Index funds are among the best options for investors who do not have the time to research stocks and monitor their own portfolio. But many fund companies do not promote index funds because they do not want the investing public to know the obvious superiority of this product. Index funds simply buy all the stocks represented in a popular index and, therefore, the performance of such a fund...

• On 2^nd June, Blue Dart Express told the exchanges that it is “unaware” of any move by DHL Express to make an open offer to Blue Dart shareholders. The language of the denial indicates that the report is not necessarily incorrect.
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Wherever an economy is buzzing, Wall Street cannot be far behind. Intrepid portfolio investors are keen to move into Africa too, especially because the assumption is that African markets are less correlated with the Western markets. In dollar terms, Ghana’s stock market has delivered a return of 40% so far this year. This was mainly because of an appreciating currency and the soaring value of...