Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, May 27, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, May 27, 2002 |
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COLUMNS OFFHAND GLOBAL FINANCE & OVERVIEW Limited options for international investors STOCKS in the US have had a roller-coaster ride the last three weeks. There is an overwhelming urge among American investors to deny that they are in different times and that the era of technology, productivity and gimmick-induced boom of the ... More ON THE MOVE Good intentions, wrong ways No doubt, IMF's intentions are well meaning. Shipping is not getting the priority it deserves and any effort in that direction is welcome. First of all, IMF itself does not have the clout that can be leveraged to achieve the objectives. This is not to undermine the IMF's efforts. The men who spent years at sea know the importance of seafaring and other maritime activities. More A RINGSIDE VIEW War concerns, monsoon to drive market sentiment Developments on the Indo-Pak border front and related international developments as well as the forecast of another favourable monsoon will continue to dominate market sentiment during the coming week. The Sensex, which gained a whopping 141 ... More POLICY WATCH Sinha, Jaitley to decide on additional powers to SEBI SOON after the stock price manipulations by a clutch of brokers led by Ketan Parekh came to light shortly after the 2001 budget, the then Chairman of SEBI, Mr D.R. Mehta, after the customary hand wringing, wrote to the Finance Ministry detailing ... More MUTUAL CONFIDENCE Be cautious in volatile period THE stock market lost heavily in the early sessions of the last week only to bounce back with a whopping gain on Friday. Net asset values of equity funds went down in tandem with the indices. Investors in MFs will need to watch the markets ... More ADR WATCH Dull mood persists THE warnings from the FBI on possible terrorist attacks and the concerns over sluggish economic growth seemed to have affected the sentiment in the US markets. The US Government data on GDP, a key measure of economic growth, grew at a revised 5.6 ... More FOCUS Amended insider trading regulations: Price-sensitive info published by cos alone to matter AMONG the changes made by SEBI in its amended insider trading regulations, 2002, the one relating to the meaning of unpublished price-sensitive information is quite significant. As per the amended provision, information which is not published ... More SAY CHEEK Statistics & survivors EVER since the New Scientist alerted its readers about the grim scenario of a nuclear attack on the major cities, I have been huddling with my neighbours to prepare a list of `must-know' stuff about A-bombs. There is some input in a ... More TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Downward correction in cotton futures Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange settled slightly lower on Friday ahead of a long weekend. NYCE will be closed Monday in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. The National Cotton Council pegged April consumption on a ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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