INVESTMENT WORLD
NRIS
Property issues for the NRI
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INVESTMENTS
Investment Nuggets
Known as the “great bear of Wall Street”, Jesse Livermore is a renowned stock trader. His trading lessons, triumphs and disasters are probably the most fascinating of any of Wall Street’s stories. He made ...
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Using core-satellite approach for portfolio construction
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NEW FUND OFFER
Update
Tata Mutual has launched Tata Growing Economies Infrastructure Fund. The scheme is open ended- with two options – Plan A and Plan B. The fund seeks to invest in infrastructure and related sectors in India and other ...
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OUTSOURCING
3i Infotech: Buy
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CEMENT
Ultra Tech Cement: Buy
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MUTUAL FUNDS
Market View
During the latter half of 2007 we saw strong decoupling by emerging markets, particularly India, as liquidity shifted from depreciating dollar investments towards the Asian growth corridor and as investors parked money into high growth ...
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Budget Wishlist
We are again at that point in a year when North Block (Delhi) gains more attention from the business community than Dalal Street (Mumbai). The importance attached to the Budget is testimony to the fact that more reforms need to be in place to ...
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Sundaram BNP Tax Saver — Financials, energy top
Sundaram BNP Tax Saver is an equity linked savings scheme fund that invests predominantly in large-cap stocks. The fund has been among the top quartile of performers in the ELSS category over the past year. During volatile market conditions ...
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JM Basic Fund: Invest
The JM Basic Fund may be a good investment option for investors with a high risk appetite willing to take concentrated exposures to stocks in the core and infrastructure sectors. A sharp improvement in the fund’s performance in the past ...
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Birla Sunlife Equity: Invest
Investors can consider exposure in Birla Sunlife Equity as the fund continues to deliver consistent returns. It continues to find a place in the top quartile of the one-year performance chart of diversified funds. Its three and five-year ...
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PETROLEUM
Aban Offshore: Buy
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STOCKS
NTPC: Buy
Investors seeking a defensive play in the run-up to the Budget can consider putting their money into the NTPC stock. The stock is now trading at more reasonable valuations compared to the peak of the market euphoria over power stocks barely a ...
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Foreign shores
Reliance Communications has acquired the Uganda-based Anupam Global Soft, holding Public Infrastructure Provider Licence (PIPL) and Public Service Provider Licence (PSPL) issued by Uganda Communications Commission. ...
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On a roll
Tata Consultancy Services has signed a multi-year contract with Chrysler LLC to provide a comprehensive portfolio of IT services. TCS will deliver application maintenance and support services to Chrysler. ...
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What’s ahead
The Union Budget will be presented on Friday, February 29. Investors should watch out for volatility linked with budget expectations and also ahead of the expiry of February derivatives contracts on Thursday. Due to low retail ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Query Corner
I would like to have your view on Jaiprakash Associates for the next 12 months. Vimal Bhatia, Piyush Saini, R. MohanJaiprakash Associates (Rs 246.9): Jaiprakash Associates has ...
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Index Outlook
The listless moves made by the Sensex last week reflect the stock market fraternity’s apathy towards the Union Budget this year. The absence of a pre-budget rally can, however, be counted as a blessing because it leaves room for the ...
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Reliance Industries
RIL moved lower from an intra-week high at Rs 2,650. The stock is moving sideways between Rs 2,200 and Rs 2,650 since January 22. But long-term outlook for the stock stays positive. Reliance Industry is holding above the long-term trend ...
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SBI
The upward movement from the recent trough at Rs 2,011 failed to live up to its potential and SBI reversed downward last week. It is now apparent that instead of launching the third part of the move from Rs 1,796 trough, the stock continues to ...
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Tata Steel
Tata Steel moved lower after two unsuccessful attempts to move above Rs 850 in the first two sessions last week. The pullback rally that began at the Rs 557-trough could have terminated last week. The stock is now likely to move ...
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Infosys
Infosys remained within a narrow range last week. The stock is moving between Rs 1,470 and Rs 1,650 since the beginning of this month. Although the short-term trend in the stock is up, its inability to move past the resistance at Rs ...
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Bharti Airtel
This stock too went into a gentle slide last week though there was no major sell-off. We continue to advise caution over the near-term since the stock is forming lower peaks and is unable to move above the long-term average lines present in ...
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Satyam Computers
It was a roller-coaster ride for investors in Satyam Computer. The stock made a valiant attempt to move past the resistance band between Rs 440 and Rs 450 on Thursday but reversed in the next trading session. The chart pattern in the stock ...
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CARS
VW Up! and coming
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BANKING
Types of bank accounts
To understand the modes of payment and repatriation, you should know the kind of bank accounts non-residents could maintain in India. The simplest one is the Non Resident Ordinary (NRO) account, which is nothing but ...
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ECONOMICS
Absolute and relative money
Sometime back, my friend and I visited his friend, a network engineer. His friend was busy scouring for discount coupons in some magazine when we met him. We were visiting him to talk about the high brokerage fee he was paying on his ...
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STOCK MARKETS
CALL CENTRE
Defining bear markets
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Of stock markets and superstitions
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Baskets of X
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Bull's Eye
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Prominent bulk deals on NSE and BSE
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DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Nifty may see breakout from range
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INCOME TAX
Money sent to parents taxable?
I live in the US and I propose to send money to my father in India. Will the amount that I send be taxable in India? If so, at what rate will it be taxed? — Ajit Singh ...
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RIGHTS ISSUE
SBI: Invest
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BOOKS
Implementing Islamic finance
Sources of current day’s socio-economic problems, according to Muhammad Ayub, are “the unbridled creation of fictitious assets, particularly reserve currencies, and the unhindered forces of demand and supply with exploitative tools of ...
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