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What an oxymoron! Reliance Industries (RIL), the largest Indian conglomerate, is going through a stagnation phase in terms of its earnings performance, yet being the country’s most valued firm. For almost a year now, RIL has been a dragger on the benchmark indices – with its share price dipping by almost 35% in 2011; …

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2012 Resolutions for Stock Market Investors !

by Viral Dholakia
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Year 2011 is history now – I do not wish to start this post with its reference, but the year gone by was fraught with so much of pain and uncertainty, that it has become imperative for me to formulate an essay on top 2012 resolutions for the bruised investors so as to not burn [...]

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Foreign Investors allowed to directly invest in Indian Equity Markets!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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2011 was not a very Happy year for investors in Indian Stock Markets – Indian as well as international investors lost money to the tune of lakh’s of crore rupees. Benchmark Index lost over 20% from the start of the year. This year though, Government is taking steps to turn around – The …

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Five Important Wall Street Q3 Results [Apple, Goldman, BoA, Citigroup, Yahoo]

by Viral Dholakia
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Even as India Inc moves forward with its Q2 fiscal earnings, the top Wall Street companies are slowly oozing out with their Q3 results performance amid slowdown and deficit-reeling US economy. While the global sentiment is mired by the unanimous downgrade of Spain’s creditworthiness by three credit rating agencies – Fitch Ratings, S&P and …

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Top 5 Mid-cap stocks to Buy in Market meltdown !

by Viral Dholakia
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NSE Nifty is down almost 18% from its November 2010 peak of 6300 points on the back of the US losing its top-notch AAA rating, unabated sovereign crisis in the euro zone and high domestic inflation. Well, that’s the tell-tale story related to the benchmark index. But, looking into its constituents and sub-indices, one …

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How much are the "New Economy" Businesses for Real ?

by Viral Dholakia
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Are the high-flying “new economy” stocks crashing or just grinding through a patch of rough turbulence? Well, this circumspect question often crops-up in the mind of investors when relatively young companies witness sharp correction, especially, followed by rise to unprecedented price-to-earnings ratios during the bull phase. In new economy the value is created by …

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Why is the current economic scenario a good time to have fixed deposits?

by Kaushambi
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The current economic situation is better termed as ‘uncertain’ rather than blatantly labeled as a ‘recession’. Investors in India who have their money invested in Equity and Mutual Funds are probably tearing their hair apart because there have been losses witnessed in all sectors. Here are some top reasons why you should have fixed deposits [...]

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Why Infosys is still a top stock pick despite recent fall!

by Kaushambi
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Yes, Narayana Murthy has retired as the Chairman of Infosys. Yes, Infosys has drawn flak for visa issues for employees in its foreign operations. Yes, current COO S.D Shibulal has accepted that Infosys is facing a challenging environment currently. And yes, Infosys’ stock price has witnessed sharp fall in past few weeks. Shareholders with any [...]

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WoW! Coal India beats Reliance to become India’s most Valuable Company by Market Capitalization!

by Ankit Agarwal

The unthinkable has happened! Mukesh Ambani led Reliance has been upstaged as India’s largest company by market capitalization and the one who has managed to achieve this feat is by no means a veteran in the Stock Market. Coal India, which listed on 4th November, 2010 and got included in the BSE …

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A week of Good policies & Bad policies!

by Rishabh
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Let us start on a good note, M&A landscape is set to change as SEBI comes with new takeover code today. The high profile open offer trigger is increased from 15% to 25% and the non-compete fees is scrapped. In Mutual Fund segment, introduction of transaction fee (INR 100-150 for investment of INR …

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Why would India Never Decouple from the Global Economy?

by Viral Dholakia
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India may have hit a jackpot with Rs.1 lakh crore treasure bonanza at Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala; but that’s not the case to be with Greece which is wrestling against tough austerity measures; junked economy status of Portugal; looming economic crisis in Spain as more and more families struggle to pay their mortgages; and, lastly, [...]

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Sun TV Network – How a stock can tumble 28% in a day. Ouch!

by Kaushambi
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For all of you who all not equipped with knowledge and the skills to invest in the stock market, here is lesson 101 – you don’t need any! If you have been holding on to those Sun TV shares, we feel your pain. Let’s see what caused the price of shares of this media giant [...]

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Top 10 stocks to pick up in this falling market!

by Viral Dholakia
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They say – stock markets are always right. But, then, they’re equally weird as well! Don’t you agree? Let me give you a glaring example on this. In its Q3 performance, IT bellwether Infosys Technologies posted 14% jump in net profit to Rs.1780 crore. So, what was the stock reaction? It slumped from a …

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Top 7 Myths of Personal financial Investment!

by Viral Dholakia
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Call it the magic of positive sentiment in the year 2010. Almost all asset classes gained significantly in the year that just passed by. Most remarkable among them was commodities which outperformed all asset classes on the back of supply constraints and weak dollar. Going into the New Year, there is a strong desire …

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Stock Market Investors loose 11 Lakh crore rupees in 2 months!

by Aseem Rastogi
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The Indian stock market is a bubble which keeps bursting every few months. From rising to 21000 and then falling to 8000 and then rising again, it thrives on speculation. From North Korea’s relatively low-key attack on South Korea to major problems like recession in the US, Europe and around the world, anything has the [...]

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