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Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves is going to come to our rescue and that we will live happily ever after. Nowadays, one can only hope against hope The recent events related with Mumbai and Maharashtra have left me thinking over my real problems, completely ignored...

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Sucheta Dalal  and   Ravi Samalad 10 February 2010
DB Realty’s IPO received just 23,000 applications after the company spent Rs13.50 crore for its ads in The Times of India alone. NTPC’s FPO received just 80,000 applications. This has set the alarm bells ringing for decision makers Retail investors continue to shun public issues. This has at...

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Moneylife Research Team 10 February 2010
Scared of equities? Don’t have the time and expertise to research? What if there were outstanding companies that consistently generate excellent returns, as great equities should, and yet are as safe as bonds over the long term? The Moneylife Research Team picked five stocks that meet this...

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Essentially, the Indian mutual fund industry is driven by 39 key stocks! India may boast of the one of oldest stock markets and also one of the most active stock markets in the world, but fund managers find it hard to pick stocks. When we pulled out data on all the stocks in the portfolios...

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Swapnil Suvarna 09 February 2010
A surge in Asian markets triggered a 100-point rally in Indian bourses Indian markets gained momentum during the day as Asian markets ended positively. At the end of the day, the Sensex shot up 107 points from the previous day’s close to 16,042 while the Nifty closed at 4,793, up 32 points....

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Amritha Pillay 09 February 2010
A number of investors who invested in the Osian Art Fund through ABN AMRO are still awaiting first payments. As per sources, there are more than 100 such investors Seven months after a poor exit in July 2009, not all investors in the Osian Art Fund have been paid their first instalment of...

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Sanket Dhanorkar 09 February 2010
Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley maintains that recovery in global economies remains weak. While sounding cautious on Asian revival, he remains positive on India In a frank discussion on global economic trends, Asian markets and the Indian economy, the chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, Stephen...

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Retail investors are an endangered species. This will undermine the government’s disinvestment plans The disinvestment of public sector undertakings (PSUs) has usually lurched from one controversial strategy to another. It started in 1991 with the strange decision to bunch PSUs into...

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R Balakrishnan on saving  and   investing prudently 09 February 2010
From mindless government interference to wasteful expenditure, the many reasons to shun the stocks of government-owned companies The planned disinvestment of government (PSU) companies is keeping these stocks buoyant. Normally, when there is a likelihood of fresh supplies (whether it is sugar...

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Ravi Samalad 08 February 2010
Promoters hold 18% and affiliates hold 77.5% of the paid-up equity capital in Asianet, a direct competitor. There are 23 criminal cases pending against the company, its subsidiaries and promoters Cable TV provider Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd (Hathway) is planning to raise Rs500 crore from...

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Swapnil Suvarna 08 February 2010
Volatility ruled the day in Indian markets on the back of weak global cues Indian markets remained highly volatile during the day following weak global cues. However, a positive opening at European markets on the possible easing of European debt worries helped Indian markets to recover. The...

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An auto-ancillary stock for the short term Auto stocks, like Maruti and Tata Motors, have run up, thanks to a steady demand growth. Following this, auto-ancillary stocks started moving up. But, as often happens, suppliers are not considered to be frontline stocks so they continue to be...

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Jaiprakash Power Ventures will have an early-mover advantage in building a sales mix of merchant power and regulated power; it is a stock for the long term Jaiprakash group is restructuring its power assets which could make it a formidable force. The parent company, Jaiprakash Associates,...

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BSL is another undervalued textile stock Moneylife was among the first to have identified the turnaround in the textile industry. We had recommended Shree Lakshmi Cotsyn, Garden Silk Mills, Ambika Cotton Mills, Nahar Industries and Sutlej Textiles & Industries in the Moneylife issues of 9th...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 February 2010
Vintron Informatics Ltd (Rs6) Delhi-based Vintron Informatics is supposed to be operating in the electronics industry dealing in personal computers and computer peripherals. Fundamentally, the company is poor. In the March 2008 and June 2008 quarters, the company posted zero operating...

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Ravi Samalad 08 February 2010
Sameer Sain had come from Goldman Sachs to make Future Capital Holdings a financial powerhouse. The stock listed at Rs909 in February 2008 and is down 81% in two years. Sain has now stepped down as MD & CEO As Sameer Sain steps down from Future Capital Holdings (FCH), one more bull-market...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 February 2010
Moneylife Knowledge Centre set up by the Moneylife Foundation in Mumbai will supplement the efforts of regulators and providers of financial services at spreading financial literacy and redressing grievances. Sanjay Nirupam, Member of Parliament, on Saturday inaugurated the Moneylife...

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Swapnil Suvarna 06 February 2010
We expect the market to rally to about 16,500 and possibly to 17,000 before pausing or going down again Last week we had said that the Sensex has support at 16,600. If this support is breached, we may see another round of sell-offs, all the way down to 15,500. Indeed, the Sensex tried to...

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Swapnil Suvarna 05 February 2010
Concerns over global economic recovery weighed heavily on Indian markets Indian markets slipped again for the second day on the back of weak global cues. Rocketing sovereign debt problems in Europe and an unexpected rise in US jobless claims raised fresh concerns over global economic...

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Debashis Basu  and   Sanket Dhanorkar 05 February 2010
With an eye on better valuations, NTPC adopted the ‘French Auction’ model for its follow-on public offer. The lukewarm response to the issue is prompting a rethink on this mechanism In a first for an Indian company, state-run power utility NTPC Ltd took recourse to the ‘French Auction’ route...

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