Investment

I must say that India has been quite patient with Uncle Sam in waiting for him to reverse the nuclear isolation of India led by the ban on high-end technology exports, particularly in defense and space research areas. During his recent…

We all know how Narendra Modi welcomed the Tata Group to set up a commercial production unit for Nano in Sanand near Ahmedabad; after a violent Singur protests forced closure of their automobile factory in West Bengal. This investment…

A clear gain of 3000 points – that’s the appreciation the Indian benchmark index has notched in 2010. The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index has galloped from 17500 points at the start of the year to 20,500 levels to mark the end of…

Although there are doubts whether HCL FPO will come in December we decided to write about two issues which are the overall guiding factors for the public issue. Government disinvestment plan : Ever since Government has targeted 40,000…

Today (1st December) is the last day of MOIL IPO. If you have still not subscribed, please DO it today. It is one of the rare issues which promises to be a super hit and promises good listing gains to the Subscribers. As of 30th…

The negative rub-off of housing finance scam in India and sovereign debt issues in Europe is being clearly felt by the equity markets. Indian stock markets have corrected almost 10% from its peaks over the last 1 month. In fact, the…

2009 was a disappointing year for the commodities in the light of asset bubbles bursting catastrophically across the globe – And, it comes as a no surprise that 2010 has panned out to be a good year for the companies that deal with…

It is said that economic imbalances are a major source of crisis. Moreover, certain imbalances are so hyped with over-exuberance, that only bearish recessionary situations can dampen the spirits and correct the frothy build-up that…

Diwali is round the corner and so is Dhanteras. On Dhanteras, individuals and business communities consider it auspicious to purchase gold or silver articles or at least sombre steel utensils – with the belief that new ‘dhan’ or some form…

I paraphrase Lord Rothschild: ‘The time to buy is when there's blood on the streets.’ The strongly-held belief that the worse things seem in the market, the better the opportunities are for profit generation, forms the foundation for…

The hay-days for Indian stock Markets seem to have come back again – Positive rally for past 8 days has seen Indian markets scale peaks seen more than 30 months back. I have been off-and-on trader in Stock Markets and most of my…

Investopedia says “Mutual Fund’s main advantage is that they give small investors access to professionally managed, diversified portfolios of equities, bonds and other securities, which would be quite difficult (if not impossible) to create…

Our last post ‘Green Investments for Green Future’ spoke about Green/Clean Technology being one of the fastest growing sectors. With increasing Government support and growing public awareness and interest in eco-friendly products, these…

Indian stock Market closed at a high of above 18000 after two and half years bringing cheers to many stock market investors – Last couple of years, starting Jan 22, 2008 have been quite tough – Sensex had dipped to 8000 levels from a high…

Recently I was reading about the exciting news of Gold prices going through the roof. Initially at Rs.16,000 then at Rs.17,000 and Rs.18,000 and now at Rs.19,000. All the news media made exciting presentation of world crisis, dollar…

On Friday, the SEBI passed a stunning order of banning 14 life insurance companies involved in serving ULIP products, on the ground that they were akin to mutual funds and may need to obtain registration from SEBI to proceed further with…

New financial year 2010-11 kicks-off much on the back of pompous global recovery witnessed during the second half of the FY 2009-10. And, equity markets are no laggards in terms of catching these cues before hand. However, the markets…

A couple of weeks back, SEBI had proposed a wide range of changes in the rules governing the operation of mutual funds. One of such proposals is related to the dividend pay-out from mutual funds to the unit holders. Sebi has imposed a…

Those investing in equity markets must be aware of the market mantra - that large-cap stocks yield lower returns than mid-cap counters. Mid-cap companies are emerging companies with ability to grow faster than their larger counterparts…

As the close of financial Year 2009-10 nears by, the inflows into Equity-Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) is gaining its ground over other mutual fund schemes for the sheer benefit of tax-saving advantage that these schemes offer to its…