already quite apparent. We expect this crisis to continue to weigh heavily on the profits of US and European ... More

INTERVIEW
Read between the lines on analyst-speak
With coverage of the stock markets expanding sharply, ‘analyst’ reports and recommendations are now widely available to every lay investor. But should investors take these sound bytes at face value?Maybe not, observes Mr ... More

The trend is for customers to outsource more and more
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Money Talk
Mr Uday Zokarkar has had an interesting career. After a nine-year stint with the Times group, he set up a business, lifestyle and technology magazine in the US called Mantram, which was ... More

INCOME TAX
Double taxation of salary
I am currently working in the US. I receive my salary in terms of dollars and rupees which is taxed in the US and India respectively. As I am taxed for the salary that I receive in India, one part of my ... More

PEOPLE
Investment Nuggets
T. Rowe Price is a professional investor who showed that it is possible to beat the market averages consistently over time. He also founded an investment firm in his name — T. Rowe Price Associates. Price was very much an ... More

BOOKS
Teach your children Chinese
Just as the nineteenth century belonged to England and the twentieth century to the US, so the twenty-first century will be China’s turn to set the agenda and rule the roost, writes Jim Rogers in ‘A Bull in ... More