Keep your shopping list ready and wait for stock prices to come down to levels you are comfortable with

We have an interesting paradox. Corporate profits are likely to be in record territory, if one goes by the March 15th advance-tax payments. Stock prices, however, seem to be falling. Is that telling us something? Interest rates are rising; inflation is not yet tamed (shares are the only...

Spanco has diversified income streams and is growing fast

Income growth of 111%, 178%, 140% and 121% over the past four quarters. That has been the performance of Spanco Telesystems. From just Rs25 crore in December 04, its revenues have grown to Rs136 crore in December 06. Started by Kapil Puri and Rajesh Chhabria in 1995, initially Spanco was manufacturing EPABX and analogue radio products....

Trading in stocks is the easy part. To satisfy the tax authorities, you have to keep your records straight. Girish Borkar offers a primer

With the easy availability of online trading facilities, the number of people joining the online trading bandwagon has grown by leaps and bounds. Among those playing the markets online is a fair chunk of salaried employees. Many of them have been recently...