INVESTOR INTEREST


Swapnil Suvarna 21 January 2010
Weak global cues coupled with disappointing December quarter results from major companies pulled markets down Indian markets continued their downward fall, following weak global cues even as bullish economic data from China further raised concerns of policy tightening. Disappointing December...

Read More



Sanket Dhanorkar  and   Ravi Samalad 21 January 2010
High interest costs will feature as a permanent expenditure on these companies’ books, leaving almost nothing for shareholders of these cash-guzzling businesses The December quarter results have thrown up a new reality show for two top television channels: large interest costs that are...

Read More



R Balakrishnan on saving  and   investing prudently 21 January 2010
For an insurance company, it actually helps if clients default on policies that have not acquired any surrender value A business paper recently carried a story about life insurance policies worth over a trillion rupees which have lapsed. Some of the interesting bits are: i) A total of 9.1...

Read More



Swapnil Suvarna 20 January 2010
Fear of China’s central bank tightening its lending norms pulled down Indian markets Indian markets remained highly volatile today, following weak global cues and on concerns that China’s central bank may tighten its lending norms. At the end of the day, the Sensex declined 12 points from the...

Read More



Swapnil Suvarna 19 January 2010
Indian markets continued to slide on the back of weak global cues Weak global markets, along with fears of stimulus tightening by the Indian government, weighed heavily on market sentiments. The Sensex declined 155 points from the previous day’s close, ending the day at 17,486 while the Nifty...

Read More



Ravi Samalad 19 January 2010
BNP Paribas has introduced its enhanced trading platform free of cost for its existing customers after ICICIdirect launched its TradeRacer a few months back The race for providing online trading platforms is gathering pace. Brokerage houses are doing all they can to woo traders to trade more...

Read More



Ravi Samalad 19 January 2010
BNP Paribas has introduced its enhanced trading platform free of cost for its existing customers after ICICIdirect launched its TradeRacer a few months back The race for providing online trading platforms is gathering pace. Brokerage houses are doing all they can to woo traders to trade more...

Read More



Swapnil Suvarna 18 January 2010
Indian markets shrugged off weak global trends, closing the day on a positive note During the day, Indian markets opened in positive territory on fresh buying, but shed momentum later due to weak global cues. The Sensex was up 87 points from Friday’s (15 January 2010) close, ending the day at...

Read More



Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2010
A big move is coming. Watch 17,200 on the Sensex for a major decline Last week, we had said that it is becoming hard for the market to continue to climb. Over an entire week, the Sensex went up by just 14 points. Indian markets opened the week strong on the back of firm trade data from China...

Read More



Subrata Das 15 January 2010
The market’s trading band has narrowed. It will not stay that way and will be resolved with a massive move. Will it be up or down? The Sensex edged higher in early trading on Friday, tracking the rise in Asian stocks. However, it pared off early gains very soon and was mostly flat for the...

Read More



With a majority of people going for traditional instruments that are easily available and simple to understand, the investor population is shrinking, says UK Sinha, chairman and managing director, UTI Asset Management Co, in an exclusive interview with Sucheta Dalal. This is the first part of...

Read More



Moneylife Research Desk 15 January 2010
Moneylife’s study of the pattern of stock picks by mutual funds’ equity schemes finds that stock picks are highly concentrated among a few hundreds with portfolios mimicking each other.   The study also underlines the lack of depth and diversity in Indian markets There are 1,477 stocks listed...

Read More



Subrata Das 14 January 2010
Sensex gains 75 points as RIL, ONGC move up; bank stocks decline on continuing concerns of a rate hike Trading started on a high note on Thursday, triggered by Asian stocks which rebounded after a sharp decline yesterday in a knee-jerk reaction to the increase in the cash reserve ratio for...

Read More



Moneylife Digital Team 14 January 2010
SEBI's move to scrap entry loads on mutual funds may have been well intentioned, but it tripped badly in failing to assess the ground realities and the consequences of its actions Five months after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) scrapped entry loads on mutual fund (MF)...

Read More



Pratibha Kamath  and   Sanket Dhanorkar 14 January 2010
The after-effects of the massive boom in engineering, real estate and raw materials of 2003-07 and, of course, massive speculation, continue to be reflected in the wealth-creators’ list. Pratibha Kamath and Sanket Dhanorkar pick the toppers    Once again, we present our annual study...

Read More



Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2010
As a market rally draws a flood of IPOs again, investors are likely to get burnt again, given the inherent nature of IPOs. Initial public offers (IPO) are back in vogue in the calendar year 2010 as the market has hit a 21-month high. However, investors are still nursing huge losses from the...

Read More



Swapnil Suvarna 13 January 2010
Bourses poised to remain in positive territory during Thursday’s trade Indian markets remained highly volatile throughout the day, as they opened lower from yesterday’s close on weak global cues, followed by China’s move to curb lending. However, at the end of the day, bourses shrugged off...

Read More



Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2010
Lack of clear regulation led to an absurd tussle between SEBI and Reliance Mutual Fund over the duration of the statutory warning in the Fund’s ad. Lack of clear-cut regulation from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on how to calculate the duration of the statutory warning (on...

Read More



Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2010
Mutual fund volumes on NSE and BSE are yet to catch up, as only 792 combined orders worth Rs10 crore were recorded between 8 December 2009 and 12 January 2010 Online trading volumes of mutual funds (MFs) continue to remain bleak if the numbers are anything to go by. According to the data...

Read More



Seven rules to ensure that your broker doesn’t give you a raw deal In the past fortnight, I received emails from four desperate individuals. Each of their stories had a common theme: that money had simply vanished from their brokerage accounts and they were left with hefty liabilities....

Read More

Free Helpline
Legal Credit
Feedback