When gold prices crossed $600 we had asked whether gold was a great investment option. Gold bulls were sanguine that it would cross the old high of $850, made sometime in early 80s. We were not so sure. After our analysis, gold surged past $700 in a month. But after touching $730, a 26-year high, the yellow metal started softening until on June 13, it posted its steepest one-day decline in 23...

As usual, the new funds that collected thousands of crores are deeply under water. It's a new version of an old story

The 3500-point crash of the Sensex in a month has decimated the NAVs of mutual funds that were mindlessly riding the bull bandwagon. The largest gush of money came into the funds between Sensex levels of 10000-12000, as investors succumbed to the marketing pitch of funds and...

Increasing corporate presence and infrastructure development is making Hyderabad attractive, finds Gaver Chatterjee

Hyderabad is often in the news for more reasons than one, but most of the time when the city hits the headlines it's being lauded for its progress. Apart from outbidding Karnataka for the multi-billion dollar Fab City project and winning Infosys over to set up a 550-acre...