Issue of 13th Jul-19th Jul 2018
LEAD ARTICLE
financial magazines online
56 MF Schemes Bailed Out Failing ICICI Securities’ IPO in March and Many Sold All the Shares by June at a Loss!
There were some data errors in the article, which have been corrected now. We had mentioned that 56 schemes bailed out I-Sec (these include two merged schemes so the number is 54). The number of schemes which exited is also far fewer, others are still holding on to their losses. This does not negate the main two points of articles: that... Read More
CROSSHAIRS
In an interesting new development; the State Bank of India (SBI) has filed a first information report (FIR) against the controversial Helios & Matheson Information Technology Limited (H&M) with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Bengaluru. H&M, which was delisted from India’s two...
STOCKS
Oriental Carbon & Chemicals Ltd (OCCL), a small company (market-cap of around Rs1,060 crore), is the market leader producing insoluble sulphur, a key ingredient for manufacturing of tyres. The company also manufactures and sells sulphuric acid and oleum, but they constitute less than 10% of...
Moneylife Digital Team
The share price of Tata Global Beverages Ltd (TGBL) had doubled from around Rs160 in July 2017 to Rs328 in January 2018. Since then, the stock has corrected to around Rs280. Is the stock, which appeared very promising to various market players at various times but always disappointed after a...
Moneylife Digital Team
MUTUAL FUNDS
In the previous article, we discussed how the ‘mutual fund sahi hai’ advertising campaign downplayed the risk of market-linked investments for people with low financial literacy. The advertisements, telecast in multiple regional languages and with myriad variations to sell different products,...
Clinton Fernandes
SMART MONEY
Greed is unstoppable. Laws are easily broken or manipulated for the sake of greed. The law is often drafted and certainly implemented with the intent that there is an escape route for those who break it. Even investors do not seem to mind. At some level, institutional investors have a ‘live...
LEGAL
We are always told that one should choose a bank wisely: keep in view its size and reputation. But what should a consumer do when he is let down by the biggest private sector bank, like HDFC Bank, or when a customer is made to run around in circles by a reputed public sector bank like the...
TECHNOLOGY
Measure helps you with quick, everyday measurements around the house or office—similar to a tape measure. With the Measure app, you can: - Measure the length and height of objects in the real world  like the size of a rug, the width of a cabinet, or the height of a table; - Switch...
Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor, developed by Google.   Once installed, you can pick up any photo from your Gallery and work on it in a professional manner. You get 29 tools and filters, including: healing, brush, structure, HDR, perspective. You can save your...
HEALTH
Slowly, but surely, nutritional orthodoxy of the past few decades is being discredited in favour of age-old choices. According to new research by the University of Texas Health Science Center (Houston) (UTHealth), enjoying full-fat milk, yogurt, cheese and butter is good, after all! The...
Moneylife Digital Team
In this article, I am going to share with you, information about a few super-foods, and some homemade remedies, that can help in your quest for better health. A fit body will breed positivity and energy. So, along with regular exercise, yoga and meditation, it is also important to eat right....
Girija Santhanam
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