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INVESTMENT WORLD
INTERVIEW:
‘2010 to be a positive year for Indian equities'
A base case scenario of 19,000 and an optimistic target of 22,000 is Credit Suisse's outlook for the Sensex in 2010. If that sounds attractive, be warned, the investment journey may not be as easy as 2009, when one in two stocks in the BSE 500 ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Outlook: Optimism reigns supreme
Indian equities bid a fitting adieu to 2009 with the Sensex waving merrily from its 52-week high. The New Year will begin on an irritating note for market intermediaries as trading begins an hour early from Monday. But then, as the ancient ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Sensex outlook for 2010
If 2008 was a year of unprecedented decline in the equity market, 2009 will go down as the year of astounding rebound. In the Outlook for 2009 published on December 28, 2008, we had expected one leg of the bear market to end in the first ...
STOCKS:
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals: Sell
Shareholders can consider paring their exposure to the stock of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, which recently sold its antibiotic injectables business to the US-based Hospira Inc for $400 million (about Rs ...
STOCKS:
Bombay Rayon Fashions: Buy
Investors with a long-term perspective can buy the stock of small-cap textile player Bombay Rayon Fashions (BRFL), manufacturer of fabric and apparel. At Rs 189, the stock trades at 10.6 times its trailing 12-month per share earnings. Though ...
STOCKS:
India Cements: Book Profit
Investors in the stock of India Cements can consider booking profits at this point and entering the stock at a later date. Oversupply worries in the Southern region and the resultant pressure on prices in this region may curtail the ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Tata Dividend Yield Fund: Hold
Investors can retain units of Tata Dividend Yield Fund (Tata Dividend), considering its steady returns track record over the long term. The fund seeks to invest in stocks that yield dividends higher than that of ...
INVESTMENTS:
Investment ideas for 2010
The year 2009 started off on a subdued note for equity investors but by year-end both the BSE Sensex and Nifty were trading 80 per cent higher. With the markets trading at a price-earning multiple of well over 21 times from 11 times at the ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Sensex in 2010
Global backdrop. Despite the strong gains recorded by equities across the world, most global benchmarks are still some way away from their previous peaks. The MSCI World index is positioned exactly half-way up the decline that ensued after the ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Index Strategy: Bull call spread on Nifty
Overall market sentiments as we move into a new trading year appear no less than bullish given the healthy rollovers seen in December derivative contracts. Traders can consider playing this uptrend in the market by setting a bull call spread ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Stock Strategy: Short strangle on Tata Power
Tata Power (1,382): The stock has been moving in narrow range for sometime. It closed last week above the crucial level of Rs 1,350. The outlook appears bullish as long as it stays above this level. The stock finds its next resistance at ...
INTERVIEW:
‘There is no margin of safety at the current levels'
Even as many other brokers are now back to forecasting fresh highs for the market in 2010, Motilal Oswal Financial Services remains one of the more conservative voices within the broking fraternity. Mr Motilal Oswal, the firm's co-founder ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Query Corner: Sesa Goa in structural uptrend
I am holding shares of Panacea Biotec and Easun Reyrolle. Please let me know the future prospects of these shares. ...
INSIGHT:
Show-stoppers of 2010
Adieu, 2009, Welcome, 2010. As we turn to the New Year, let's keep our fingers crossed that it will be as successful a year for investors as 2009 was. With stock prices zooming ahead are you wondering how to choose from that mind-boggling ...
BOOKS:
A primer for investing
“Intelligence does not mean smart or shrewd, or gifted with unusual foresight or insight'' writes Benjamin Graham. “Intelligence will be taken to mean someone who exhibits knowledge ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
An irksome township policy
The township policy announced by the government of Gujarat recently has left many realtors of the city disappointed as it is very different from the drafts that were being discussed, ...
INTERVIEW:
Not yet time to shift to debt, says SG Private Banking
Should investors diversify overseas or stay put with domestic stocks? Is it time to re-balance to debt? How much of your assets should you hold in gold? Nipun Mehta of SG India Private Banking takes these asset allocation related queries as ...
INVESTMENTS:
Finnet: Less legwork for agents, investors
Necessity is said to be the mother of invention, and at times it has the ability to turn rivals into business partners. So it comes as no surprise that the two leading registrar and transfer agents for mutual funds – CAMS and ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
Water crisis dampens Mumbai realty
For Mumbai's city managers it is a virtual scramble for water with reservoir levels fast dipping and monsoon well over six months away. And, till such time, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has the stupendous task of ...
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION:
‘Affordable housing' keeps show going
The Bangalore realty market presented a mixed picture in 2009. The year 2009 has been a mixed one for the Bangalore real-estate market. The one segment that saw considerable buzz was the residential segment, where there was a clear shift in ...
ECONOMICS:
Why tourist shopping is expensive
If you are one of those who love to shop during your holiday travel, you may be cheesed off by the high product prices at tourist destinations. Why do stores scare visitors with pricey goods? All businesses face a trade-off. They can sell ...
BOOKS:
Entrepreneurship
Opportunist, enabler, advocate and producer are the four models of corporate entrepreneurship that Robert C. Wolcott and Michael J. Lippitz discuss in Grow from Within ...
MUTUAL FUNDS:
Fund-of-funds investment solutions
In its edition dated December 24, 2009 Business Line carried an article titled “Gold mining funds outperform ETFs ...
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Pivotals: Reliance Industries (Rs 1,089.4)
The truncated week saw Reliance Industries moving in a very narrow range between Rs 1,070 and Rs 1,100 and finally ending with a spinning top formation in the weekly chart. The short-term trend in the stock is up since December 21 and this ...
INVESTMENTS:
Should I invest in ELSS?
I hold the following funds over the last four years: DSP BR Opportunities, Fidelity Tax Advantage, Franklin India Flexicap, HDFC Equity, Reliance Growth, Magnum Tax Gain, Sundaram BNP Paribas Select Midcap, Tata Infrastructure, and Taurus ...
SHIPPING/PORTS:
Kochi needs some more container freight stations
The port city of Kochi beckons all those who want to make it big in warehousing and container freight station (CFS) business. With the prospects for Kochi's emergence as an international maritime hub brightening in the wake of the work on ...
EVENTS:
Biz Quiz
#1. Name the three companies that are currently eligible for ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Bull's Eye
E-mail your response before Tuesday ...
STOCK MARKETS:
Baskets of X
E-mail your guess before Tuesday ...
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