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Print Edition    3rd May 2012

COVER STORY

Harshad Mehta scam broke 20 years ago. What has changed?
Sucheta Dalal recounts how she broke the story, and how hundreds of court cases have meandered for two decades with no end in sight


Letters



Your Interest



Your Money



Different Strokes

  • Bees Saal Baad: Markets at the Crossroads
    In the past 20 years since the securities scam was exposed, radical transformation and development was followed by bumbling insularity, a near monopoly of the NSE, poor leadership and lack of vision at the BSE and an unseemly collusion has kept competition out of the capital market space



Crosshairs



Smart Money

  • Fund Performance: Fooled by randomness
    Avoid style or theme funds and stick to a few diversified funds. As each fund is diversified enough, putting money across several funds does not help you any better in terms of portfolio diversification.



MutualFund: Pointers



Stocks: Street Beat



Market: Which Way



Stockgrader: Medium Term

  • Booster dose
    Ajanta Pharma gained 13%, Bajaj Finance rose 6%, while Exide Industries tanked 7%



Stockgrader: Long Term

  • Fast lane
    MRF gained 8%, PTC India increased 6%, while Hero MotoCorp fell 1%



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Legally Speaking



Earning Curve

  • Alternative Investments: Not much of an alternative
    Despite the wealth of empirical evidence for the case against alternative assets, wealth managers continue to push alternative investments and high net worth investors fall for them, much to their regret later



Personal Business Auto

  • Steering Locks: Death trap
    The most dangerous thing in a car is not the person behind the wheel. But it is the steering lock inside the wheel



Air Travel

  • Credit cards: Now, get travel benefits
    Your credit card can offer you more travel benefits than just being a mode of payment. Here's hoping your plastic money can help you travel more comfortably in the days ahead



Health



Book Reviews



Spending

  • Yucatan: Mexico’s Homeland of the Mayans
    A perfect fusion of past and present, Yucatan is a legendary land that offers impressive archaeological sites, historical stately cities, cenotes and beaches. Jaideep Mukerji explores



Money Facts



Beyond Money

  • Protecting Childhood
    Samatol Foundation saves children from straying into crime and tries to send them back to their homes



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